Francesco Trapani

The Rod Bipolar Cell Pathway Contributes To Surround Responses In OFFRetinal Ganglion Cells

The paper identifies rod bipolar and AII amacrine cells as key to surround responses in OFF retinal ganglion cells through optogenetics and electrophysiology.

Optogenetic Targeting of AII Amacrine Cells restores Retinal Computations performed by the Inner Retina

This study shows that optogenetic stimulation of AII amacrine cells restores both ON and OFF retinal responses and enables other retinal computations in degenerate retinas.

Differences in non-linearities determine retinal cell types

The paper compares two methods for classifying retinal ganglion cells, showing that a stimulus-based approach captures more cell types by considering non-linearities.

All-optical interrogation of a direction selective retinal circuit by holographic wave front shaping

The paper demonstrates that rod bipolar cells provide asymmetric input to direction selective ganglion cells, contributing to their direction selectivity through all-optical manipulation and imaging.