<br>Preface</br><br>1 The Concept of Cat Primary Visual Cortex</br><br> Prologue</br><br> Milestones in the Development of the Concept of Cat Primary Visual Cortex</br><br> Connections</br><br> Composition of Area 17</br><br> Comparison of the Architectonics of Areas 17 and 18 and Identification of Borders</br><br> Visual Maps in Areas 17 and 18</br><br> Circuitry and Signal Processing in Areas 17 and 18</br><br> Visually Guided Behavior</br><br> Synthesis </br><br> Recent Challenges to the Primacy of Areas 17 and 18</br><br> Epilogue</br><br>2 Optical Imaging of Functional Architecture in Cat Primary Visual Cortex</br><br> Introduction</br><br> Methodological Aspects of Optical Imaging</br><br> Optical Imaging of Functional Maps in Cat Visual Cortex</br><br> Relationships between Columnar Systems</br><br> Comparison with the Functional Architecture in Other Species</br><br> Concluding Remarks</br><br>3 2-Deoxyglucose Architecture of Cat Primary Visual Cortex</br><br> Introduction</br><br> Orientation Domains</br><br> Ocular Dominance Domains </br><br> Spatial Frequency Domains</br><br> Development and Experience-Dependent Changes of Cortical Maps</br><br> Advantages and Disadvantages of the 2-DG Technique</br><br> Outlook</br><br>4 Functional Mapping in The Cat Primary Visual Cortex Using High Magnetic Fields</br><br> Introduction</br><br> Limitations of Current Techniques, or Why We Need Another Mapping Technique</br><br> Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging</br><br> Functional MRI of the Cat Primary Visual Cortex</br><br> Conclusions</br><br>5 Relationships of LGN Afferents and Cortical Efferents to Cytochrome Oxidase Blobs</br><br> Parallel Processing in the Mammalian Visual System</br><br> Organization of CO Staining in Cat Primary Visual Cortex</br><br> Geniculate Inputs to the CO Blobs</br><br> Molecular Markers for Other Blob/Interblob Inputs</br><br> Outputs of the CO Blobs</br><br> Projections to Area 19</br><br> Comparisons with Primates</br><br> Conclusions</br><br>6 INFLUENCE OF TOPOGRAPHY AND OCULAR DOMINANCE ON THE FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION OF CALLOSAL CONNECTIONS IN CAT STRIATE CORTEX</br><br> Introduction</br><br> The Vertical Meridian Rule</br><br> Callosal Fibers Interlink Cortical Sites That are in Retinotopic, Rather Than Anatomical, Correspondence</br><br> Interhemispheric Correlated Activity Guides Callosal Development</br><br> Summary and Concluding Remarks</br><br>7 Essential and Sustaining LGN Inputs to Cat Primary Visual Cortex</br><br> Introduction</br><br> The Reversible Inactivation Technique</br><br> Two Circuits in Area 17</br><br> Area 18: More Integrative Than Area 17</br><br> Functional Architecture of Visual Cortex</br><br>8 Integration of Thalamic Inputs to Cat Primary Visual Cortex</br><br> Introduction</br><br> Simple Receptive Fields</br><br> Numerical Aspects of the Geniculocortical Projection</br><br> Feedforward (Thalamic) Connections and Simple Cell Responses</br><br> Intrinsic Connections and Simple-Cell Responses</br><br> Conclusions</br><br>9 The Emergence of Direction Selectivity in Cat Primary Visual Cortex</br><br> Overview</br><br> Directional Tuning: The Basics</br><br> Computational Requirements for Direction Selectivity</br><br> Biological Instantiation of Computational Principles</br><br> Origins of Cortical Timings: The Lagged/Nonlagged Cell Model</br><br> Comparison with Recent Models</br><br> Intracortical Inhibition: Experimental Evidence</br><br> How are Inputs Combined? </br><br> Intralaminar and Interlaminar Interactions</br><br> Summary and Conclusions</br><br> Future Directions</br><br>10 Long-Range Intrinsic Connections in Cat Primary Visual Cortex</br><br> Introduction</br><br> Historical Overview</br><br> Layout of Long-Range Horizontal Connections</br><br> Types of Neurons Forming Long-Range Horizontal Connections </br><br> Synaptic Targets of Long-Range Intrinsic Connections</br><br> Divergence and Convergence of Long-Range Horizontal Connections at the Ultrastructural Level</br><br> Topographic Relations between Long-Range Intrinsic Connections and Functional Cortical Maps</br><br> Possible Functions</br><br> Plasticity of Long-Range Connections in the Adult</br><br> Conclusions</br><br>11 Pharmacological Studies on Receptive Field Architecture</br><br> Receptive Field Architecture in Cat Striate Cortex Cells</br><br> Specific Local Synaptic Input Systems to Striate Cortex Cells</br><br> Striate Cortical Network Effects on RF Properties</br><br>12 Orientation Selectivity and its Modulation by Local and Long-Range Connections in Visual Cortex</br><br> Overview and Introduction</br><br> Contributions of Local Cortical Excitation to the Generation of Orientation Selectivity: The Emergent Model</br><br> Effect of Long-Range Connections on Orientation-Specific Responses</br><br> Supraoptimal Responses and Dynamic Properties of Recurrent Inhibition</br><br> Short-Term Plasticity of Orientation Tuning Induced by Pattern Adaptation</br><br> Concluding Remarks</br><br>13 Response Synchronization, Gamma Oscillations, and Perceptual Binding in Cat Primary Visual Cortex</br><br> Introduction</br><br> Two Complimentary Strategies for the Representation of Relations: Smart Neurons and Assemblies</br><br> A Need for Dynamic Response Selection and Binding</br><br> Dynamic Grouping Mechanisms</br><br> Predictions</br><br> Response Synchronization in Striate Cortex</br><br> Response Synchronization, Mechanisms and Properties</br><br> Relation between Response Synchronization and Perceptual Phenomena</br><br> Dependency on Central States and Attention</br><br> Plasticity of Synchronizing Connections</br><br> The Impact of Synchronized Responses</br><br> Gamma Oscillations and Visual Perceptions in Human Subjects</br><br> Stimulus Locked Synchronization and Perceptual Grouping</br><br> Conclusions</br><br>14 The Special Relationship between Β Retinal Ganglion Cells and Cat Primary Visual Cortex</br><br> Introduction</br><br> Identification of Subsystems and Connections</br><br> Visual System Connections and Function in the Newborn</br><br> Visual Cortex Lesions</br><br> Factors Linked to Survival and Death of Ganglion Cells</br><br> Primates</br><br> Summary</br><br>15 Primary Visual Cortex within the Cortico-Cortico-Thalamic Network</br><br> Introduction</br><br> Function</br><br> Structure</br><br> Structure-Function Relationships</br><br> Conclusions</br><br>16 Behavioral Analyses of the Contributions of Cat Primary Visual Cortex to Vision</br><br> Introduction</br><br> The Behavioral Consequences of Lesions of the Visual Cortex</br><br> Insights Gained from Cats Reared with Selected Forms of Early Visual Deprivation</br><br> Conclusions</br><br>Index</br>