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How neurons compute direction

Nature volume 420, pages 375–376 (2002)Cite this article

Certain retinal neurons fire specifically in response to stimuli moving in one direction. This apparently occurs when branches of an upstream nerve cell respond asymmetrically, and link asymmetrically to the firing retinal neuron.

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Figure 1: Directional selectivity in the visual system.

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