The lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) has often been treated in the past as a linear filter that
adds little to retinal processing of visual inputs. Here we review anatomical …

Orientation selectivity is a property of mammalian primary visual cortex (V1) neurons, yet its
emergence along the visual pathway varies across species. In carnivores and primates …

A common feature of the mammalian striate cortex is the arrangement of 'orientation
domains' containing neurons preferring similar stimulus orientations. They are arranged as …

It has been suggested that the function of the claustrum (CL) may be to orchestrate and
integrate the activity of the different cortical areas that are involved in a particular function by …

Controversy remains about how orientation selectivity emerges in simple cells of the
mammalian primary visual cortex. In this paper, we present a computational model of how …

The primary visual cortex of carnivores and primates shows an orderly progression of
domains of neurons that are selective to a particular orientation of visual stimuli such as bars …

It is generally thought that orientation selectivity first appears in the primary visual cortex
(V1), whereas neurons in the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN), an input source for V1, are …

Orientation perception is not comparable across all orientations—a phenomenon commonly
referred to as the oblique effect. Here, we first assessed the interaction between stimulus …

The mechanism or microcircuitry behind orientation selectivity in primary visual cortex (V1),
and the means by which it develops without supervision or visual input, both remain …

The cat perigeniculate nucleus (PGN) is a visual sector of the thalamic reticular nucleus that
consists of GABAergic neurons. It receives excitatory axon-collateral input from relay …