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. 1974 Jan 1;63(1):62–87. doi: 10.1085/jgp.63.1.62

Control of Retinal Sensitivity

II. Lateral Interactions at the Outer Plexiform Layer

Frank S Werblin 1
PMCID: PMC2203539  PMID: 4359064

Abstract

Test stimuli, presented at the center of the bipolar cell receptive field, spanning less than 2 log units of intensity, elicit the full range of graded response. The intensity range of test stimuli that elicits the graded response depends upon the background conditions. A higher range of log test intensities is required to elicit the graded bipolar response in the presence of surround backgrounds. But surround backgrounds can also serve to unsaturate the bipolar response and thereby increase sensitivity under certain conditions. The results suggest that a second stage of sensitivity-control is mediated by the horizontal cell system at the outer plexiform layer, concatenated with the effects of adaptation in the photoreceptors.

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