Cortical maps: where theory meets experiments.
Primary visual cortex (V1) has remarkably systematic functional maps. One commonly used class of computational models proposes that such maps are generated by a mechanism that projects the multiple dimensions of neuronal responses smoothly onto the two dimensions of cortex. In this issue of Neuron, Mriganka Sur and colleagues find a close match between such model predictions and measurements from ferret V1.
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Aniruddha
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Columbia University Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, New York, NY 10032, USA. ad2069@columbia.edu
D000818:Animals; D001931:Brain Mapping; D023882:Dominance, Ocular / Q000502:physiology; D005289:Ferrets; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009949:Orientation; D013028:Space Perception; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000502:physiology*