期刊
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
卷 37, 期 50, 页码 12141-12152出版社
SOC NEUROSCIENCE
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1873-17.2017
关键词
functional map; moire interference; orientation map; orientation tuning; retinal ganglion cell; visual cortex
资金
- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning [NRF-2016R1C1B2016039]
- Future Systems Healthcare Project of KAIST
- Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning, Republic of Korea [kaisthealthcare42, KAISTHEALTHCARE42] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
In higher mammals, orientation tuning of neurons is organized into a quasi-periodic pattern in the primary visual cortex. Our previous model studies suggested that the topography of cortical orientation maps may originate from moire interference of ON and OFF retinal ganglion cell (RGC) mosaics, but did not account for how the consistent spatial period of maps could be achieved. Here we address this issue with two crucial findings on the development of RGC mosaics: first, homotypic local repulsion between RGCs can develop a long-range hexagonal periodicity. Second, heterotypic interaction restrains the alignment of ON and OFF mosaics, and generates a periodic interference pattern map with consistent spatial frequency. To validate our model, we quantitatively analyzed the RGC mosaics in cat data, and confirmed that the observed retinal mosaics showed evidence of heterotypic interactions, contrary to the previous view that ON and OFF mosaics are developed independently.
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