Dynamics of orientation tuning in cat V1 neurons depend on location within layers and orientation maps

J Schummers, B Cronin, K Wimmer… - Frontiers in …, 2007 - frontiersin.org
Analysis of the timecourse of the orientation tuning of responses in primary visual cortex (V1)
can provide insight into the circuitry underlying tuning. Several studies have examined the …

Dynamics of orientation tuning in macaque V1: the role of global and tuned suppression

DL Ringach, MJ Hawken… - Journal of …, 2003 - journals.physiology.org
The temporal development of neural selectivity to physical attributes of a visual stimulus,
such as its orientation and spatial frequency, can provide important clues about mechanisms …

Correlation of local and global orientation and spatial frequency tuning in macaque V1

D Xing, DL Ringach, R Shapley… - The Journal of …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Visual cortical neurones display a variety of visual properties. Among those that emerge in
the primary visual cortex V1 are sharpening of selectivity for spatial frequency and for …

Information tuning of populations of neurons in primary visual cortex

K Kang, RM Shapley, H Sompolinsky - Journal of neuroscience, 2004 - Soc Neuroscience
Neurons in macaque primary visual cortex (V1) show a diversity of orientation tuning
properties, exhibiting a broad distribution of tuning width, baseline activity, peak response …

Orientation tuning, but not direction selectivity, is invariant to temporal frequency in primary visual cortex

BD Moore IV, HJ Alitto… - Journal of …, 2005 - journals.physiology.org
The activity of neurons in primary visual cortex is influenced by the orientation, contrast, and
temporal frequency of a visual stimulus. This raises the question of how these stimulus …

Relationship between the local structure of orientation map and the strength of orientation tuning of neurons in monkey V1: a 2-photon calcium imaging study

K Ikezoe, Y Mori, K Kitamura, H Tamura… - Journal of …, 2013 - Soc Neuroscience
A majority of neurons in the monkey primary visual cortex (V1) are tuned to stimulus
orientations. Preferred orientations and tuning strengths vary among V1 neurons. The …

Adaptation-induced plasticity of orientation tuning in adult visual cortex

V Dragoi, J Sharma, M Sur - Neuron, 2000 - cell.com
A key emergent property of the primary visual cortex (V1) is the orientation selectivity of its
neurons. The extent to which adult visual cortical neurons can exhibit changes in orientation …

Orientation selectivity in macaque V1: diversity and laminar dependence

DL Ringach, RM Shapley, MJ Hawken - Journal of neuroscience, 2002 - Soc Neuroscience
We studied the steady-state orientation selectivity of single neurons in macaque primary
visual cortex (V1). To analyze the data, two measures of orientation tuning selectivity …

Robust quantification of orientation selectivity and direction selectivity

M Mazurek, M Kager, SD Van Hooser - Frontiers in neural circuits, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Neurons in the visual cortex of all examined mammals exhibit orientation or direction tuning.
New imaging techniques are allowing the circuit mechanisms underlying orientation and …

Effects of inhibitory gain and conductance fluctuations in a simple model for contrast-invariant orientation tuning in cat V1

SE Palmer, KD Miller - Journal of neurophysiology, 2007 - journals.physiology.org
The origin of orientation selectivity in primary visual cortex (V1) is a model problem for
understanding cerebral cortical circuitry. A key constraint is that orientation tuning width is …