Geniculate orientation biases seen with moving sine wave gratings: implications for a model of simple cell afferent connectivity (original) (raw)
- 79 Accesses
- 27 Citations
- Explore all metrics
Summary
Orientation bias of cat dorsal lateral geniculate (LGN) neurones varied with the spatial frequency of a moving sine wave grating. At low spatial frequencies there was little orientation bias, whereas near the high-frequency limit, the dependence on orientation was marked. It is proposed that, if such cells were to drive the cortical inhibitory interneurones responsible for the orientation sensitivity of striate simple cells, it would explain many distinguishing features of cortical cells besides their orientation sensitivity.
Access this article
Subscribe and save
- Get 10 units per month
- Download Article/Chapter or eBook
- 1 Unit = 1 Article or 1 Chapter
- Cancel anytime Subscribe now
Buy Now
Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.
Instant access to the full article PDF.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
- Bullier J, Henry GH (1979) Ordinal position of neurons in cat striate cortex. J Neurophysiol 42: 1251–1263
Google Scholar - Cleland BG, Lee BB, Vidyasagar TR (1983) Response of neurons in the cat's lateral geniculate nucleus to moving bars of different length. J Neurosci 3: 108–116
Google Scholar - Cooper GF, Robson JG (1968) Successive transformations of spatial information in the visual system. IEE NPL Conf Proc 42: 134–143. London: IEE
- Creutzfeldt OD, Ito M (1968) Functional synaptic organization of primary visual cortex neurones in the cat. Exp Brain Res 6: 324–352
Google Scholar - Creutzfeldt OD, Kuhnt U, Benevento LA (1974) An intracellular analysis of visual cortical neurones to moving stimuli: responses in a co-operative neuronal network. Exp Brain Res 21: 251–274
Google Scholar - Duysens J, Orban GA, Cremieux J (1984) Functional basis for the preference for slow movement in area 17 of the cat. Vision Res 24: 17–24
Google Scholar - Enroth-Cugell C, Robson JG (1966) The contrast sensitivity of retinal ganglion cells of the cat. J Physiol (Lond) 187: 517–552
Google Scholar - Ferster D, Lindström S (1983) An intracellular analysis of geniculo-cortical connectivity in area 17 of the cat. J Physiol (Lond) 342: 181–215
Google Scholar - Hammond P (1974) Cat retinal ganglion cells: size and shape of receptive field centres. J Physiol (Lond) 242: 99–118
Google Scholar - Henry GH (1977) Receptive field classes of cells in the striate cortex of the cat. Brain Res 113: 1–28
Google Scholar - Hubel DH, Wiesel TN (1962) Receptive fields, binocular interaction and functional architecture in the cat's visual cortex. J Physiol (Lond) 160: 106–154
Google Scholar - Kato H, Bishop PO, Orban GA (1978) Hypercomplex and simple/complex cell classification in cat striate cortex. J Neurophysiol 41: 1071–1095
Google Scholar - Lee BB, Cleland BG, Creutzfeldt OD (1977) The retinal input to cells in area 17 of the cat's cortex. Exp Brain Res 30: 527–538
Google Scholar - Lehmkuhle S, Kratz KE, Mangel SC, Sherman SM (1980) Spatial and temporal sensitivity of X- and Y-cells in dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus of the cat. J Neurophysiol 43: 520–541
Google Scholar - Levick WR, Thibos LN (1982) Analysis of orientation bias in cat retina. J Physiol (Lond) 329: 243–261
Google Scholar - Maffei L, Fiorentini A (1973) The visual cortex as a spatial frequency analyser. Vision Res 13: 1255–1267
Google Scholar - Movshon JA (1975) The velocity tuning of single units in cat striate cortex. J Physiol (Lond) 249: 445–468
Google Scholar - Movshon JA, Thompson ID, Tolhurst DJ (1978) Spatial and contrast sensitivity of neurones in areas 17 and 18 of the cat's visual cortex. J Physiol (Lond) 283: 101–120
Google Scholar - Orban GA, Kennedy H, Maes H (1981) Response to movement of neurones in areas 17 and 18 of the cat: velocity sensitivity. J Neurophysiol 45: 1043–1058
Google Scholar - Sillito AM (1975) The contribution of inhibitory mechanisms to the receptive field properties of neurones in the striate cortex of the cat. J Physiol (Lond) 250: 305–329
Google Scholar - Sillito AM, Kemp JA, Milson JA, Berardi N (1980) A reevaluation of the mechanisms underlying simple cell orientation selectivity. Brain Res 194: 517–520
Google Scholar - Sillito AM, Versiani V (1977) The contribution of excitatory and inhibitory inputs to the length preference of hypercomplex cells in layers II and III of the cat's striate cortex. J Physiol (Lond) 273: 775–790
Google Scholar - Singer W, Tretter F, Cynader M (1975) Organization of cat striate cortex: a correlation of receptive-field properties with afferent and efferent connections. J Neurophysiol 38: 1080–1098
Google Scholar - Tolhurst DJ, Thompson ID (1981) On the variety of spatial frequency selectivities shown by neurons in area 17 of the cat. Proc R Soc Lond B 213: 183–199
Google Scholar - Toyama K, Matsunami K, Ohno T, Tokashiki S (1974) An intracellular study of neuronal organization in the visual cortex. Exp Brain Res 21: 45–66
Google Scholar - Tsumoto T, Eckart W, Creutzfeldt OD (1979) Modification of orientation sensitivity of cat visual cortex neurones by removal of GABA-mediated inhibition. Exp Brain Res 34: 351–363
Google Scholar - Vidyasagar TR (1984a) Geniculate orientation biases as Cartesian co-ordinates for cortical orientation detectors. In: Rose D, Dobson V (eds) Models of the visual cortex. John Wiley and Sons (in press)
- Vidyasagar TR (1984b) Contribution of inhibitory mechanisms to the orientation sensitivity of cat dLGN neurones. Exp Brain Res 55: 192–195
Google Scholar - Vidyasagar TR, Urbas JV (1982) Orientation sensitivity of cat LGN neurones with and without inputs from visual cortical areas 17 and 18. Exp Brain Res 46: 157–169
Google Scholar - Watanabe S, Konishi M, Creutzfeldt OD (1966) Postsynaptic potentials in the cat's visual cortex following electrical stimulation of afferent pathways. Exp Brain Res 1: 272–283
Google Scholar
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
- Department of Neurobiology, Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, P.O.B. 2841, D-3400, Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany
T. R. Vidyasagar & W. Heide
Authors
- T. R. Vidyasagar
You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar - W. Heide
You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Vidyasagar, T.R., Heide, W. Geniculate orientation biases seen with moving sine wave gratings: implications for a model of simple cell afferent connectivity.Exp Brain Res 57, 196–200 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00231146
- Received: 05 March 1984
- Accepted: 07 September 1984
- Issue Date: January 1984
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00231146