The Cat Primary Visual Cortex 1st Edition by Bertram Payne, Alan Peters ISBN 978-0125521048 0125521049

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ISBN 10: 0125521049

ISBN 13: 978-0125521048

Author: Bertram Payne,  Alan Peters 

Written by experts on the forefront of investigations of brain function, vision, and perception, the material presented is of an unparalleled scientific quality, and shows that analyses of enormous breadth and sophistication are required to probe the structure and function of brain regions. The articles are highly persuasive in showing what can be achieved by carrying out careful and imaginative experiments. The Cat Primary Visual Cortex should emerge as essential reading for all those interested in cerebral cortical processing of visual signals or researching or working in any field of vision.

• Comprehensive account of cat primary visual cortex
• Generous use of illustrations including color
• Covers research from structure to connections to functions
• Chapters by leaders in the field
• Topics presneted on multiple, compatible levels

Table of contents: 

Chapter 1: The Concept of Cat Primary Visual Cortex

• Prologue

• Milestones in the Development of the Concept of Cat Primary Visual Cortex

• Connections

• Composition of Area 17

• Comparison of the Architectonics of Areas 17 and 18 and Identification of Borders

• Visual Maps in Areas 17 and 18

• Circuitry and Signal Processing in Areas 17 and 18

• Visually Guided Behavior

• Synthesis

• Recent Challenges to the Primacy of Areas 17 and 18

• Epilogue

Chapter 2: Optical Imaging of Functional Architecture in Cat Primary Visual Cortex

• Introduction

• Methodological Aspects of Optical Imaging

• Optical Imaging of Functional Maps in Cat Visual Cortex

• Relationships Between Columnar Systems

• Comparison with the Functional Architecture in Other Species

• Concluding Remarks

Chapter 3: 2-Deoxyglucose Architecture of Cat Primary Visual Cortex

• Introduction

• Orientation Domains

• Ocular Dominance Domains

• Spatial Frequency Domains

• Development and Experience-Dependent Changes of Cortical Maps

• Advantages and Disadvantages of the 2-DG Technique

• Outlook

Chapter 4: Functional Mapping in the Cat Primary Visual Cortex Using High Magnetic Fields

• Introduction

• Limitations of Current Techniques, or Why We Need Another Mapping Technique

• Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

• Functional MRI of the Cat Primary Visual Cortex

• Conclusions

Chapter 5: Relationships of LGN Afferents and Cortical Efferents to Cytochrome Oxidase Blobs

• Parallel Processing in the Mammalian Visual System

• Organization of CO Staining in Cat Primary Visual Cortex

• Geniculate Inputs to the CO Blobs

• Molecular Markers for Other Blob/Interblob Inputs

• Outputs of the CO Blobs

• Projections to Area 19

• Comparisons with Primates

• Conclusions

Chapter 6: Influence of Topography and Ocular Dominance on the Functional Organization of Callosal Connections in Cat Striate Cortex

• Introduction

• The Vertical Meridian Rule

• Callosal Fibers Interlink Cortical Sites That are in Retinotopic, Rather Than Anatomical, Correspondence

• Interhemispheric Correlated Activity Guides Callosal Development

• Summary and Concluding Remarks

Chapter 7: Essential and Sustaining LGN Inputs to Cat Primary Visual Cortex

• Introduction

• The Reversible Inactivation Technique

• Two Circuits in Area 17

• Area 18: More Integrative Than Area 17

• Functional Architecture of Visual Cortex

Chapter 8: Integration of Thalamic Inputs to Cat Primary Visual Cortex

• Introduction

• Simple Receptive Fields

• Numerical Aspects of the Geniculocortical Projection

• Feedforward (Thalamic) Connections and Simple Cell Responses

• Intrinsic Connections and Simple-Cell Responses

• Conclusions

Chapter 9: The Emergence of Direction Selectivity in Cat Primary Visual Cortex

• Overview

• Directional Tuning: The Basics

• Computational Requirements for Direction Selectivity

• Biological Instantiation of Computational Principles

• Origins of Cortical Timings: The Lagged/Nonlagged Cell Model

• Comparison with Recent Models

• Intracortical Inhibition: Experimental Evidence

• How are Inputs Combined?

• Intralaminar and Interlaminar Interactions

• Summary and Conclusions

• Future Directions

Chapter 10: Long-Range Intrinsic Connections in Cat Primary Visual Cortex

• Introduction

• Historical Overview

• Layout of Long-Range Horizontal Connections

• Types of Neurons Forming Long-Range Horizontal Connections

• Synaptic Targets of Long-Range Intrinsic Connections

• Divergence and Convergence of Long-Range Horizontal Connections at the Ultrastructural Level

• Topographic Relations between Long-Range Intrinsic Connections and Functional Cortical Maps

• Possible Functions

• Plasticity of Long-Range Connections in the Adult

• Conclusions

Chapter 11: Pharmacological Studies on Receptive Field Architecture

• Receptive Field Architecture in Cat Striate Cortex Cells

• Specific Local Synaptic Input Systems to Striate Cortex Cells

• Striate Cortical Network Effects on RF Properties

Chapter 12: Orientation Selectivity and its Modulation by Local and Long-Range Connections in Visual Cortex

• Overview and Introduction

• Contributions of Local Cortical Excitation to the Generation of Orientation Selectivity: The Emergent Model

• Effect of Long-Range Connections on Orientation-Specific Responses

• Supraoptimal Responses and Dynamic Properties of Recurrent Inhibition

• Short-Term Plasticity of Orientation Tuning Induced by Pattern Adaptation

• Concluding Remarks

Chapter 13: Response Synchronization, Gamma Oscillations, and Perceptual Binding in Cat Primary Visual Cortex

• Introduction

• Two Complementary Strategies for the Representation of Relations: Smart Neurons and Assemblies

• A Need for Dynamic Response Selection and Binding

• Dynamic Grouping Mechanisms

• Predictions

• Response Synchronization in Striate Cortex

• Response Synchronization, Mechanisms and Properties

• Relation between Response Synchronization and Perceptual Phenomena

• Dependency on Central States and Attention

• Plasticity of Synchronizing Connections

• The Impact of Synchronized Responses

• Gamma Oscillations and Visual Perceptions in Human Subjects

• Stimulus Locked Synchronization and Perceptual Grouping

• Conclusions

Chapter 14: The Special Relationship Between β Retinal Ganglion Cells and Cat Primary Visual Cortex

• Introduction

• Identification of Subsystems and Connections

• Visual System Connections and Function in the Newborn

• Visual Cortex Lesions

• Factors Linked to Survival and Death of Ganglion Cells

• Primates

• Summary

Chapter 15: Primary Visual Cortex within the Cortico-Cortico-Thalamic Network

• Introduction

• Function

• Structure

• Structure-Function Relationships

• Conclusions

Chapter 16: Behavioral Analyses of the Contributions of Cat Primary Visual Cortex to Vision

• Introduction

• The Behavioral Consequences of Lesions of the Visual Cortex

• Insights Gained from Cats Reared with Selected Forms of Early Visual Deprivation

• Conclusions

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