luminance network (IMAGE)

Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz

luminance network

Caption

In the network illustrated here, the information on luminance captured by L3 cells (green) is pooled by Dm neurons (red) in order to correct the signals provided by L2 cells (blue). Tm9 cells (cyan) bring this information together in order to generate stable contrasts.

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ill./©: Marion Silies

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