The Functional Organization of Projections from Striate to Prestriate Visual Cortex in the Rhesus Monkey
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It is now well established that two of the major functions of the primary visual cortex (area 17) in the rhesus monkey are to bring the input of the two eyes together and to analyze the visual fields in detail for retinal contour (Hubel and Wiesel 1968). If one were to study the distribution of the efferent cortical projections from area 17, one might well suppose that another one of its major functions might be to segregate out the information coming over the retinogeniculo cortical pathways and parcel this information out to different cortical areas for further analysis. Powerful evidence for such a supposition would be available if it could be shown that the distinct cortical areas to which the primary visual cortex projects have different populations of functional cell types. In a sense, this question is related to another question that has long excited the interest of neurologists: To...
