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SUMMARY:Motion sensitive circuits in the retina - Dr Keisuke Yonehara\, Fr
 iedrich Miescher Institute\, Switzerland
DTSTART:20130926T113000Z
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CONTACT:Emma
DESCRIPTION:Inferring the direction of image motion is a fundamental compo
 nent of visual computation\, and essential for visually guided behavior. E
 ven at the front of the visual stream\, in the retina\, a number of parall
 el circuits extract information about motion. I perform cell-type-specific
  experiments to understand the development and function of direction-selec
 tive circuit in mouse retina. My talk will have two parts. First I show ho
 w and when spatially asymmetric synaptic connectivity\, which is a key cir
 cuit module of direction-selective circuit\, is established during develop
 ment. Second I discuss the computational logic of direction selectivity\, 
 based on our recent study in which we recorded the concerted activity of t
 he circuit elements of single direction-selective cells at subcellular res
 olution while these circuit elements were computing a specific task.
LOCATION:MRC LMB: Klug Seminar Room 2A180
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