Chapter 9 New perspectives in retinal organisation

A Mathematical Theory of Communication

1948 • 39,028 citations

Receptive fields, binocular interaction and functional architecture in the cat's visual cortex

1962 • 13,401 citations

The Fourier Transform and Its Applications

1965 • 5,607 citations

Theory of communication

1946 • 4,641 citations

Some informational aspects of visual perception.

1954 • 2,854 citations

Sensory Communication

1961 • 2,849 citations

The contrast sensitivity of retinal ganglion cells of the cat

1966 • 2,642 citations

DISCHARGE PATTERNS AND FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION OF MAMMALIAN RETINA

1953 • 2,579 citations

Handbuch der physiologischen Optik

1896 • 1,947 citations

The Vertebrate Visual System.

1958 • 1,247 citations

The representation of the visual field on the cerebral cortex in monkeys

1961 • 1,151 citations

Sustained and transient neurones in the cat's retina and lateral geniculate nucleus

1971 • 1,043 citations

Predictive coding: a fresh view of inhibition in the retina

1982 • 1,028 citations

A Simple Coding Procedure Enhances a Neuron's Information Capacity

1981 • 996 citations

Synaptic patterns on different cell types in the different laminae of the cat visual cortex. An electron microscope study

1968 • 947 citations

The morphological types of ganglion cells of the domestic cat's retina

1974 • 928 citations

The Fourier transform and its applications

1965 • 923 citations

Retinal ganglion cells responding selectively to direction and speed of image motion in the rabbit

1964 • 841 citations

Anatomy and Physiology of Vision in the Frog (Rana pipiens)

1960 • 825 citations

Intracellular staining reveals different levels of stratification for on- and off-center ganglion cells in cat retina

1978 • 639 citations

Structural Basis for ON-and OFF-Center Responses in Retinal Ganglion Cells

1976 • 621 citations

The Topography of Vision in Mammals of Contrasting Life Style: Comparative Optics and Retinal Organisation

1977 • 566 citations

La rétine des vertébrés

1892 • 559 citations

Organization of the primate retina: Light microscopy, with an appendix: A second type of midget bipolar cell in the primate retina

1969 • 541 citations

Retinotopic organization of areas 18 and 19 in the cat

1979 • 529 citations

THE ORGANIZATION OF THE AVIAN TELENCEPHALON AND SOME SPECULATIONS ON THE PHYLOGENY OF THE AMNIOTE TELENCEPHALON*

1969 • 527 citations

On Nonuniform Sampling of Bandwidth-Limited Signals

1956 • 516 citations

Amacrine cells, bipolar cells and ganglion cells of the cat retina: A Golgi study

1981 • 512 citations

Properties of cat retinal ganglion cells: a comparison of W-cells with X- and Y-cells.

1974 • 489 citations

Brisk and sluggish concentrically organized ganglion cells in the cat's retina

1974 • 487 citations

Rod and Cone Pathways in the Inner Plexiform Layer of Cat Retina

1974 • 465 citations

Neuronal Architecture of On and Off Pathways to Ganglion Cells in Carp Retina

1977 • 460 citations

Predictive coding--I

1955 • 455 citations

Postnatal changes in retinal ganglion cell and optic axon populations in the pigmented rat

1983 • 437 citations

Properties of rarely encountered types of ganglion cells in the cat's retina and on overall classification

1974 • 418 citations

Retinal distribution and central projections of Y-, X-, and W-cells of the cat's retina.

