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Nature Neuroscience 12, 967–969 (1 August 2009) | doi:10.1038/nn.2352

Resolving single cone inputs to visual receptive fields

Lawrence C Sincich , Yuhua Zhang , Pavan Tiruveedhula , Jonathan C Horton & Austin Roorda

With the current techniques available for mapping receptive fields, it is impossible to resolve the contribution of single cone photoreceptors to the response of central visual neurons. Using adaptive optics to correct for ocular aberrations, we delivered micron-scale spots of light to the receptive field centers of neurons in the macaque lateral geniculate nucleus.