Topic: Retinal ganglion cell axons

The visual system consists of a hierarchy of distinct brain areas, each responsible for processing different aspects of visual features. To better understand how signals from an upstream area contribute to visual processing in the downstream area, this project will focus on a specific type of computation broadly found in the visual system: i.e., selectivity to motion direction. Many neurons in the mouse superior colliculus, a direct target of the retina, preferentially respond to stimuli moving in one direction, but not the opposite, with diverse direction preferences across populations. Such