A theory of cortical map formation in the visual brain

Sohrab Najafian; Erin Koch; Kai Lun Teh; Jianzhong Jin; Hamed Rahimi-Nasrabadi; Qasim Zaidi; Jens Kremkow; Jose-Manuel Alonso

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-29433-y

Nature Communications (Apr 2022)

A theory of cortical map formation in the visual brain

Sohrab Najafian,
Erin Koch,
Kai Lun Teh,
Jianzhong Jin,
Hamed Rahimi-Nasrabadi,
Qasim Zaidi,
Jens Kremkow,
Jose-Manuel Alonso

Affiliations

Sohrab Najafian: Department of Biological and Visual Sciences, SUNY College of Optometry
Erin Koch: Department of Biological and Visual Sciences, SUNY College of Optometry
Kai Lun Teh: Neuroscience Research Center, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Jianzhong Jin: Department of Biological and Visual Sciences, SUNY College of Optometry
Hamed Rahimi-Nasrabadi: Department of Biological and Visual Sciences, SUNY College of Optometry
Qasim Zaidi: Department of Biological and Visual Sciences, SUNY College of Optometry
Jens Kremkow: Neuroscience Research Center, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Jose-Manuel Alonso: Department of Biological and Visual Sciences, SUNY College of Optometry

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29433-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 20

Abstract

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Najafian et al. introduce a developmental theory of map formation in the cerebral cortex. The theory proposes that increases in the density of thalamic afferents sampling sensory space make cortical maps to segregate more stimulus dimensions.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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