visual cortex

Question 1

the visual cortex is also known as _____ cortex

Answer 1

striate

Question 2

why is V1 easily notifiable?

Answer 2

because of layer 4b (aka stria of Gennari)

Question 3

layer 4 is the ____ layer

Answer 3

input layer

Question 4

which layers of V1 are most densely packed?

Answer 4

4c and 6

Question 5

stellate interneurons
spiny _____ergic and non spiny _____ergic

Answer 5

spiny -> glutamatergic
non spiny -> GABAergic

Question 6

medial tract of orientation columns
optimum orientations change ____

Answer 6

slightly

Question 7

lateral tract of orientation columns
optimum orientations change ____

Answer 7

markedly

Question 8

which is thinner: ocular dominance columns or orientation columns

Answer 8

orientation

Question 9

cytochrome oxiddase staining in V1 AND V2 showed

Answer 9

blobs in v1
striped in v2

Question 10

orientation pinwheels fall on ____

Answer 10

over centres of ocular dominance columnds

Question 11

on/off domains in visual cortex

Answer 11

ON and OFF afferents are also segregated nearly orthogonal (at right angles) to the ocular dominance columns in cat visual cortex