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Visual latencies in areas V1 and V2 of the macaque monkey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2009

L.G. Nowak,
M.H.J. Munk,
P. Girard and
J. Bullier
L.G. Nowak
Affiliation:
Cerveau et Vision, INSERM Unité 371, 18 avenue du Doyen Lepine, 69500 Bron/Lyon, France
M.H.J. Munk
Affiliation:
Cerveau et Vision, INSERM Unité 371, 18 avenue du Doyen Lepine, 69500 Bron/Lyon, France
P. Girard
Affiliation:
Cerveau et Vision, INSERM Unité 371, 18 avenue du Doyen Lepine, 69500 Bron/Lyon, France
J. Bullier
Affiliation:
Cerveau et Vision, INSERM Unité 371, 18 avenue du Doyen Lepine, 69500 Bron/Lyon, France
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Abstract

Latencies to small flashing spots of light were measured in different layers of areas V1 and V2 in anesthetized and paralyzed macaque monkeys. The shortest latencies were found in layers 4Cα and 4B of area V1. Latencies in layer 4Cβ were on average 20 ms longer than those in 4Cα and 4B. The shortest latencies in area V2 were observed in the infragranular layers and they did not differ significantly from those found in the infragranular layers in V1. Similarly, latencies in the supragranular layers of V2 were not significantly different from those measured in the supragranular layers of V1. These results show that, in area V1, neurons of the magnocellular pathway are activated on average 20 ms earlier than those of the parvocellular pathway. Our data also suggest that much processing begins simultaneously in areas V1 and V2.

Keywords

Visual cortexMagnocellularParvocellularElectrophysiology

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Visual Neuroscience , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , March 1995, pp. 371 - 384
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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