1974 • 412 citations

Physiology of the Retina and the Visual Pathway

1960 • 409 citations

Hierarchical and parallel mechanisms in the organization of visual cortex

1979 • 404 citations

Evidence for an amacrine cell system in the ganglion cell layer of the rat retina

1981 • 394 citations

Topographical relationships between the anatomy and physiology of the rabbit visual system

1971 • 386 citations

Receptive fields and trigger features of ganglion cells in the visual streak of the rabbit's retina

1967 • 382 citations

NEURONAL DEATH AS A REGULATIVE MECHANISM IN THE CONTROL OF CELL NUMBER IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

1973 • 364 citations

Morphology and mosaic of on- and off-beta cells in the cat retina and some functional considerations

1981 • 351 citations

The inner plexiform layer in the retina of the cat: electron microscopic observations

1979 • 350 citations

A quantitative analysis of the distribution of ganglion cells in the cat's retina

1965 • 345 citations

Morphology and topography of on- and off-alpha cells in the cat retina

1981 • 326 citations

THE RÔLE PLAYED BY THE SIZES OF THE CONSTITUENT FIBERS OF A NERVE TRUNK IN DETERMINING THE FORM OF ITS ACTION POTENTIAL WAVE

1927 • 322 citations

The Structure of the Retina

1972 • 304 citations

A three-group classification of rat retinal ganglion cells: histological and physiological studies

1977 • 301 citations

The inner plexiform layer of the vertebrate retina: A quantitative and comparative electron microscopic analysis

1970 • 290 citations

Autoradiographic identification of acetylcholine in the rabbit retina.

1979 • 286 citations

Size, scatter and coverage of ganglion cell receptive field centres in the cat retina.

1979 • 285 citations

‘Starburst’ amacrine cells and cholinergic neurons: mirror-symmetric ON and OFF amacrine cells of rabbit retina

1983 • 285 citations

A quantitative analysis of the cat retinal ganglion cell topography

1975 • 284 citations

Receptive field organization of cat optic nerve fibers with special reference to conduction velocity

1971 • 281 citations

Receptive fields of simple cells in the cat striate cortex

1973 • 274 citations

Topography of the retina and striate cortex and its relationship to visual acuity in rhesus monkeys and squirrel monkeys

1970 • 274 citations

Physics of Vision in Compound Eyes

1979 • 269 citations

New properties of rabbit retinal ganglion cells.

1978 • 265 citations

The number and distribution of ganglion cells in the cat's retina

1978 • 259 citations

Philosophy of Physical Science

1941 • 258 citations

The distribution of the alpha type of ganglion cells in the cat's retina

1975 • 257 citations

Developmental Neurobiology of Vision

1979 • 253 citations

The naso-temporal division of the cat's retina.

1966 • 247 citations

The ganglion cell layer of the retina of the rat: a Golgi study

1979 • 244 citations

The pigeon retina: Quantitative aspects of the optic nerve and ganglion cell layer

1969 • 244 citations

The neural representation of visual space

1977 • 242 citations

Microcircuitry of the Cat Retina

1983 • 241 citations

CENTRIFUGAL AND ANTIDROMIC EFFECTS ON GANGLION CELLS OF RETINA

1955 • 240 citations

Receptive field organization of ‘sustained’ and ‘transient’ retinal ganglion cells which subserve different functional roles

1972 • 234 citations

The Vertebrate Visual System

1958 • 233 citations

Regional specialization of the chick retina as revealed by the size and density of neurons in the ganglion cell layer

1981 • 226 citations

Nerve fibre topography in the retinal projection to the tectum

1979 • 220 citations

Visual Psychophysics and Physiology

1978 • 217 citations

The growth and organization of the optic nerve and tract in juvenile and adult goldfish

1981 • 212 citations

Physiological identification of a morphological class of cat retinal ganglion cells.

1975 • 211 citations

Systems-matching by degeneration

1978 • 210 citations

The retinal projection to the superior colliculus in the cat: A quantitative study with HRP

1980 • 204 citations

Morphological identification of on- and off-centre brisk transient (Y) cells in the cat retina

1981 • 201 citations

Parallels in the Visual Afferent Projections of the Thalamus in the Hedgehog <i>(Paraechinus hypomelas) </i>and the Turtle <i>(Pseudemys scripta</i><i>)</i>

1970 • 194 citations

‘Coronate’ amacrine cells in the rabbit retina have the ‘starburst’ dendritic morphology

1984 • 194 citations

Matching populations of amacrine cells in the inner nuclear and ganglion cell layers of the rabbit retina

