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Modular Representation of Luminance Polarity in the Superficial Layers of Primary Visual Cortex.
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- Dynamic Recruitment of the Feedforward and Recurrent Mechanism for Black-White Asymmetry in the Primary Visual Cortex.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023Article
- Evaluating the Talbot-Plateau law.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Review
- Thalamocortical boutons cluster by ON/OFF responses in mouse primary visual cortex.Journal of neurophysiology · 2023Article
- ON/OFF domains shape receptive field structure in mouse visual cortex.Nature communications · 2022Article
- Perceptual hue, lightness, and chroma are represented in a multidimensional functional anatomical map in macaque V1.Progress in neurobiology · 2022Article
- Tightly coupled inhibitory and excitatory functional networks in the developing primary visual cortex.eLife · 2021Article
- Spatial modulation of dark versus bright stimulus responses in the mouse visual system.Current biology : CB · 2021Article
- Image luminance changes contrast sensitivity in visual cortex.Cell reports · 2021Article
- Dynamics of Contrast Decrement and Increment Responses in Human Visual Cortex.Translational vision science & technology · 2020Article
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- Diversity of Ocular Dominance Patterns in Visual Cortex Originates from Variations in Local Cortical Retinotopy.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2019Article
- Using slow frame rate imaging to extract fast receptive fields.Nature communications · 2019Article
- Amblyopia Affects the ON Visual Pathway More than the OFF.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2019Article
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Abstract
The spatial arrangement of luminance increments (ON) and decrements (OFF) falling on the retina provides a wealth of information used by central visual pathways to construct coherent representations of visual scenes. But how the polarity of luminance change is represented in the activity of cortical circuits remains unclear. Using wide-field epifluorescence and two-photon imaging we demonstrate a robust modular representation of luminance polarity (ON or OFF) in the superficial layers of ferret primary visual cortex. Polarity-specific domains are found with both uniform changes in luminance and single light/dark edges, and include neurons selective for orientation and direction of motion. The integration of orientation and polarity preference is evident in the selectivity and discrimination capabilities of most layer 2/3 neurons. We conclude that polarity selectivity is an integral feature of layer 2/3 neurons, ensuring that the distinction between light and dark stimuli is available for further processing in downstream extrastriate areas.
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