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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2025

Mesoscale developmental rivalry in human extrastriate visual cortex.

Shahin Nasr, Jan Skerswetat, Bryan Kennedy, Marianna E Schmidt, Eric D Gaier, Antony B Morland, Peter Bex, David G Hunter

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Shahin NasrAthinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-7546-9976
Jan SkerswetatDepartment of Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-2470-8404
Bryan KennedyAthinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, United States.
Marianna E SchmidtDepartment of Neurophysics, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0009-0007-0377-6815
Eric D GaierDepartment of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-2923-0024
Antony B MorlandDepartment of Psychology and York Biomedical Research Institute, University of York, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6754-5545
Peter BexDepartment of Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States.
David G HunterDepartment of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.

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
Functional Organization of Visual Object Processing R01EY017081 · NEI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI TOOTELL, ROGER B · 2007 to 2011
$2.6M
7T Translational MRI SystemS10RR019371 · NCRR · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI SORENSEN, ALMA GREGORY · 2007 to 2007
$500k
NCRR NIH HHS S10 RR019371NEI NIH HHS R01 EY017081NEI NIH HHS R01 EY030434
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Abstract

In humans and non-human primates, the extrastriate visual cortex contains fine-scale columns selectively responsive to motion, disparity, and color. However, the developmental interplay between these functional modules remains poorly understood. Using high-resolution fMRI, we compared the mesoscale organization of extrastriate cortex in 16 individuals with normal vision and 15 participants with amblyopia (PwA) caused by strabismus (n=8) or anisometropia (n=7). In controls, the cortical territory occupied by disparity-selective columns exhibited a competitive relationship with that of motion- and color-selective columns. Consistent with this pattern, PwA showed a reduction in disparity-selective responses accompanied by enhanced motion- and color-selective activity, as well as expansion of the cortical territory allocated to them. Our results show that the mesoscale modules of the human visual system are rivals in development allowing intact functions to usurp those that are compromised.

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AmblyopiaDevelopmentExtrastriate Visual CortexHigh-Resolution FMRIMesoscale Functional Organization

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PMID41279328
PMCPMC12632920

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