scholarly journals Spatial and temporal contrast sensitivity of neurones in areas 17 and 18 of the cat's visual cortex.

1978 ◽  
Vol 283 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
J A Movshon ◽  
I D Thompson ◽  
D J Tolhurst
Keyword(s):  
Visual Cortex ◽  
Contrast Sensitivity ◽  
Temporal Contrast ◽  
Areas 17 And 18

scholarly journals Effects of mean luminance on goldfish temporal contrast sensitivity

1998 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Bilotta ◽  
Francesca M. Lynd ◽  
Maureen K. Powers
Keyword(s):  
Contrast Sensitivity ◽  
Temporal Contrast ◽  
Mean Luminance

Interocular torsional disparity and visual cortical development in the cat

1990 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 1352-1360 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. R. Isley ◽  
D. C. Rogers-Ramachandran ◽  
P. G. Shinkman
Keyword(s):  
Visual Cortex ◽  
Visual Field ◽  
Ocular Dominance ◽  
Visual Fields ◽  
Receptive Fields ◽  
Right Visual Field ◽  
Orientation Columns ◽  
Areas 17 And 18 ◽  
The Right ◽  
Visual Cortical

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)

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