The basic structure of receptive fields and functional maps in primary visual cortex is
established without exposure to normal sensory experience and before the onset of the …

Visual cortical neurons exhibit a high degree of response selectivity and are grouped into
small columns according to their response preferences. The columns are located at …

In the mammalian primary visual cortex, neural tuning to stimulus orientation is organized in
either columnar or salt-and-pepper patterns across species. For decades, this sharp contrast …

Publisher Summary Analysis of cortical circuitry with morphological methods has revealed a
fantastic degree of complexity of intracortical connectivity. Intracortical pathways are highly …

The visual cortex is organized into retinotopic maps that preserve an orderly representation
of the visual world, achieved by topographically precise inputs from the lateral geniculate …

How we see the world largely depends on the organization of neuronal circuits in visual
cortex. Physiological recordings in mammals indicate that circuits develop over a period that …

Researchers have used a very wide range of different experimental and theoretical
approaches to help understand mammalian visual systems. These approaches tend to have …

How are the complex maps for orientation selectivity (OS) created in the primary visual
cortex (V1)? Rodents and rabbits have a random distribution of OS preferences across V1 …

Functional maps arise in developing visual cortex as response selectivities become
organized into columnar patterns of population activity. Recent studies of developing …

This receptorarchitectonic study of the human visual cortex investigated interareal
differences in mean receptor concentrations and laminar distribution patterns of 16 …