Responses of retinal ganglion cells to eyeball deformation: a neurophysiological basis for "pressure phosphenes".
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Responses of retinal ganglion cells to eyeball deformation: a neurophysiological basis for "pressure phosphenes". / Grüsser, O J; Grüsser-Cornehls, U; Kusel, Reinhard; Przybyszewski, A W.
In: VISION RES, Vol. 29, No. 2, 2, 1989, p. 181-194.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Responses of retinal ganglion cells to eyeball deformation: a neurophysiological basis for "pressure phosphenes".
AU - Grüsser, O J
AU - Grüsser-Cornehls, U
AU - Kusel, Reinhard
AU - Przybyszewski, A W
PY - 1989
Y1 - 1989
N2 - By means of microelectrodes, the activity of single neurons (on-center, off-center ganglion cells, latency class I and class II neurons) was recorded from the optic tract of anesthetized cats. Eyeball deformation in total darkness led fairly consistently to an activation of the on-center ganglion cells, while off-center ganglion cells were inhibited. The latency and strength of this activation or inhibition seemed to be mainly dependent on the strength of eyeball indentation and the location of the neurons relative to the point of eyeball indentation. Some on-center neurons (mostly latency class I) also exhibited a short activation at "deformation off". For comparison, the responses of retinal ganglion cells to eyeball deformation in a hydrostatically open system and to a sudden increase in the intraocular pressure (closed system) are described. The neurophysiological data are explained by the assumption that eyeball indentation leads to a nonuniform tangential stretch of the retina, which exerts a locally variable depolarization of horizontal cells. This horizontal cell depolarization leads either directly or via a feedback loop through cone pedicles to a depolarization of on-bipolars and a hyperpolarization of off-bipolars. These effects determine in turn the responses seen at the ganglion cell level. It is emphasized that eyeball deformation can be used as an independent tool in transmitter studies of the retina.
AB - By means of microelectrodes, the activity of single neurons (on-center, off-center ganglion cells, latency class I and class II neurons) was recorded from the optic tract of anesthetized cats. Eyeball deformation in total darkness led fairly consistently to an activation of the on-center ganglion cells, while off-center ganglion cells were inhibited. The latency and strength of this activation or inhibition seemed to be mainly dependent on the strength of eyeball indentation and the location of the neurons relative to the point of eyeball indentation. Some on-center neurons (mostly latency class I) also exhibited a short activation at "deformation off". For comparison, the responses of retinal ganglion cells to eyeball deformation in a hydrostatically open system and to a sudden increase in the intraocular pressure (closed system) are described. The neurophysiological data are explained by the assumption that eyeball indentation leads to a nonuniform tangential stretch of the retina, which exerts a locally variable depolarization of horizontal cells. This horizontal cell depolarization leads either directly or via a feedback loop through cone pedicles to a depolarization of on-bipolars and a hyperpolarization of off-bipolars. These effects determine in turn the responses seen at the ganglion cell level. It is emphasized that eyeball deformation can be used as an independent tool in transmitter studies of the retina.
M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
VL - 29
SP - 181
EP - 194
JO - VISION RES
JF - VISION RES
SN - 0042-6989
IS - 2
M1 - 2
ER -
