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J Neurophysiol 49: 595-610, 1983;
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Journal of Neurophysiology, Vol 49, Issue 3 595-610, Copyright © 1983 by APS

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Activity of cells in area 17 of the cat in absence of input from layer a of lateral geniculate nucleus

J. G. Malpeli

1. Injections of 4 mM cobaltous chloride were used to block synaptic transmission in layer A of the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) without blocking fibers of passage going to or arising from other layers. 2. Selective inactivation of geniculate layer A virtually abolished all visual activity in cortical layers 4ab, 4c, and 6. Under these conditions, the stimulus-evoked response, orientation selectivity, and direction selectivity of cells in layers 2 and 3 were not seriously affected. In layer 5, the effects of the block were more variable, with special complex cells least affected and simple cells most affected. 3. Since the organization of complex receptive fields and the maintenance of normal orientation selectivity in supragranular layers survive disruption of major interlaminar interactions, it appears that much of the functional architecture of cat striate cortex does not depend on the integrity of the column. 4. These results support the idea that each layer of the LGN is a functional unit with a unique pattern of access to the various layers of visual cortex.


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