Ekimian A A, Arutiunian-Kozak B A, Grigorian G E
Neirofiziologiia. 1978;10(4):348-54.
Responses of 114 pulvinar neurons to stimulation by moving light spots were studied. Most neurons (79) displayed background activity, the mean frequency of discharges being about 10-25 imp/s. 35 neurons showed no background activity, 41 neurons responded only to the movement of black stimuli, the rest being excited either by black or by light stimulus. The neurons were divided into two groups: those sensitive to the movement direction and those responding to two opposite directions of the movement by the equal numbers of discharges. A small number of neurons was observed responding to two opposite directions by regular bursts of spikes differently distributed in time (multimodal responses). Some neurons changed their nondirectional responses to the direction-sensitive ones after modifying the dimensions of the light spot.
研究了114个丘脑枕神经元对移动光斑刺激的反应。大多数神经元（79个）表现出背景活动，放电平均频率约为10 - 25次/秒。35个神经元无背景活动，41个神经元仅对黑色刺激的运动有反应，其余神经元则被黑色或光刺激所兴奋。这些神经元被分为两组：对运动方向敏感的神经元和对两个相反运动方向以相同放电数量做出反应的神经元。观察到少数神经元通过在时间上不同分布的规则脉冲串对两个相反方向做出反应（多峰反应）。一些神经元在改变光斑尺寸后，其非定向反应转变为方向敏感反应。
