| Responses of neurons in the cat posteromedial lateral suprasylvian cortex to moving texture patterns. | |
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PMID: 10842006 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The posteromedial lateral suprasylvian cortex represents a point of convergence between the geniculostriate and extrageniculostriate visual pathways. Given its purported role in motion analysis and the conflicting reports regarding the texture sensitivity of this area, we have investigated the response properties of cells in PMLS to moving texture patterns ("visual noise"). In contrast to previous reports, we have found that a large majority of cells (80.1%) responds to the motion of a texture pattern with sustained discharges. In general, responses to noise were more broadly tuned for direction compared to gratings; however, direction selectivity appeared more pronounced in response to noise. The majority of cells was selective for drift velocity of the noise pattern (mean optimal velocity: 26.7 degrees /s). Velocity tuning was comparable to that of its principal thalamic input, the lateral posterior pulvinar nucleus. In general, responsiveness of cells in the posteromedial lateral suprasylvian cortex increased with increasing texture element size, although some units were tuned to smaller element sizes than the largest presented. Finally, the magnitude of these noise responses was dependent on the area of the visual field stimulated. In general, a stimulus corresponding to roughly twice the size of the receptive field was required to elicit an equivalent half-maximal response to that for gratings. The results of this study indicate that the majority of cells in the posteromedial lateral suprasylvian cortex can be driven by the motion of a fine texture field, and highlight the importance of this area in motion analysis. |
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Authors:
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L Merabet; K Minville; M Ptito; C Casanova |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Neuroscience Volume: 97 ISSN: 0306-4522 ISO Abbreviation: Neuroscience Publication Date: 2000 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2000-07-24 Completed Date: 2000-07-24 Revised Date: 2009-11-03 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7605074 Medline TA: Neuroscience Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 611-23 Citation Subset: IM; S |
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Ecole d'optométrie, Université de Montréal, CP 6128, succ. Centre-ville, Québec, H3C 3J7, Montréal, Canada. |
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Animals Brain Mapping* Cats Electrophysiology / methods Motion Perception / physiology* Neurons / physiology* Pattern Recognition, Visual / physiology* Visual Cortex / physiology* Visual Fields |
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