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ArticleProgress in neurobiology2023

Two fine-scale channels for encoding motion and stereopsis within the human magnocellular stream.

B Kennedy, P Bex, D G Hunter, S Nasr

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Article in Progress in neurobiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

B KennedyAthinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, United States.
P BexDepartment of Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States.
D G HunterDepartment of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Ophthalmology, Boston's Children Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.
S NasrAthinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, United States; Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States. Electronic address: shahin.nasr@mgh.harvard.edu.
Massachusetts General Hospital · USHarvard University · USNortheastern University · US

Funding

Applications of high resolution fMRI in ultra-high field (7T) in revealing developmental disorders underlying amblyopiaR01EY030434 · NEI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Shahin Nasr · 2020 to 2026
$3.8M
Columnar Organization of Surface vs. Border Information in Human Areas V2 and V3R01EY026881 · NEI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI TOOTELL, ROGER B · 2016 to 2018
$1.4M
7T Translational MRI SystemS10RR019371 · NCRR · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI SORENSEN, ALMA GREGORY · 2007 to 2007
$500k
NCRR NIH HHS S10 RR019371NEI NIH HHS R01 EY026881NEI NIH HHS R01 EY030434
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In humans and non-human primates (NHPs), motion and stereopsis are processed within fine-scale cortical sites, including V2 thick stripes and their extensions into areas V3 and V3A that are believed to be under the influence of magnocellular stream. However, in both species, the relative functional organization (overlapping vs. none overlapping) of these sites remains unclear. Using high-resolution functional MRI (fMRI), we found evidence for two minimally-overlapping channels within human extrastriate areas that contribute to processing motion and stereopsis. Across multiple experiments that included different stimuli (random dots, gratings, and natural scenes), the functional selectivity of these channels for motion vs. stereopsis remained consistent. Furthermore, an analysis of resting-state functional connectivity revealed stronger functional connectivity within the two channels rather than between them. This finding provides a new perspective toward the mesoscale organization of the magnocellular stream within the human extrastriate visual cortex, beyond our previous understanding based on animal models.

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RiversVisual CortexAnimalsBrain MappingDepth PerceptionHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingVisual PathwaysExtrastriate cortexHigh resolution fMRIMesoscale functional organizationUltra-high field (7T) scannerVisual processing

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