Extended Data Fig. 7. A direction-selective ‘window of opportunity’.
a, Schematic columnar organization of T4 neuron inputs. Synapses from Mi9 neurons (green), Tm3/Mi1 neurons (red), and Mi4 /C3 neurons (blue) are each separated by one column (hexagons) resulting in direction-dependent time differences during visual motion. Arrows indicate the directions of edge motion in corresponding panels in b and c. b, c, Top: Normalized T4 cell conductances (g/gleak) of respective input synapses during ON (b) and OFF edge motion (c) at a velocity of 30° s−1 in the directions indicated in a using the same model parameters as in Figs. 3b, c, and 5a and Extended Data Fig. 8. Data are mean and area under curve. Arrowheads in b mark the coincidence of increased excitability and cholinergic excitatory input (red). Bottom: T4 cell membrane voltage (Vm) responses predicted by the model.