A segregated cortical stream for retinal direction selectivity

Visual features are streamed into higher visual areas (HVAs), but how representations in HVAs are built, based on retinal output channels, is unknown. Here, the authors show that specific connectivity of cortical neurons routes retina-originated direction-selective signaling into distinct HVAs.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rune Rasmussen, Akihiro Matsumoto, Monica Dahlstrup Sietam, Keisuke Yonehara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14643-z