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- Title
Light-induced responses of slow oscillatory neurons of the rat olivary pretectal nucleus.
- Authors
Szkudlarek, Hanna J; Orlowska, Patrycja; Lewandowski, Marian H
- Abstract
The olivary pretectal nucleus (OPN) is a small midbrain structure responsible for pupil constriction in response to eye illumination. Previous electrophysiological studies have shown that OPN neurons code light intensity levels and therefore are called luminance detectors. Recently, we described an additional population of OPN neurons, characterized by a slow rhythmic pattern of action potentials in light-on conditions. Rhythmic patterns generated by these cells last for a period of approximately 2 minutes.
- Publication
PloS one, 2012, Vol 7, Issue 3, pe33083
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0033083