| Effects of stimulus field size and coherence of visual motion on cortical responses in humans: an MEG study. | |
| | |
MedLine Citation:
|
PMID: 21111030 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
|
Among various kinds of visual motion, wide field coherent visual motion should have characteristic physiological significance regarding the relationship between the external world and us. To detect veridical visual motion in the surrounding environment, specific mechanisms are necessary to differentiate it from the wide field coherent motion due to one's own movement. To disclose whether and how the neural process of wide field coherent motion is different from that of other motions, we measured cortical responses to visual motions in humans using magnetoencephalography (MEG) manipulating both field size and coherence. Results showed that an increase in field size enhanced the response at sensors around the parieto-occipital area, and that the difference in activity between coherent and incoherent motion tended to be larger for the wide field. These findings suggest that wide field coherent and incoherent motion is detected differently at least in part in the parieto-occipital area, and suggest the neural process of wide field coherent motion could be pronouncedly tapped by a combination of field size and coherence. |
| | |
Authors:
|
Tomokazu Urakawa; Koji Inui; Ryusuke Kakigi |
Publication Detail:
|
Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-11-24 |
Journal Detail:
|
Title: Neuroscience letters Volume: 488 ISSN: 1872-7972 ISO Abbreviation: Neurosci. Lett. Publication Date: 2011 Jan |
Date Detail:
|
Created Date: 2011-01-10 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
|
Nlm Unique ID: 7600130 Medline TA: Neurosci Lett Country: Ireland |
Other Details:
|
Languages: eng Pagination: 294-8 Citation Subset: IM |
Copyright Information:
|
Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. |
Affiliation:
|
Department of Integrative Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Myodaiji Nishigo Naka 38, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan. turakawa@nips.ac.jp |
Export Citation:
|
APA/MLA Format Download EndNote Download BibTex |
| MeSH Terms | |
Descriptor/Qualifier:
|
|
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
Previous Document: Changes in the expression of transthyretin and protein kinase C? genes in the prefrontal cortex in r...
Next Document: Correlation of complement factor H gene polymorphisms with exudative age-related macular degeneratio...