scholarly journals Reprogramming of orientation columns in visual cortex: a domino effect

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyes Bachatene ◽  
Vishal Bharmauria ◽  
Sarah Cattan ◽  
Jean Rouat ◽  
Stéphane Molotchnikoff
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. eaaw0807 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming Li ◽  
Xue Mei Song ◽  
Tao Xu ◽  
Dewen Hu ◽  
Anna Wang Roe ◽  
...  

In the mammalian visual system, early stages of visual form processing begin with orientation-selective neurons in primary visual cortex (V1). In many species (including humans, monkeys, tree shrews, cats, and ferrets), these neurons are organized in a beautifully arrayed pinwheel-like orientation columns, which shift in orientation preference across V1. However, to date, the relationship of orientation architecture to the encoding of multiple elemental aspects of visual contours is still unknown. Here, using a novel, highly accurate method of targeting electrode position, we report for the first time the presence of three subdomains within single orientation domains. We suggest that these zones subserve computation of distinct aspects of visual contours and propose a novel tripartite pinwheel-centered view of an orientation hypercolumn.


1990 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 1352-1360 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. R. Isley ◽  
D. C. Rogers-Ramachandran ◽  
P. G. Shinkman

1. The present experiments were designed to assess the effects of relatively large optically induced interocular torsional disparities on the developing kitten visual cortex. Kittens were reared with restricted visual experience. Three groups viewed a normal visual environment through goggles fitted with small prisms that introduced torsional disparities between the left and right eyes' visual fields, equal but opposite in the two eyes. Kittens in the +32 degrees goggle rearing condition experienced a 16 degrees counterclockwise rotation of the left visual field and a 16 degrees clockwise rotation of the right visual field; in the -32 degrees goggle condition the rotations were clockwise in the left eye and counterclockwise in the right. In the control (0 degree) goggle condition, the prisms did not rotate the visual fields. Three additional groups viewed high-contrast square-wave gratings through Polaroid filters arranged to provide a constant 32 degrees of interocular orientation disparity. 2. Recordings were made from neurons in visual cortex around the border of areas 17 and 18 in all kittens. Development of cortical ocular dominance columns was severely disrupted in all the experimental (rotated) rearing conditions. Most cells were classified in the extreme ocular dominance categories 1, 2, 6, and 7. Development of the system of orientation columns was also affected: among the relatively few cells with oriented receptive fields in both eyes, the distributions of interocular disparities in preferred stimulus orientation were centered near 0 degree but showed significantly larger variances than in the control condition.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


2011 ◽  
Vol 71 ◽  
pp. e69-e70
Author(s):  
Yu Nakamichi ◽  
Valery A. Kalatsky ◽  
Hideyuki Watanabe ◽  
Uma Maheswari Rajagopalan ◽  
Manabu Tanifuji

Science ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 336 (6080) ◽  
pp. 413-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Keil ◽  
M. Kaschube ◽  
M. Schnabel ◽  
Z. F. Kisvarday ◽  
S. Lowel ◽  
...  

Nature ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 269 (5626) ◽  
pp. 328-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVID H. HUBEL ◽  
TORSTEN N. WIESEL ◽  
MICHAEL P. STRYKER

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