A micro-architecture for binocular disparity and ocular dominance in visual cortex.

ABSTRACT: In invertebrate predators such as the praying mantis and vertebrate predators such as wild cats the ability to detect small differences in inter-ocular retinal disparities is a critical means for accurately determining the depth of moving objects such as prey. In mammals, the first neurons along the visual pathway that encode binocular disparities are found in the visual cortex. However, a precise functional architecture for binocular disparity has never been demonstrated in any species, and coarse maps for disparity have been found in only one primate species. Moreover, the dominant approach for assaying the developmental plasticity of binocular cortical neurons used monocular tests of ocular dominance to infer binocular function. The few studies that examined the relationship between ocu

SUBMITTER: Kara P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2700034 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature