Multiple processing streams in occipitotemporal visual cortex. Nature 1994 Sep 08;371(6493):151-4
Date
09/08/1994Pubmed ID
8072543DOI
10.1038/371151a0Scopus ID
2-s2.0-0028100896 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 149 CitationsAbstract
The earliest stages of cortical visual processing in areas V1 and V2 of the macaque monkey contain internal subdivisions ('blobs' and 'interblobs' in layer 4B in V1; thin, thick and interstripes in V2) that are selectively interconnected and contain neurons with distinctive visual response properties. Here we use anatomical pathway tracing to demonstrate that higher visual areas, V4 and the ventral posterior inferotemporal cortex, each contain anatomical subdivisions that have distinct input and output projections. These findings, in conjunction with others, suggest that modularity and multistream processing within individual cortical areas are widespread features of neocortical organization.
Author List
DeYoe EA, Felleman DJ, Van Essen DC, McClendon EAuthor
Edgar A. DeYoe PhD Adjunct Professor in the Radiology department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AnimalsBrain Mapping
Computer Graphics
Fluorescent Dyes
Macaca
Neurons
Visual Cortex