The vertebrate retina: a functional review

Adrien Wohrer (1)

1 ODYSSEE - Computer and biological vision

In this report, we summarize the major properties of retinal filtering and organization, as understood by numerous experiments and models over the last decades. For this review, we take a functional approach, trying to answer this apparently simple question: What are the main characteristics of the retinal output in terms of signal processing, which should be retained in a functional model?

Mots clés: Retina; function; filtering; contrast gain control; visual pathways; spikes; adaptation

Domaines: Neurobiologie

Adrien Wohrer. The vertebrate retina: a functional review. [Research Report] RR-6532, INRIA. 2008, pp.186. ⟨inria-00280693⟩