INTEGRATION OF VISUAL AND INFRARED INFORMATION IN BIOMODAL NEURONS OF THE RATTLESNAKE OPTIC TECTUM
INTEGRATION OF VISUAL AND INFRARED INFORMATION IN BIOMODAL NEURONS OF THE RATTLESNAKE OPTIC TECTUM
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DOI：
10.1126/science.7256281
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发表时间：
1981-01-01
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影响因子：
56.9
通讯作者：
HARTLINE, PH
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作者：
NEWMAN, EA;HARTLINE, PH
响尾蛇的双峰神经元[C.从视网膜和从IR感测小坑器官接收感觉输入的[viridis]顶盖，表现出新颖的、高度非线性的跨模态相互作用。有些单位只对同步生物模刺激作出反应。其他人只对两种模式中的一种做出反应，但当同时在第二种模式中受到刺激时，表现出极大的增强或抑制反应。这些跨通道的相互作用可能在识别和定向生物学上重要的物体方面发挥重要作用。
Bimodal neurons in the rattlesnake [C. viridis] tectum, which receive sensory input from the retina and from the IR-sensing pit organ, exhibit novel, highly nonlinear cross-modality interactions. Some units respond only to simultaneous biomodal stimulation. Others respond to only 1 of the 2 modalities, but show greatly enhanced or depressed responses when stimulated simultaneously in the 2nd modality. These cross-modality interactions may play an important role in recognizing and orienting toward biologically important objects.