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What part of the visual field crosses?

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The part that goes to either nasal retina

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What visual hemispheres are viewed by what hemispheres?

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LVF entirely viewed by RH; RVF entirely viewed by LH

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Which pathway mediates conscious visual perception?

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From eye to LGN to visual cortex through the optic radiation

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What do ganglion projections to the hypothalamus do?

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Circadian rhythms, etc.

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What do ganglion projections to the pretectum do?

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Control pupil size, some eye movements

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What do ganglion projections to the superior colliculus do?

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Commands eye and head movements to bring the light stimulus into space on the fovea to better focus on it

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How many layers are there to the LGN?

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Six, numbered 1 to 6, with 1 being the most ventral and 6 being the most dorsal

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The right and left LGNs receive input from which VFs? Which retina?

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Right LGN receives input from LVF (left temporal, right nasal); left LGN receives input from RVF (right temporal, left nasal)

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Which LGN layers are parvo vs magno?

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1-2 are magno, 3-6 are parvo

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What is the order of ipsi/contralateral input to the LGN layers, for VF and for retina, from 1 to 6?

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Retina: CIICIC; VF: entirely C (right LGN receives entirely LVF: left nasal, right temporal)

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What is the majority of input to the LGN?

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80% from visual cortex, not the eyes

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What fissure does the striate cortex surround?

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Calcarine fissure

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What is retinotopy?

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Neighboring cells in the retina feed information to respectively neighboring cells in the cortex; spatial mapping

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How accurately does the retinotopic map represent the visual field? How so?

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Not particularly: the central few degrees are very magnified and thus have a disproportionate amount of cortical space

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How many cells does a discrete point of light activate in the striate cortex? What does this say about retinotopy?

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Many many! A point of light on the retina activates many cortical neurons, because of overlapping RFs

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What are the characteristics of Layer I of the striate cortex?

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Right underneath the pia mater; no neurons, just axons and dendrites of cells from other layers

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There are actually 9 striate cortex layers. How does that come from 6?

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Layer 4: A, B, C-alpha, C-beta

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What are the two principal types of cells in the striate cortex layers?

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Spiny stellate, pyramidal

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Where are spiny stellate cells found?

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Layers 4C-a and 4C-b of the striate cortex

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Where are pyramidal cells found in the striate cortex?

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Any of the layers except 4C-a/b and Layer 1

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Which kind of cell, spiny stellate or pyramidal, extends beyond the striate cortex to make connections?

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Pyramidal: spiny stellate stays local

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What is the third type of cell found in the striate cortex?

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Inhibitory: local connections only

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What are the inputs to Layer 4C of the striate cortex?

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4C-a input from LGN Magno, 4C-b from LGN Parvo

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LGN magno and parvo connect to which layer of the striate cortex?

