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Color architecture in alert macaque cortex revealed by FMRI.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16400160     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The contribution that different brain areas make to primate color vision, especially in the macaque, is debated. Here we used functional magnetic resonance imaging in the alert macaque, giving a whole brain perspective of color processing in the healthy brain. We identified color-biased and luminance-biased activity and color-afterimage activity. Color-biased activity was found in V1, V2, and parts of V4 and not in V3a, MT, or other dorsal stream areas, in which a luminance bias predominated. Color-biased activity and color-afterimage activity were also found in a region on the posterior bank of the superior temporal sulcus. We review anatomical and physiological studies that describe this region, PITd, and postulate that it is distinct from areas V4 and TEO. When taken together with single-unit studies and lesion studies, our results suggest that color depends on a connected ventral-stream pathway involving at least V1, V2, V4, and PITd.
Authors:
Bevil R Conway; Doris Y Tsao
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2005-12-28
Journal Detail:
Title:  Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)     Volume:  16     ISSN:  1047-3211     ISO Abbreviation:  Cereb. Cortex     Publication Date:  2006 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2006-09-27     Completed Date:  2006-11-07     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9110718     Medline TA:  Cereb Cortex     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1604-13     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. bconway@hms.harvard.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Cerebral Cortex / anatomy & histology*,  physiology*
Color Perception / physiology*
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Macaca mulatta
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Models, Neurological
Nerve Net / physiology
Oxygen / blood
Photic Stimulation
Stereotaxic Techniques
Visual Cortex / anatomy & histology,  physiology
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
EY 16187/EY/NEI NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
7782-44-7/Oxygen
Comments/Corrections
Erratum In:
Cereb Cortex. 2006 Dec;16(12):1820

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