Dynamic Change of a Ganglion Cell's Visual Message

<p>The spike-triggered average stimulus of an On-Off cell, plotted for spikes (vertical tick marks) emitted in various 0.1-s intervals surrounding a peripheral shift. Each curve depicts the average intensity time course that caused a spike, and thus represents the average message such a spike sends to the brain. Dotted curve: the visual message that would have been conveyed by spikes in the interval 0.1–0.2 s, if the peripheral shift at 0 s had not occurred. Note that the dotted and solid curves for this interval differ significantly even at time points before the shift (arrows).