title: Quantitative analysis of connectivity in the visual cortex: extracting function from structure.
abstract: It is generally agreed that information flow through the cortex is constrained by a hierarchical architecture. Lack of precise data on areal connectivity leads to indeterminacy of existing models. The authors introduce two quantitative parameters (SLN and FLN) that hold the promise of resolving such indeterminacy. In the visual system, using a very incomplete database, provisional hierarchies are in line with the recent proposal of higher functions of area V1 and suggest a hitherto unsuspected central function of the frontal eye field.
authors.affiliation: Cerveau et Vision, INSERM U371, IFNL, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, Bron, France.
authors.forename: Julien
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vezoli
authors.forename: Arnaud
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Falchier
authors.forename: Bertrand
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jouve
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Knoblauch
authors.forename: Malcolm
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: Henry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kennedy
mesh_terms: D009415:Nerve Net / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*