The long-term goal of this research proposal is to understand the cellular and synaptic mechanisms underlying motion vision and dendritic signal processing in general. To achieve this end, the research plan represents a combined theoretical and experimental approach using the fly visual interneurons as an experimental model system. The experimental data undergo an information theoretic analysis and compared to the performance of biophysically realistic computer models of the cells.
Reisenman, C; Haag, J; Borst, A (2003) Adaptation of response transients in fly motion vision. I: Experiments. Vision Res 43:1291-307 |
Borst, Alexander; Reisenman, Carolina; Haag, Juergen (2003) Adaptation of response transients in fly motion vision. II: Model studies. Vision Res 43:1309-22 |
Haag, Juergen; Borst, Alexander (2002) Dendro-dendritic interactions between motion-sensitive large-field neurons in the fly. J Neurosci 22:3227-33 |
Borst, A; Haag, J (2001) Effects of mean firing on neural information rate. J Comput Neurosci 10:213-21 |
Haag, J; Borst, A (2001) Recurrent network interactions underlying flow-field selectivity of visual interneurons. J Neurosci 21:5685-92 |