Random waves in the brain: Symmetries and defect generation in the visual cortex

M Schnabel, M Kaschube, S Löwel, F Wolf - The European Physical …, 2007 - Springer
How orientation maps in the visual cortex of the brain develop is a matter of long standing
debate. Experimental and theoretical evidence suggests that their development represents …

Natural scene statistics and the structure of orientation maps in the visual cortex

JJ Hunt, CE Giacomantonio, H Tang, D Mortimer… - Neuroimage, 2009 - Elsevier
Visual activity after eye-opening influences feature map structure in primary visual cortex
(V1). For instance, rearing cats in an environment of stripes of one orientation yields an over …