MAPS IN THE BRAIN: What Can We Learn from Them?

Receptive fields, binocular interaction and functional architecture in the cat’s visual cortex

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Distributed hierarchical processing in the primate cerebral cortex

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Emergence of simple-cell receptive field properties by learning a sparse code for natural images

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An Energy Budget for Signaling in the Grey Matter of the Brain

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Preface: Cerebral Cortex Has Come of Age

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The Molecular Biology of Axon Guidance

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The “independent components” of natural scenes are edge filters

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A tension-based theory of morphogenesis and compact wiring in the central nervous system

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Columnar specificity of intrinsic horizontal and corticocortical connections in cat visual cortex

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The representation of the visual field on the cerebral cortex in monkeys

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Development ofthe Drosophila

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Functional Maps in Visual Cortex: Topographic, Modular, and Columnar Organizations

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Emerging Phenomenological and Biological Principles of Consciousness: Top Insights of Prevailing Models, Concepts, and Observations

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Overview and basics of the retinotectal system

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Modeling the origins of spatial and temporal variability in visual cortical representations

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Metodologias para desenvolvimento de mapas auto-organizáveis de Kohonen executados em FPGA.

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Cognitive computational neurosciencePreprint

Kriegeskorte, N., & Douglas, P. K. (2018) · arXiv (Cornell University) · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1807.11819 · Cited by 1

Topographic Maps

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Dissociable neuronal modules in the orbitofrontal cortex representing single and multi-attribute choice tasksPreprint

Xu, C., Ni, K., & Cai, X. (2022) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/2022.07.02.498538 · Cited by 1

Puckered in pioneer neurons coordinates the motor activity of the Drosophila embryoPreprint

Karkali, K., Vernon, S. W., Baines, R., Panayotou, G., & Martı́n-Blanco, E. (2023) · Research Square · doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-1831492/v1 · Cited by 1

Degraded mapping of disparity tuning in visual cortex explains deficits in binocular depth perceptionPreprint

Brown, T. C., Barr, C., Antin, M., Nguyen, V., McGee, A. W., & Samonds, J. M. (2025) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/2025.04.22.649872 · Cited by 1

Cell type-specific barcoding reveals the single-neuron projectional architecture of the mouse midbrain dopaminergic systemPreprint

Kim, H., Xu, C., Washington, C., Shi, C., Lowman, M., & Kebschull, J. M. (2025) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/2025.06.25.661405 · Cited by 1

Computational Analysis of Functional Imaging in the Primary Auditory Cortex

Chen, T. (2009) · Open Scholarship Institutional Repository (Washington University in St. Louis) · doi:10.7936/k7pg1pqb

Efficiency in neural information processing

Knuutila, A. (2012) · Työväentutkimus Vuosikirja

Disentangling the roles of molecular guidance cues and spontaneous activity in the emergence of visual topographic maps

Benjumeda, I. (2013) · LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas)

Structural and Functional Dynamics in Cortical and Neuronal Networks

Kaiser, M., & Simonotto, J. D. (2009) · doi:10.1002/9783527627981.ch10

Principles governing the large-scale organization of object selectivity in ventral visual cortex

Schwarzlose, R. F. (2008) · DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Information integration and neural plasticity in sensory processing investigated at the levels of single neurons, networks, and perception

Philipp, S. T. (2013) · doi:10.5282/edoc.16199

The Development And Organization Of Dendrites Of Motoneurons In Larval Zebrafish

Kishore, S. (2011) · eCommons (Cornell University)

Visual object recognition: building invariant representations over time

Tadin, D., & Pinaud, R. (2008) · Journal of Biosciences · doi:10.1007/s12038-008-0083-y

The Reorganization of Primary Auditory Cortex by Invasion of Ectopic Visual Inputs

Mao, Y. (2022) · Digital Archive @ GSU · doi:10.57709/2767743

FunctionalOrganizationofEnvelope-ResponsiveNeuronsin EarlyVisualCortex:OrganizationofCarrierTuning Properties

Guang-xing, L. (2012)

Adaptive Neuromorphic Circuit for Stereoscopic Disparity Using Ocular Dominance Map

Sharma, S., Gupta, P., & Markan, C. M. (2016) · Neuroscience Journal · doi:10.1155/2016/8751874

A Neuroproteomic Approach to Understanding Visual Cortical Development

WHITE, L. E. (2009) · Frontiers in neuroscience · doi:10.1201/9781420076264.ch12

CANADIAN LABORATORIES / LABORATOIRES CANADIENS The Optic Tectum of Birds: Mapping Our Way to Understanding Visual Processing

