Physiology of the Visual Cortex Flashcards
Monocular blindness
Loss of vision from 1 eye
Bitemporal hemianopsia
Loss of vision from nasal retina
Homonymous hemianopia
Loss of vision from the same part in each eye
Damage to optic nerve on 1 side
Monocular blindness
Damage to optic chiasma
Bitemporal hemianopsia
Damage to anything behind the optic chiasm
Homonymous hemianopia
The lateral geniculate nucleus projects to watch layer (1-6) of the visual cortex?
4
Layer 4 of the visual cortex projects to layers
2/3
Layers 2/3 of the visual cortex project to
2-6
Layer 6 of the visual cortex projects to the
Lateral geniculate nucleus
Simple cortical cells are activated by
object orientation
Complex cortical cells are activated by
Oriented edges and gratings
Stimulus must have an edge
Hypercomplex cells are activated by
MOVEMENT, orientation and location
Vertical organization of visual cortex
Horizontal
Lateral
Cells in different horizontal planes respond to orientations
Cells in the same vertical plane respond to the same orientation
Ocular dominance
Cells that receive input from the same piece of retina in different eyes are located side by side, one eye dominates