Striate cortex and visual acuity functions in the cat

The Journal of Comparative Neurology
M A Berkley, J M Sprague

Abstract

Using a two-choice visual discrimination paradigm, thresholds for size (gratings), parallelness (parallel vs. non-parallel lines), contour alignment (vernier offset), and angularity (polygon figures) were behaviorally determined in cats before and after ablations of portions of the geniculo-cortical system. Animals with a total loss of cortical area 17, and with a loss, in some cases, of up to 90% of areas 18 (with and without infringement into area 19), showed about a 30% reduction in grating acuity, a three-fold increase in parallelness and angularity thresholds, and a total loss of contour alignment ability. Control animals with ablations sparing area 17 showed no significant threshold changes. All animals were able to learn classic form discriminations postoperatively, but those with area 17-18 lesions at a somewhat slower than normal rate. Control procedures indicated that all tested discrimination capabilities did not depend on luminance differences between targets, local flux cues within the targets, or on the animals' use of residual portions of area 17 representing the peripheral visual field. Since the cat has multiple thalamo-cortical visual pathways, the results of the present study are consistent with the hypothesi...Continue Reading

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