Visual acuity of neurones in the cat lateral suprasylvian cortex

Marirosa Di Stefano; M. Concetta Morrone; David C. Burr

doi:10.1016/0006-8993(85)91568-9

Visual acuity of neurones in the cat lateral suprasylvian cortex

Marirosa Di Stefano, M. Concetta Morrone, David C. Burr

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Abstract

The spatial acuity was measured for cells of the posteromedial lateral suprasylvian area (PMLS) of the cat. Acuities were found to be 2 cycles/degree (15 min arc) at best, and 1 cycle/degree (30 min arc) on average. Both best acuity and average acuity remained constant with receptive field eccentricity within 20° of the area centralis, and then fell gradually with eccentricity. Acuity was good, given receptive field size, and was not correlated with receptive field size. Comparisons are drawn with other visual structures.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	382-385
Number of pages	4
Journal	Brain Research
Volume	331
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-8993(85)91568-9
Publication status	Published - Apr 8 1985

Keywords

acuity
cat
PMLS
sinusoidal gratings
vision

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Developmental Biology
Molecular Biology
Clinical Neurology
Neuroscience(all)

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