1981 • 190 citations

The optic nerve. Properties of a central tract*

1953 • 190 citations

The number of myelinated and unmyelinated fibers in the optic nerve of vertebrates

1942 • 187 citations

Loss of axons from the optic nerve of the rat during early postnatal development

1982 • 187 citations

Photoreceptor diameter and spacing for highest resolving power

1977 • 186 citations

Morphology of physiologically identified X‐, Y‐, and W‐type retinal ganglion cells of the cat

1983 • 183 citations

On and off pathways through amacrine cells in mammalian retina: The synaptic connections of “starburst” amacrine cells

1983 • 183 citations

Population magnitudes and distribution of the major modal classes of cat retinal ganglion cell as estimated from HRP filling and a systematic survey of the soma diameter spectra for classical neurones

1981 • 181 citations

Retrograde axonal transport of horseradish peroxidase by ganglion cells of the albino rat retina

1974 • 178 citations

Fine structural relationships between neurites and radial glial processes in developing mouse spinal cord

1974 • 178 citations

Cell death in the mammalian visual system during normal development: I. Retinal ganglion cells

1982 • 175 citations

The projections of different morphological types of ganglion cells in the cat retina

1975 • 174 citations

Amacrine cells, displaced amacrine cells and interplexiform cells in the retina of the rat

1980 • 172 citations

Frontiers in Visual Science

1978 • 171 citations

The retinal projection to the thalamus in the cat: A quantitative investigation and a comparison with the retinotectal pathway

1981 • 170 citations

Nerve Fibres in Optic Nerve of Rat

1967 • 169 citations

The retinal ganglion cell layer

1966 • 166 citations

Interactions between ganglion cells in cat retina

1983 • 163 citations

Uber die indirekte Sehscharfe

1894 • 159 citations

CENTRIFUGAL FIBRES TO THE AVIAN RETINA

1970 • 155 citations

Information capacity of eyes

1977 • 154 citations

Development and aging in the nervous system

1974 • 152 citations

Ganglion cell death during development of ipsilateral retino-collicular projection in golden hamster

1984 • 152 citations

Early development of amacrine cells in the mouse retina: An electron microscopic, serial section analysis

1978 • 151 citations

Die optischen Übertragungseigenschaften der Komplexaugen von Drosophila

1965 • 148 citations

How Does the Striate Cortex Begin the Reconstruction of the Visual World?

1971 • 147 citations

Organization and distribution of fibers in the optic tract of the cat

1955 • 147 citations

Visual Resolution and Receptive Field Size: Examination of Two Kinds of Cat Retinal Ganglion Cell

1979 • 146 citations

Centrifugal innervation of goldfish retina from ganglion cells of the nervus terminalis

1983 • 145 citations

The distribution and size of ganglion cells in the retina of the pigmented rabbit: A quantitative analysis

1979 • 142 citations

A quantitative comparison between the ganglion cell populations and axonal outflows of the visual streak and periphery of the rabbit retina

1980 • 141 citations

Non-retinotopic arrangement of fibres in cat optic nerve

1979 • 139 citations

Visual resolution in the cat

1974 • 136 citations

Comparative Physiology and Evolution of Vision in Invertebrates

1979 • 136 citations

The Anatomy and Histology of the Eye and Orbit of the Rabbit.

1929 • 135 citations

The projection of the temporal retina in rats, studied by retrograde transport of horseradish peroxidase

1979 • 134 citations

Retinal efferents from the pretectal area in the rat

1980 • 133 citations

The fine structure of neurons in the dorsal horn of the cat spinal cord

1968 • 132 citations

Interplexiform cells of the mammalian retina and their comparison with catecholamine-containing retinal cells

1975 • 130 citations

Almost all ganglion cells in the rabbit retina project to the superior colliculus

1981 • 127 citations

Horizontal and amacrine cells in the mammal's retina

1971 • 124 citations

The rabbit optic nerve: Fibre diameter spectrum, fibre count, and comparison with a retinal ganglion cell count

1976 • 123 citations

The mechanism of vision. V. The structure and image-forming power of the rat's eye.

