Robert G. Smith

The paper shows that visual stimulation causes different sensitization patterns in dorsal and ventral On-Off direction-selective ganglion cells, with dorsal cells showing sensitization of both On and Off responses while ventral cells only show Off response sensitization.

The paper identifies glycinergic narrow field amacrine cells as a dominant inhibitory source for retinal ON starburst amacrine cells, revealing their role in modulating direction selectivity through ultra-slow glycine receptors.

The paper identifies two distinct synaptic sites on horizontal cells in the mouse retina that mediate local feedback to cones and global feedforward signaling to bipolar cells.

This paper uses Bayesian inference to estimate parameters of retinal neuron models from imaging data and optimizes stimulus waveforms for retinal neuroprosthetics.