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| Title |
Direction selectivity in the retina: symmetry and asymmetry in structure and function
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| Published in |
Nature Reviews Neuroscience, February 2012
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| DOI | 10.1038/nrn3165 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
David I. Vaney, Benjamin Sivyer, W. Rowland Taylor |
| Abstract |
Visual information is processed in the retina to a remarkable degree before it is transmitted to higher visual centres. Several types of retinal ganglion cells (the output neurons of the retina) respond preferentially to image motion in a particular direction, and each type of direction-selective ganglion cell (DSGC) is comprised of multiple subtypes with different preferred directions. The direction selectivity of the cells is generated by diverse mechanisms operating within microcircuits that rely on independent neuronal processing in individual dendrites of both the DSGCs and the presynaptic neurons that innervate them. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 3 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Italy | 1 | 33% |
| Ireland | 1 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 445 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 2% |
| Germany | 5 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | <1% |
| Chile | 2 | <1% |
| France | 2 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| Belgium | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 3 | <1% |
| Unknown | 415 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 138 | 31% |
| Researcher | 89 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 42 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 36 | 8% |
| Professor | 26 | 6% |
| Other | 70 | 16% |
| Unknown | 44 | 10% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 175 | 39% |
| Neuroscience | 110 | 25% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 24 | 5% |
| Engineering | 23 | 5% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 15 | 3% |
| Other | 47 | 11% |
| Unknown | 51 | 11% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 January 2021.
All research outputs
#6,245,187
of 22,662,201 outputs
Outputs from Nature Reviews Neuroscience
#1,621
of 2,659 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#57,450
of 247,685 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Nature Reviews Neuroscience
#19
of 43 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 22,662,201 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 72nd percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 2,659 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 29.0. This one is in the 38th percentile – i.e., 38% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 43 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 55% of its contemporaries.