1932 • 122 citations

Acetylcholine Synthesis by Displaced Amacrine Cells

1980 • 117 citations

Visual field projection columns and magnification factors in the lateral geniculate nucleus of the cat

1971 • 117 citations

A comparative study of the area of acute vision in vertebrates

1897 • 117 citations

Properties of ganglion cells in the visual streak of the cat's retina

1976 • 116 citations

Uniformity of cell distribution in the ganglion cell layer of prenatal cat retina: Implications for mechanisms of retinal development

1981 • 114 citations

Development of a transient retino-retinal pathway in hooded and albino rats

1981 • 112 citations

THE REPRESENTATION OF THE RETINA ON THE OPTIC TECTUM OF THE FROG. CORRELATION BETWEEN RETINOTECTAL MAGNIFICATION FACTOR AND RETINAL GANGLION CELL COUNT

1962 • 112 citations

The cat optic nerve: Fibre total count and diameter spectrum

1976 • 111 citations

Retinal ganglion cells projecting to the rabbit accessory optic system

1980 • 110 citations

The effects of early tectal lesions on development in the retinal ganglion cell layer of chick embryos

1975 • 110 citations

The optic nerve of the cat: Appearance and loss of axons during normal development

1982 • 108 citations

Studies of retinal representations within the cat's optic tract

1982 • 107 citations

Efferents to the Retina Have Multiple Sources in Teleost Fish

1981 • 106 citations

The sizes and distribution of ganglion cells in the retina of the owl monkey, aotus trivirgatus

1976 • 106 citations

A correlation of receptive field properties with conduction velocity of cells in the rat's retino-geniculo-cortical pathway

1979 • 105 citations

Density, soma size, and regional distribution of rabbit retinal ganglion cells

1981 • 103 citations

Centrifugal control of the avian retina. III. Effects of electrical stimulation of the isthmo-optic tract on the receptive field properties of retinal ganglion cells

1972 • 103 citations

A Behavioural Technique for the Rapid Assessment of the Visual Capabilities of Kittens

1977 • 102 citations

Loss of axons in the cat optic nerve following fetal unilateral enucleation: an electron microscopic analysis

1983 • 101 citations

Coronate cells: Displaced amacrines of the rabbit retina?

1980 • 99 citations

Optical Image Quality and the Cone Mosaic

1986 • 98 citations

Form and function of cat retinal ganglion cells

1975 • 97 citations

Light and electron microscopy of the ground squirrel retina: Functional considerations

1976 • 97 citations

Centrifugal control of the avian retina. I. Receptive field properties of retinal ganglion cells

1972 • 95 citations

Neurono-glial synaptoid contacts in the median eminence of the rat: ultrastructure, staining properties and distribution on tanycytes

1973 • 94 citations

An analysis of axon caliber within the optic nerve of the cat: evidence of size groupings and regional organization

1983 • 94 citations

The nerve fibre composition of the cat optic nerve.

1967 • 91 citations

The organization of the fibers in the optic nerve of normal and tectum‐less Rana pipiens

1983 • 91 citations

The visual sensations produced by electrical stimulation of the medial occipital cortex.

1968 • 90 citations

Centrifugal Fibres to the Retina in the Monkey and Cat

1965 • 90 citations

Centrifugal innervation of the retina in cichlid and poecilid fishes. A horseradish peroxidase study

1981 • 89 citations

The pigmented‐rat optic nerve: Fibre count and fibre diameter spectrum

1977 • 89 citations

Sampling properties of microelectrodes assessed in the cat's retina

1973 • 88 citations

The decussation of the retinothalamic pathway in the cat, with a note on the major meridians of the cat's eye

1979 • 88 citations

Rabbit retinal ganglion cells

1981 • 85 citations

Correlation between soma size and dendritic morphology in cat retinal ganglion cells: Evidence of further variation in the γ‐cell class

1980 • 85 citations

Visual Resolution and Experience: Acuity Deficits in Cats Following Early Selective Visual Deprivation

