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Induction of visual orientation modules in auditory cortex

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  • Jitendra Sharma
  • Alessandra Angelucci

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Institute of Ophthalmology)

  • Mriganka Sur

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

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Modules of neurons sharing a common property are a basic organizational feature of mammalian sensory cortex. Primary visual cortex (V1) is characterized by orientation modules—groups of cells that share a preferred stimulus orientation—which are organized into a highly ordered orientation map. Here we show that in ferrets in which retinal projections are routed into the auditory pathway, visually responsive neurons in ‘rewired’ primary auditory cortex are also organized into orientation modules. The orientation tuning of neurons within these modules is comparable to the tuning of cells in V1 but the orientation map is less orderly. Horizontal connections in rewired cortex are more patchy and periodic than connections in normal auditory cortex, but less so than connections in V1. These data show that afferent activity has a profound influence on diverse components of cortical circuitry, including thalamocortical and local intracortical connections, which are involved in the generation of orientation tuning, and long-range horizontal connections, which are important in creating an orientation map.

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  • Jitendra Sharma & Alessandra Angelucci & Mriganka Sur, 2000. "Induction of visual orientation modules in auditory cortex," Nature, Nature, vol. 404(6780), pages 841-847, April.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:404:y:2000:i:6780:d:10.1038_35009043
    DOI: 10.1038/35009043
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