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WE have explored the nature of the automatic gain control in the cat retina, the process underlying rapid light adaptation which attenuates signals reaching retinal ganglion cells from photoreceptors1.
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SHAPLEY, R., ENROTH-CUGELL, C., BONDS, A. et al. Gain Control in the Retina and Retinal Dynamics. Nature 236, 352–353 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/236352a0
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