Investigating human visual cortex variability

Anatomical, physiological and neuroimaging studies have given us extensive knowledge of the macroanatomical landmarks, structural connectivity, laminar profiles, response properties and interspecies homology of the mammalian primary visual cortex (V1). However, the large individual differences in the size of human V1 that have been widely reported are much less well understood. Given the crucial role of V1 in processing and distributing visual information, understanding this variability is important if we wish to understand individual differences in visual performance. This key question — why the size of V1 varies among individuals — was the motivation for an important study conducted by Andrews et al. in 1997.

留言 (0)

沒有登入
gif