A circuit motif for color in the human foveal retina.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
; 121(36): e2405138121, 2024 Sep 03.
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ABSTRACT
The neural pathways that start human color vision begin in the complex synaptic network of the foveal retina where signals originating in long (L), middle (M), and short (S) wavelength-sensitive cone photoreceptor types are compared through antagonistic interactions, referred to as opponency. In nonhuman primates, two cone opponent pathways are well established an L vs. M cone circuit linked to the midget ganglion cell type, often called the red-green pathway, and an S vs. L + M cone circuit linked to the small bistratified ganglion cell type, often called the blue-yellow pathway. These pathways have been taken to correspond in human vision to cardinal directions in a trichromatic color space, providing the parallel inputs to higher-level color processing. Yet linking cone opponency in the nonhuman primate retina to color mechanisms in human vision has proven particularly difficult. Here, we apply connectomic reconstruction to the human foveal retina to trace parallel excitatory synaptic outputs from the S-ON (or "blue-cone") bipolar cell to the small bistratified cell and two additional ganglion cell types a large bistratified ganglion cell and a subpopulation of ON-midget ganglion cells, whose synaptic connections suggest a significant and unique role in color vision. These two ganglion cell types are postsynaptic to both S-ON and L vs. M opponent midget bipolar cells and thus define excitatory pathways in the foveal retina that merge the cardinal red-green and blue-yellow circuits, with the potential for trichromatic cone opponency at the first stage of human vision.
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Asunto principal:
Células Ganglionares de la Retina
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Percepción de Color
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Células Fotorreceptoras Retinianas Conos
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Visión de Colores
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Fóvea Central
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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En
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Año:
2024
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Article
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Estados Unidos