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4C-a, 4C-b

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LGN konio connects to which layer of the striate cortex?
Layers 2 and 3
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What are ocular dominance columns?
Differing zebra stripes of LE vs RE input to the striate cotex's Layer 4C
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What are radial connections in the striate cortex?
When the intracortical connections run perpendicular to the cortex layers
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What are horizontal connections in the striate cortex?
When the intracortical connections run parallel to the cortical layers by collateral branches
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Where are horizontal connections in the striate cortex?
Layer 3
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Where in the striate cortex is the first time where LE and RE input mix?
Layer 4B
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What is the difference in input quality/type between striate cortex 4C and 4B?
4C in monocular, 4B is binocular (LE and RE mix)
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Are striate cortex Layers 2/3 monocular or binocular?
Binocular
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Layers 4C-a and 4C-b project their magno/parvo information to which layers of the striate cortex?
4C-a (magno) projects to 4B, and 4C-b (parvo) projects to 3
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Which striate cortex layers have output to other cortical areas?
2/3, 4B
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What striate cortex layer has output to the superior colliculus/pons?
5
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What striate cortex layer has output to the LGN?
6
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What striate cortex layers have cytochrome oxidase blobs?
2,3,5,6
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What do cytochrome oxidase blobs do?
Receive direct LGN input from koniocellular layers, receive input from magno/parvocellular layers in striate cortex 4C
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Where are cytochrome oxidase blobs located?
Layers 2,3,5,6; in Layer 3, centered over ocular dominance columns
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What does it mean that the RFs of neurons in Later 4C (a,b) are similar to the RFs of magno/parvo cells in the LGN?
Generally small, monocular, center-surround
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What is the difference in sensitivity between 4C-a and 4C-b RFs?
4C-a is not sensitive to color; 4C-b is sensitive to color
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What feature of Layer 4C of the striate cortex accounts for ocular dominance columns?
Monocular afferent input is usually lumped together
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What does it mean that super-4C layers have binocular RFs?
Once the output of Layer 4C branches out, creates binocularity; so each neuron from there has a RF in the ipsi and contralateral eye
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What happens to ocular dominance columns once your get superficial to Layer 4C?
Fuzzier: zones that more strongly respond to one eye than the other
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Which layers are orientation selective in the striate cortex?
Most layers except 4C
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What is an orientation column?
The fact that for orientation-selective neurons in one layer, the same orientation selectivity extends radially down the whole cortex in that column
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What are orientation-selection neurons important for?
Object shape recognition; "what" pathway (temporal, ventral)
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Direction selectivity is a hallmark of which types of cells?
LGN magnocellular-input neurons
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What are Hubel and Weisel's "simple cells?"
Cells where cortical neurons get converging input from 3+ LGN cells with RFs along an axis; segregations of ON/OFF regions
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Simple cells are what kind of selective?
Orientation selective
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What are Hubel and Weisel's "complex cells?"
No distinct ON/OFF regions; give ON and OFF responses to stimuli throughout RF
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What is the general visual response of interblob cells (outside Layer 4)?
Binocular, orientation selective, direction selective; can be simple/complex; not wavelength sensitive
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What is the general visual response of blob cells (outside Layer4)?
Monocular, not orientation/direction selective; wavelength sensitive
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What is the shape of blob cell RFs?
Circular
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Which cells contain most of the color-sensitive neurons outside of Layer 4C?
Blob cells!
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What is the magnocellular pathway?
M-type ganglion cells in retina -TO- magno layers of LGN -TO- layer 4C-a of striate cortex -TO- layer 4B of striate cortex
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What are the characteristics of Layer 4B pyramidal cells of the magnocellular pathway?
Binocular, simple/complex RFs, orientation/direction selective, color insensitive
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What is the magnocellular pathway used for?
Object motion and guidance of motor actions
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What is the parvo-interblob pathway?
P-type ganglion cells in retina -TO- parvo layers of LGN -TO_ layer 4C-b of striate cortex -TO- layer 2/3 interblob regions
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What are the characteristics of Layer 2/3 interblob cells of the parvo-interblob pathway?
Binocular, simple/complex RFs; orientation selective; direction/wavelength insensitive
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What is the parvo-interblob pathway used for?
Analysis of fine object shape
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What is the blob pathway?
nonM-nonP ganglion cells in retina -TO- konio layers of LGN -TO- blobs in layer 2/3 of striate cortex directly!
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What are the characteristics of blob pathway cells?
Convergence of P/M/K input; monocular; center-surround color-opponent RFs; orientation/direction insensitive; color sensitive
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What is the blob pathway used for?
Analysis of object color
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What is the dorsal stream for?
Analysis of visual motion; visual control of action
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What is the ventral stream for?
Perception of visual world, recognition of objects
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Dorsal vs ventral streams are associated with which pathways?
Dorsal is M, Ventral is P-inter/Blob
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What is area MT?
Dorsal stream: specialized processing of object motion (direction-selectivity)
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How is cortical area arranged in area MT?
Direction-selective columns
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What is area V4?
Ventral stream: shape/color perception
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What is area IT?
Ventral stream: face perception, fusiform gyrus

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