Contributions of excitation and suppression in shaping spatial frequency selectivity of V1 neurons as revealed by binocular measurements
| Autor: | Izumi Ohzawa, Takahisa M. Sanada, Taihei Ninomiya |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Neurons
Communication Vision Binocular genetic structures Physiology business.industry General Neuroscience Neural Inhibition Spatial frequency selectivity Highly sensitive Reverse correlation Visual cortex medicine.anatomical_structure Space Perception medicine Cats Animals Visual Pathways Psychology business Neuroscience Excitation Photic Stimulation Visual Cortex |
| Zdroj: | Journal of neurophysiology. 107(8) |
| ISSN: | 1522-1598 |
| Popis: | Neurons in the early visual cortex are generally highly sensitive to stimuli presented to the two eyes. However, the majority of studies on spatial and temporal aspects of neural responses were based on monocular measurements. To study neurons under more natural, i.e., binocular, conditions, we presented sinusoidal gratings of a variety of spatial frequencies (SF) dichoptically in rapid sequential flashes and analyzed the data using a binocular reverse correlation technique for neurons in cat area 17. The resulting set of data represents a frequency-domain binocular receptive field from which detailed selectivities, both monocular and binocular, could be obtained. Consistent with previous studies, the responses could generally be explained by linear summation of inputs from the two eyes. Suppressive responses were also observed and were delayed typically by 5–15 ms relative to excitatory responses. However, we have found more diverse nature of suppressive responses than those reported previously. The optimal suppressive frequency could be either higher or lower than that of the excitatory responses. The bandwidth of SF tuning of the suppressive responses was usually broader than that of the excitatory responses. Cells with lower optimal SFs for suppression tended to show high optimal SFs and sharp tuning curves. The dynamic shift of optimal SF from low to high SF was accompanied by suppression with earlier onset and higher peak SF or later onset and lower peak SF than excitation. These results suggest that the suppression plays an essential role in generating the temporal dynamics of SF selectivity. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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