Visual Response Properties of Striate Cortical Neurons Projecting to Area MT in Macaque Monkeys
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We have previously shown that some neurons in extrastriate area MT are capable of signaling the global motion of complex patterns; neurons randomly sampled from V1, on the other hand, respond only to the motion of individual oriented components. Because only a small fraction of V1 neurons projects to MT, we wished to establish the processing hierarchy more precisely by studying the properties of those neurons projecting to MT, identified by antidromic responses to electrical stimulation of MT. The neurons that project from V1 to MT were directionally selective and, like other V1 neurons, responded only to the motion of the components of complex patterns. The projection neurons were predominantly “special complex,” responsive to a broad range of spatial and temporal frequencies, and sensitive to very low stimulus contrasts. The projection neurons thus comprise a homogeneous and highly specialized subset of V1 neurons, consistent with the notion that V1 acts as clearing house of basic visual measurements, distributing information appropriately to higher cortical areas for specialized analysis.
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Cells in V1 that project to MT may be regarded as local motion energy filters that are spatio-temporally separable and tuned to a specific frequency and orientation.
“This study reveals that cells in V1 that project to MT may be regarded as local motion energy filters that are spatio-temporally separable and tuned to a specific frequency and orientation (such as the Gabor filters used here).”
From Motion Tuned Spatio-Temporal Quality Assessment of Natural Videos (2010) · cites this paper as [35]
The Discussion describes V1 neurons projecting to MT as local motion energy filters responsive within bandpass limits for orientation and spatial and temporal frequency. The spatial and temporal receptive-field results report frequency tuning, but our copy does not establish that these neurons are spatiotemporally separable. (LLM, conf=0.87)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredArea MT receives directional information from V1 and performs more complex computations using the preliminary motion information computed by V1 neurons.
“Area MT receives directional information from V1 and performs more complex computations using the preliminary motion information computed by V1 neurons [35].”
From Motion Tuned Spatio-Temporal Quality Assessment of Natural Videos (2010) · cites this paper as [35]
The properties of neurons in Area V1 that project to Area MT have been well studied.
“The properties of neurons in Area V1 that project to Area MT have been well studied [35].”
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Existing HVS-based VQA indices model only early visual processing and do not incorporate models of motion processing in Area MT.
“All the indices mentioned above use either one or two temporal channels and model the temporal tuning of only the neurons in early stages of the visual pathway such as the retina, lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) and Area V1 of the cortex.”
From Motion Tuned Spatio-Temporal Quality Assessment of Natural Videos (2010) · cites this paper as [35]
The Discussion distinguishes local motion processing in V1 from higher-order motion processing associated with MT, but it does not assess video-quality indices. Searches for temporal-channel models and such indices found no passage stating that existing indices model only early visual stages or omit MT; page numbers were not available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.76)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredMotion sensitivity of MT neurons likely arises from their direct and indirect input from V1.
“the motion sensitivity of MT neurons likely arises from their direct and indirect input from V135”
From Neural correlates of perceptual learning in a sensory-motor, but not a sensory, cortical area (2008) · cites this paper as [35]
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- Authors
- Movshon, J. A., & Newsome, W. T.
- Affiliations
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
- Stanford Medicine (US)
- Venue
- The Journal of Neuroscience
- Publisher
- Society for Neuroscience
- Published
- 1996-12-01
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 23
- Pages
- 7733-7741
- ISSN
- 0270-6474 (ISSN-L)
- 1529-2401
- PMC
- PMC6579106
- OpenAlex
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- en
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- National Science Foundation (8216950)
- National Institutes of Health
- National Eye Institute (R01EY002017, EY 02017)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Multisensory perception and integration
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Motor Control and Adaptation
- Keywords
- visual cortex, primary visual cortex, area MT, extrastriate cortex, direction selectivity, motion processing, complex motion, spatial frequency tuning, temporal frequency tuning, contrast sensitivity, hierarchical visual processing, macaque
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Electric Stimulation, Electrophysiology, Evoked Potentials, Macaca fascicularis, Synaptic Transmission, Neurons, Reaction Time, Visual Cortex, Visual Perception
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