title: A Division of Light and Dark in the Visual Cortex.
abstract: The fate of ON-OFF receptive field segregation in the visual cortex has long eluded scrutiny. In this issue of Neuron, Smith et al. (2015) now reveal the intricate relationship between luminance polarity and orientation selectivity in the upper layers of ferret visual cortex.
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried, Germany. Electronic address: goltstein@neuro.mpg.de.
authors.forename: Pieter M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Goltstein
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried, Germany. Electronic address: mark@neuro.mpg.de.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hübener
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000502:physiology*; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*