Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Comparative retinal physiology in anthropoids

J Kremers1, B B Lee

  • 1Department of Experimental Ophthalmology, University of Tübingen Eye Clinic, Germany. jan.kremers@uni-tuebingen.de

Vision Research
|January 20, 1999
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

A modified silent substitution electroretinography protocol to separate photoreceptor subclass function in lightly sedated dogs.

Veterinary ophthalmology·2020
Same author

Impact of network topology on the stability of DC microgrids.

Chaos (Woodbury, N.Y.)·2019
Same author

Abdominal Functional Electrical Stimulation to Augment Respiratory Function in Spinal Cord Injury.

Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation·2019
Same author

Human S-cone electroretinograms obtained by silent substitution stimulation.

Journal of the Optical Society of America. A, Optics, image science, and vision·2018
Same author

Characteristics of CSF Velocity-Time Profile in Posttraumatic Syringomyelia.

AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology·2017
Same author

The morphology of human rod ERGs obtained by silent substitution stimulation.

Documenta ophthalmologica. Advances in ophthalmology·2017
Same journal

Editorial for VSI Amblyopia: Advances in Amblyopia Research.

Vision research·2026
Same journal

Computational and mathematical models in vision: Quantitative approaches to understanding visual perception.

Vision research·2026
Same journal

Complex interactions between lightness, chroma, and hue in color ensemble perception.

Vision research·2026
Same journal

Driving with autism spectrum disorder: Exploring the impact of tactile hazard warnings on gaze behavior and hazard responses.

Vision research·2026
Same journal

Early visual processing in adults with ADHD: evidence from contrast sensitivity, spatial integration, and external noise.

Vision research·2026
Same journal

Pupil reflexes generate the peripheral drift illusion due to ON/OFF motion responses.

Vision research·2026
See all related articles

Platyrrhine (New World monkey) color vision is often polymorphic, unlike catarrhines. Retinal processing suggests shared ancestral traits for primate vision evolution.

Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Evolutionary Biology
  • Primatology

Background:

  • Primate color vision exhibits diversity, with platyrrhines (New World monkeys) displaying polymorphic color vision (many dichromatic individuals) contrasting with the typical trichromatic pattern in catarrhines (Old World monkeys, apes, humans).
  • Understanding the evolution of trichromatic color vision requires examining post-receptoral processing differences between these primate groups.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the response properties of retinal ganglion cells and lateral geniculate cells between platyrrhines and catarrhines.
  • To elucidate how the evolution of trichromatic color vision influenced post-receptoral processing in primates.

Main Methods:

  • Comparative analysis of retinal ganglion cell and lateral geniculate cell response properties.

Related Experiment Videos

  • Electrophysiological recordings and functional assessments in platyrrhine and catarrhine retinas.

    • Main Results:

    • Spatial and temporal processing in the retina are highly conserved between platyrrhines and catarrhines.
    • Despite variations in color vision, fundamental retinal processing mechanisms show remarkable similarity across anthropoid primates.

    Conclusions:

    • The similarities in retinal structure and function suggest that these traits were present in the common ancestor of living anthropoids.
    • Evolutionary divergence in color vision did not necessitate significant alterations in basic retinal spatial and temporal processing pathways.