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SUBMITTER: Barchini J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6050041 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Barchini Jad J Shi Xuefeng X Chen Hui H Cang Jianhua J
eLife 20180702
Detection of salient objects in the visual scene is a vital aspect of an animal's interactions with its environment. Here, we show that neurons in the mouse superior colliculus (SC) encode visual saliency by detecting motion contrast between stimulus center and surround. Excitatory neurons in the most superficial lamina of the SC are contextually modulated, monotonically increasing their response from suppression by the same-direction surround to maximal potentiation by an oppositely-moving surr ...[more]