A fundamental question in neuroscience is how sensory information is represented in the
brain. In particular, what principles guide the spatial organization of neurons with regard to …

Whether general principles can explain the layouts of cortical maps remains unresolved. In
primary visual cortex of ferret, the relationships between the maps of visual space and …

The mammalian visual cortex harbors a number of functional maps that represent distinct
attributes of stimuli in the visual environment. How different functional maps are …

The organization of primary visual cortex (V1) into functional maps makes individual cells
operate in a variety of contexts. For instance, some neurons lie in regions of fairly …

Maps representing the preference of neurons for the location and orientation of a stimulus
on the visual field are a hallmark of primary visual cortex. It is not yet known how these maps …

In the adult visual cortex, multiple feature maps exist and have characteristic spatial
relationships with one another. The relationships can be reproduced by “dimension …

The oblique effect was first described as enhanced detection and discrimination of cardinal
orientations compared with oblique orientations. Such biases in visual processing are …

DANIEL Y. TS'O AND ANNA W. ROE abstract Our understanding of the neural mechanisms
underlying visual processing has been greatly advanced by the study of how neurons are …

Highlights•Evolution: does size matter?•Dynamical factors shaping the layout of visual
response properties.•The role of patterned visual input in development and the issue of …

In addition to a topographic map of the retina, mammalian visual cortex contains
superimposed, orderly periodic maps of features such as orientation, eye dominance …