1973 • 84 citations

A newly identified population of presumptive microneurones in the cat retinal ganglion cell layer

1980 • 82 citations

Further analysis of fiber groups in the optic tract of the cat

1969 • 79 citations

Afferent and efferent activity in single units of the cat's optic nerve

1966 • 76 citations

Changing retinal ganglion cell distribution in the frog Heleioporus eyrei

1981 • 75 citations

Visual acuity of the cat

1976 • 75 citations

The Retinal Ganglion Cell Layer

1964 • 74 citations

Biplexiform Cells: Ganglion Cells of the Primate Retina That Contact Photoreceptors

1982 • 74 citations

Synaptic patterns in the visual cortex of turtle: An electron microscopic study

1975 • 74 citations

Image degradation by an irregular retinal mosaic

1977 • 73 citations

A SIMPLE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION OF VISUAL ACUITY AND THE DENSITY OF RETINAL OUTPUT CHANNELS

1976 • 72 citations

Tectal projections in the goldfish (Carassius auratus): A degeneration study

1979 • 72 citations

Axon calibre, neurofilaments, microtubules, sheath thickness and cholesterol in cat optic nerve fibres.

1971 • 72 citations

Kainic acid destroys displaced amacrine cells in post-hatch chicken retina

1980 • 71 citations

Inverted (displaced) retinal amacrine cells and their embryonic development in the chick

1977 • 71 citations

Mammalian Retina: Associational Nerve Cells in Ganglion Cell Layer

1965 • 70 citations

Centrifugal control of the avian retina. V. Effects of lesions of the isthmo-optic nucleus on visual behaviour

1972 • 70 citations

ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF THE LATERAL GENICULATE OF CATS FOLLOWING OPTIC NERVE STIMULI

1940 • 69 citations

Synapsenartige Kontakte zwischen intraventrikul�ren Axonendigungen und freien Oberfl�chen von Ependymzellen des Kaninchengehirns

1969 • 69 citations

Quantitative studies of retinal ganglion cells in a turtle, Pseudemys scripta elegans. I. Number and distribution of ganglion cells

1979 • 69 citations

Two visual pathways to the telencephalon in the nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum). I. Retinal projections

1981 • 68 citations

Centrifugal control of the avian retina. II. Receptive field properties of cells in the isthmo-optic nucleus

1972 • 68 citations

Strain differences in quantitative analysis of the rat optic nerve

1982 • 68 citations

The number, size and spatial distribution of neurons in Lamina IV of the mouse SmI neocortex

1975 • 66 citations

Toward a Functional Architecture of the Retina: Serial Reconstruction of Adjacent Ganglion Cells

1980 • 62 citations

Evidence for an orderly arrangement of optic axons within the optic nerves of the major nonmammalian vertebrate classes

1983 • 62 citations

Ganglion cells of the cat accessory optic system: Morphology and retinal topography

1982 • 58 citations

Relationship between the Ganglion Cell Layer of the Retina and the Optic Nerve in the Rat

1952 • 58 citations

Lucifer Yellow stains displaced amacrine cells of the chicken retina during embryonic development

1982 • 55 citations

Optic nerve axon diameters measured in the cat retina: Some functional considerations

1971 • 53 citations

Visual Discrimination in the Cat: IV. The Visual Acuity of the Cat in Relation to Stimulus Distance

1936 • 53 citations

The organisation of the cerebral cortex

1982 • 53 citations

Acetylcholine in the retina

1980 • 52 citations

A comparison of retinal ganglion cell topography in the plains and tree kangaroo.

