Localized and Long-Lasting Adaptation in Dragonfly Target-Detecting Neurons

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作者
Schwarz, Matthew B. [1 ]
O'Carroll, David C. [2 ]
Evans, Bernard J. E. [1 ]
Fabian, Joseph M. [1 ]
Wiederman, Steven D. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Adelaide, Sch Biomed, Adelaide, SA, Australia
[2] Lund Univ, Dept Biol, S-22100 Lund, Sweden
基金
澳大利亚研究理事会; 瑞典研究理事会;
关键词
adaptation; dragonfly; small target motion detection neurons; VENTRAL NERVE CORD; SYNAPTIC ORGANIZATION; VISUAL-SYSTEM; MECHANISMS; LAMINA; VISION; EYE; SENSITIZATION; INTERCEPTION; PERFORMANCE;
D O I
10.1523/ENEURO.0036-24.2024
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Some visual neurons in the dragonfly (Hemicordulia tau) optic lobe respond to small, moving targets, likely underlying their fast pursuit of prey and conspecifics. In response to repetitive targets presented at short intervals, the spiking activity of these "small target motion detector" (STMD) neurons diminishes overtime. Previous experiments limited this adaptation by including intertrial rest periods of varying durations. However, the characteristics of this effect have never been quantified. Here, using extracellular recording techniques lasting for several hours, we quantified both the spatial and temporal properties of STMD adaptation. We found that the time course of adaptation was variable across STMD units. In any one STMD, a repeated series led to more rapid adaptation, a minor accumulative effect more akin to habituation. Following an adapting stimulus, responses recovered quickly, though the rate of recovery decreased nonlinearly over time. We found that the region of adaptation is highly localized, with targets displaced by similar to 2.5 degrees eliciting a naive response. Higher frequencies of target stimulation converged to lower levels of sustained response activity. We determined that adaptation itself is a target-tuned property, not elicited by moving bars or luminance flicker. As STMD adaptation is a localized phenomenon, dependent on recent history, it is likely to play an important role in closed-loop behavior where a target is foveated in a localized region for extended periods of the pursuit duration.
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