Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Article
  • Published:

Fluctuations in the Response to Light of Visual Neurones in Limulus

Nature volume 221, pages 437–440 (1969)Cite this article

Abstract

A deterministic spike generating model accounts very well for the properties of the impulse rate fluctuations in Limulus eccentric cells.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on Springer Link
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Moore, G. P., Perkel, D., and Segundo, J. P., Ann. Rev. Physiol., 28, 493 (1966).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Hartline, H. K., Wagner, H. G., and MacNichol, E. F., Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol, 17, 125 (1952).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Waterman, T., and Wiersma, C. A. G., J. Exp. Zool., 126, 59 (1954).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Purple, R. L., thesis, Rockefeller Institute (1963).

  5. Behrens, M., and Wulff, V. J., J. Gen. Physiol., 48, 1081 (1965).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Dodge, F. A., Knight, B. W., and Toyoda, J., Science, 160, 88 (1968).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  7. Toyoda, J., Dodge, F. A., and Knight, B. W., Abstracts, Biophys. Soc., No. 11, 94 (1967).

  8. Ratliff, F., Hartline, H. K., and Lange, David, Proc. US Nat. Acad. Sci., 60, 464 (1968).

    Article  CAS  ADS  Google Scholar 

  9. Lange, D., Hartline, H. K., and Ratliff, F., Ann. NY Acad. Sci., 128, 955 (1966).

    Article  CAS  ADS  Google Scholar 

  10. Lanczos, C., Appl. Analysis, 331 (Prentice Hall, 1956).

  11. Stevens, C. F., thesis, Rockefeller Institute (1964).

  12. Lange, G. D., thesis, Rockefeller University (1965).

  13. Hodgkin, A. L., J. Physiol., 107, 165 (1948).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Rockefeller University, New York

    ROBERT SHAPLEY

Authors
  1. ROBERT SHAPLEY
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

SHAPLEY, R. Fluctuations in the Response to Light of Visual Neurones in Limulus. Nature 221, 437–440 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/221437a0

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Revised:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/221437a0

This article is cited by

Comments

By submitting a comment you agree to abide by our Terms and Community Guidelines. If you find something abusive or that does not comply with our terms or guidelines please flag it as inappropriate.

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing