title: Cortical organization: modules, polymaps and mosaics.
abstract: Recent studies of functional maps in the mammalian visual cortex fail to support the widespread belief that the cortex contains millimetre-sized modules; instead, they reveal a more fluid arrangement in which several separate maps are superimposed, with relatively weak geometric linkages and no common modular subunit.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of British Columbia, 2550 Willow Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V5Z 3N9, Canada.
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Swindale
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001931:Brain Mapping; D002415:Cats; D006801:Humans; D008251:Macaca; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*