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| Title |
Sensory experience modifies feature map relationships in visual cortex
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| Published in |
eLife, June 2016
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| DOI | 10.7554/elife.13911 |
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| Authors |
Shaun L Cloherty, Nicholas J Hughes, Markus A Hietanen, Partha S Bhagavatula, Geoffrey J Goodhill, Michael R Ibbotson |
| Abstract |
The extent to which brain structure is influenced by sensory input during development is a critical but controversial question. A paradigmatic system for studying this is the mammalian visual cortex. Maps of orientation preference (OP) and ocular dominance (OD) in the primary visual cortex of ferrets, cats and monkeys can be individually changed by altered visual input. However, the spatial relationship between OP and OD maps has appeared immutable. Using a computational model we predicted that biasing the visual input to orthogonal orientation in the two eyes should cause a shift of OP pinwheels towards the border of OD columns. We then confirmed this prediction by rearing cats wearing orthogonally oriented cylindrical lenses over each eye. Thus, the spatial relationship between OP and OD maps can be modified by visual experience, revealing a previously unknown degree of brain plasticity in response to sensory input. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 10 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 20% |
| Japan | 2 | 20% |
| United States | 1 | 10% |
| Canada | 1 | 10% |
| Australia | 1 | 10% |
| Unknown | 3 | 30% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 8 | 80% |
| Scientists | 2 | 20% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 73 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 3% |
| Iceland | 1 | 1% |
| Germany | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 69 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 26 | 36% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 16 | 22% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 5 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 7% |
| Other | 5 | 7% |
| Unknown | 8 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 16 | 22% |
| Neuroscience | 15 | 21% |
| Psychology | 9 | 12% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 6 | 8% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 15 | 21% |
| Unknown | 9 | 12% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 14. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 November 2017.
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#6,860
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#41,508
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