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Stimulus pattern related plasticity of synapses between cones and horizontal cells in carp retina
1Key Laboratory of Neurobiology, Shanghai Institute of Physiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yue-Yang Road, Shanghai, China.
Brain Research
|March 4, 2000
Abstract:
Stimulus pattern related synaptic plasticity in the luminosity-type horizontal cell (LHC) of isolated carp retina was investigated. The major findings were: (1) repetitive red flashes progressively strengthened the synaptic connection between red-cone and LHC, whereas weakened that between green-cone and LHC; (2) repetitive green flashes remarkably depressed the LHC's red response, but caused little changes in the cell's green response. A competitive depression between different cone signals is suggested.