WYLIE, D. R. W., Gutiérrez‐Ibáñez, C., Pakan, J. M. P., & Iwaniuk, A. N. (2015)

CIRCUITS OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

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The neurobiological basis of inter-individual variability in visual perception

Song, C. (2016) · UCL Discovery (University College London)

Darwinian Domain-Generality: The Role of Evolutionary Psychology in the Modularity Debate

Lundie, M. (2022) · Digital Archive @ GSU · doi:10.57709/10063021

Topographic Organization of Extraoccipital Visual Processing Areas in the MacaquePreprint

Patel, G. H., Snyder, L. H., & Corbetta, M. (2018) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/345363

Cellular precision of orientation and spatial frequency maps in macaque V1Preprint

Ju, N., Guan, S.-C., Tang, S., & Yu, C. (2019) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/631416

Temporo-nasally biased moving grating selectivity in mouse primary visual cortexPreprint

Tolkiehn, M., & Schultz, S. R. (2019) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/708644

From Structure to Function: Roles of System Level Excitation/Inhibition Balance on Spatio-Temporal Pattern Formation in Neuronal Networks

Wu, J. (2019) · Deep Blue (University of Michigan)

Elements, structure and dynamics of the mind-brain system. A model based on 'Cognitive Feature Detectors'Preprint

Fernandez, D. (2020) · doi:10.31234/osf.io/3hp5y

Cortical Maps, Activity-Dependent Development

Swindale, N. V. (2015) · Encyclopedia of Computational Neuroscience · doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-6675-8_670

Modelling Dendrite Shape from Wiring Principles

Cuntz, H. (2013) · Springer series in computational neuroscience · doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-8094-5_6

Representational Mechanisms

Plebe, A., & Cruz, V. M. D. L. (2016) · Studies in brain and mind · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-28552-8_3

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Specialized neuronal modules for economic and single-attribute choice in the orbitofrontal cortexPreprint

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Distinct mechanisms of visual and sound adaptation in the cat visual cortexPreprint

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Additional file 3 of Colored visual stimuli evoke spectrally tuned neuronal responses across the central nervous system of zebrafish larvae

Fornetto, C., Tiso, N., Pavone, F. S., & Vanzi, F. (2020) · Figshare · doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.13294517

Additional file 4 of Colored visual stimuli evoke spectrally tuned neuronal responses across the central nervous system of zebrafish larvae

Fornetto, C., Tiso, N., Pavone, F. S., & Vanzi, F. (2020) · Figshare · doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.13294520

Additional file 7 of Colored visual stimuli evoke spectrally tuned neuronal responses across the central nervous system of zebrafish larvae

Fornetto, C., Tiso, N., Pavone, F. S., & Vanzi, F. (2020) · Figshare · doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.13294532

Additional file 6 of Colored visual stimuli evoke spectrally tuned neuronal responses across the central nervous system of zebrafish larvae

Fornetto, C., Tiso, N., Pavone, F. S., & Vanzi, F. (2020) · Figshare · doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.13294529

Additional file 1 of Colored visual stimuli evoke spectrally tuned neuronal responses across the central nervous system of zebrafish larvae

Fornetto, C., Tiso, N., Pavone, F. S., & Vanzi, F. (2020) · Figshare · doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.13294511

Additional file 9 of Colored visual stimuli evoke spectrally tuned neuronal responses across the central nervous system of zebrafish larvae

Fornetto, C., Tiso, N., Pavone, F. S., & Vanzi, F. (2020) · Figshare · doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.13294538

Additional file 8 of Colored visual stimuli evoke spectrally tuned neuronal responses across the central nervous system of zebrafish larvae

Fornetto, C., Tiso, N., Pavone, F. S., & Vanzi, F. (2020) · Figshare · doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.13294535

Additional file 5 of Colored visual stimuli evoke spectrally tuned neuronal responses across the central nervous system of zebrafish larvae

Fornetto, C., Tiso, N., Pavone, F. S., & Vanzi, F. (2020) · Figshare · doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.13294526

Additional file 2 of Colored visual stimuli evoke spectrally tuned neuronal responses across the central nervous system of zebrafish larvae

Fornetto, C., Tiso, N., Pavone, F. S., & Vanzi, F. (2020) · Figshare · doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.13294514

What and where manifolds emerge and align with perception in deep neural network models of sound localizationPreprint

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Cortical representations of natural sounds probed with large-scale imaging in the ferret

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