1975 • 51 citations

Centrifugal control of the avian retina. IV. Effects of reversible cold block of the isthmo-optic tract on the receptive field properties of cells in the retina and isthmo-optic nucleus

1972 • 50 citations

Cat retina and the sampling theorem; the relation of transient and sustained brisk-unit cut-off frequency to ? and ?-mode cell density

1981 • 50 citations

Ueber die periphere und centrale Anordnung der Sehnervenfasern und über das Corpus bigeminum anterius

1882 • 49 citations

Association amacrine cells could mediate directional selectivity in pigeon retina

1982 • 49 citations

Physiology of the Retina and Visual Pathways

1960 • 48 citations

Distribution of small and medium‐sized ganglion cells in the cat's retina

1980 • 46 citations

Telencephalic projections to the eye in Python reticulatus

1981 • 46 citations

Direct identification of the cell bodies of Y-, X- and W-cells in the cats retina

1975 • 45 citations

Estimate of the number of myelinated axons in the cat's optic nerve

1978 • 45 citations

Gradients between nasal and temporal areas of the cat retina in the properties of retinal ganglion cells

1980 • 44 citations

Size classes of ganglion cells in the central yellow field of the pigeon retina

1980 • 43 citations

The photoresponses of structurally identified amacrine cells in the turtle retina

1982 • 43 citations

Myelin sheath thickness and conduction latency groups in the cat optic nerve

1978 • 39 citations

Ueber das Vorkommen der Area centralis retinae in den vier höheren Wirbelthierklassen

1891 • 39 citations

The Organisation of the Cerebral Cortex

1957 • 39 citations

Selectivity of microelectrodes in recordings from cat retinal ganglion cells.

1974 • 35 citations

The effects of undernutrition during early life on the rat optic nerve fibre number and size‐frequency distribution

1983 • 34 citations

Untersuchungen über die Verteilung und Zahl der retinalen Ganglienzellen beim Menschen

1967 • 33 citations

Morphological development of retinal ganglion cells in the chick embryo

1979 • 32 citations

Neurochemistry of the Retina

1980 • 31 citations

A Perspective on the Fundamental Retinal Projections of Vertebrates

1970 • 28 citations

Quantitative analysis of the cerebral cortex. I. Aselectivity of the golgi-cox staining technique

1969 • 28 citations

Untersuchungen über die Area centralis retinae

1889 • 28 citations

The problem of vision in the ecology of Talpa europaea

1966 • 26 citations

Contrast sensitivity and acuity of a conscious cat measured by the occipital evoked potential

1978 • 26 citations

Development of Ganglion Cells in the Retina of the Cat

1979 • 25 citations

Morphometric analysis of a fibre system in the central nervous system

1972 • 25 citations

Visual acuity in cats with central retinal lesions

1978 • 21 citations

Branching Pattern of Amacrine Cell Processes

1966 • 16 citations

DEGENERATIONS FOLLOWING LESIONS OF THE RETINA IN MONKEYS

1902 • 16 citations

Conduction Velocities in Rabbit's Optic Nerve*

1958 • 16 citations

Amacrine cells of the rabbit retina

1997 • 14 citations

Eye closure in toads (Bufo bufo L.) does not produce off responses in retinal on-off ganglion cells: A question of efferent commands

1978 • 14 citations

Estudio de los campos anatómicos de las células ganglionares de la retina

1966 • 11 citations

Cytoarchitectonic analysis of the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) spinal cord by means of electron microscopy with special reference to distribution of microneurons

1977 • 10 citations

Morphologic Evidence of Centrifugal Fibers in the Retina

1971 • 9 citations

One brush tailed possum can browse as much pasture as 0.06 sheep which may indicate why this “arboreal” animal has a visual streak: Some comments on the “terrain” theory

1981 • 8 citations

[Electron microscopic studies on optic nerve of the rabbit].

1961 • 7 citations

Directional units in the rat optic nerve

1980 • 7 citations

Systems-Matching by Degeneration in the Developing Retino-tectal Projection of the Chicken

1979 • 6 citations

The nature of the 'induced' discharge of cat retinal ganglion cells.

1975 • 5 citations

The Significance of Antidromic Potentiation and Induced Activity in the Retina

1978 • 4 citations

A simple technique for the electron microscopy of retinal cells previously identified by nissl staining and light microscopy

1982 • 3 citations

Directional units in the rat optic nerve

1980 • 1 citations

Deleted Work

1955 • 0 citations