title: [Characteristics of the receptive fields of neurons of the posterior temporal area of the cortex of the cat].
abstract: In records of 219 single units in the posterotemporal cortical area (field 21) of nonanaesthetized cats, 51% of cells reacted to visual stimulation. The neurones had receptive fields (RFs) with central (0-10 degrees) or peripheral (10-52 degrees) localization in the visual field, their size increasing with eccentricity. Carting of RFs by a light bar scanning the visual field revealed a considerable variability of RFs shape, size and orientation in different cells. RFs sizes of the majority of recorded cells (100-1000 grad) were very large and exceeded the size of large RFs of neurones in the primary projection zone of the visual cortex.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001244:Association; D001931:Brain Mapping; D002415:Cats; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual; D009039:Motion Perception / Q000502:physiology; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000502:physiology*; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000502:physiology; D014794:Visual Fields; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*
vernacular_title: Kharakteristiki retseptivnykh poleĭ neĭronov zadnevisochnoĭ oblasti kory koshki.