Baden, T and Osorio, D (2019) The retinal basis of vertebrate color vision. Annual Review of Vision Science, 5. pp. 177-200. ISSN 2374-4650

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Abstract

The jawless fish that were ancestral to all living vertebrates had four spectral cone types that were probably served by chromatic-opponent retinal circuits. Subsequent evolution of photoreceptor spectral sensitivities is documented for many vertebrate lineages, giving insight into the ecological adaptation of color vision. Beyond the photoreceptors, retinal color processing is best understood in mammals, especially the blue system, which opposes short- against long-wavelength receptor responses. For other vertebrates that often have three or four types of cone pigment, new findings from zebrafish are extending older work on teleost fish and reptiles to reveal rich color circuitry. Here, horizontal cells establish diverse and complex spectral responses even in photoreceptor outputs. Cone-selective connections to bipolar cells then set up color-opponent synaptic layers in the inner retina, which lead to a large variety of color-opponent channels for transmission to the brain via retinal ganglion cells.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	School of Life Sciences > Neuroscience
Research Centres and Groups:	Sussex Neuroscience
Depositing User:	Thomas Baden
Date Deposited:	16 Jan 2020 11:02
Last Modified:	18 Feb 2022 15:02
URI:	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/89382

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