title: Mouse visual cortex.
abstract: Neurons in mouse visual cortex have diverse receptive field properties and they respond selectively to specific features of visual stimuli. Owing to the lateral position of the eyes, only about a third of the visual cortex receives input from both eyes, but many cells in this region are binocular. Similar to higher mammals, closing one eye during a critical period shifts the responses of cells, such that they are better driven by the non-deprived eye. In this review I illustrate how the combination of transgenic mouse technology with single cell recording and modern imaging techniques might lead to a further understanding of the mechanisms that underlie the development, plasticity, and function of the mammalian visual cortex.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut für Neurobiologie, Am Klopferspitz 18A, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany. mark@neuro.mpg.de
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hübener
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology*; D014785:Vision, Ocular / Q000502:physiology; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology