Note: Front Cover -- The Cat Primary Visual Cortex -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1. The Concept of Cat Primary Visual Cortex -- Prologue -- Milestones in the Development of the Concept of Cat Primary Visual Cortex -- Connections -- Composition of Area 17 -- Comparison of the Architectonics of Areas 17 and 18 and Identification of Borders -- Visual Maps in Areas 17 and 18 -- Circuitry and Signal Processing in Areas 17 and 18 -- Visually Guided Behavior -- Synthesis -- Recent Challenges to the Primacy of Areas 17 and 18 -- Epilogue -- Chapter 2. Optical Imaging of Functional Architecture in Cat Primary Visual Cortex -- Introduction -- Methodological Aspects of Optical Imaging -- Optical Imaging of Functional Maps in Cat Visual Cortex -- Relationships Between Columnar Systems -- Comparison with the Functional Architecture in Other Species -- Concluding Remarks -- Chapter 3. 2-Deoxyglucose Architecture of Cat Primary Visual Cortex -- Introduction -- Orientation Domains -- Ocular Dominance Domains -- Spatial Frequency Domains -- Development and Experience-Dependent Changes of Cortical Maps -- Advantages and Disadvantages of the 2-DG Technique -- Outlook -- Chapter 4. Functional Mapping in The Cat Primary Visual Cortex Using High Magnetic Fields -- Introduction -- Limitations of Current Techniques, or Why We Need Another Mapping Technique -- Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging -- Functional MRI of the Cat Primary Visual Cortex -- Conclusions -- Chapter 5. Relationship of LGN Afferents and Cortical Efferents to Cytochrome Oxidase Blobs -- Parallel Processing in the Mammalian Visual System -- Organization of CO Staining in Cat Primary Visual Cortex -- Geniculate Inputs to the CO Blobs -- Molecular Markers for Other Blob/Interblob Inputs -- Outputs of the CO Blobs -- Projections to Area 19 -- Comparisons with Primates -- Conclusions. , Chapter 6. Influmence of Topography and Ocular Dominace on The Functional Organization of Callosal Connections in Cat Striate Cortex -- Introduction -- The Vertical Meridian Rule -- Callosal Fibers Interlink Cortical Sites That are in Retinotopic, Rather Than Anatomical, Correspondence -- Interhemispheric Correlated Activity Guides Callosal Development -- Summary and Concluding Remarks -- Chapter 7. Essential and Sustaining LGN Inputs to Cat Primary Visual Cortex -- Introduction -- The Reversible Inactivation Technique -- Two Circuits in Area 17 -- Area 18: More Integrative Than Area 17 -- Functional Architecture of Visual Cortex -- Chapter 8. Integration of Thalamic Input to Cat Primary Visual Cortex -- Introduction -- Simple Receptive Fields -- Numerical Aspects of the Geniculocortical Projection -- Feedforward (Thalamic) Connections and Simple Cell Responses -- Intrinsic Connections and Simple-Cell Responses -- Conclusions -- Chapter 9. The Emergence of Direction Selectivity in Cat Primary Visual Cortex -- Overview -- Directional Tuning: The Basics -- Computational Requirements for Direction Selectivity -- Biological Instantiation of Computational Principles -- Origins of Cortical Timings: The Lagged/Nonlagged Cell Model -- Comparison with Recent Models -- Intracortical Inhibition: Experimental Evidence -- How are Inputs Combined? -- Intralaminar and Interlaminar Interactions -- Summary and Conclusions -- Future Directions -- Chapter 10. Long-Intrinsic Connections in Cat Primary Visual Cortex -- Introduction -- Historical Overview -- Layout of Long-Range Horizontal Connections -- Types of Neurons Forming Long-Range Horizontal Connections -- Synaptic Targets of Long-Range Intrinsic Connections -- Divergence and Convergence of Long-Range Horizontal Connections at the Ultrastructural Level. , Topographic Relations between Long-Range Intrinsic Connections and Functional Cortical Maps -- Possible Functions -- Plasticity of Long-Range Connections in the Adult -- Conclusions -- Chapter 11. Pharmacological Studies on Receptive Field Architecture -- Receptive Field Architecture in Cat Striate Cortex Cells -- Specific Local Synaptic Input Systems to Striate Cortex Cells -- Striate Cortical Network Effects on RF Properties -- Chapter 12. Orientation Selevtivity and Its Modulation by Local and Long-Range Connection in Visual Cortex -- Overview and Introduction -- Contributions of Local Cortical Excitation to the Generation of Orientation Selectivity: The Emergent Model -- Effect of Long-Range Connections on Orientation-Speci.c Responses -- Supraoptimal Responses and Dynamic Properties of Recurrent Inhibition -- Short-Term Plasticity of Orientation Tuning Induced by Pattern Adaptation -- Concluding Remarks -- Chapter 13. Response Synchronization, Gamma Oscillations, and Perceptual Binding in Cat Primary Visual Cortex -- Introduction -- Two Complimentary Strategies for the Representation of Relations: Smart Neurons and Assemblies -- A Need for Dynamic Response Selection and Binding -- Dynamic Grouping Mechanisms -- Predictions -- Response Synchronization in Striate Cortex -- Response Synchronization, Mechanisms and Properties -- Relation between Response Synchronization and Perceptual Phenomena -- Dependency on Central States and Attention -- Plasticity of Synchronizing Connections -- The Impact of Synchronized Responses -- Gamma Oscillations and Visual Perceptions in Human Subjects -- Stimulus Locked Synchronization and Perceptual Grouping -- Conclusions -- Chapter 14. The Special Relationship Between β Retinal Ganglion Cells and Cat Primary Visual Cortex -- Introduction -- Identification of Subsystems and Connections. , Visual System Connections and Function in the Newborn -- Visual Cortex Lesions -- Factors Linked to Survival and Death of Ganglion Cells -- Primates -- Summary -- Chapter 15. Primary Visual Cortex Within the Cortico-Network -- Introduction -- Function -- Structure -- Structure-Function Relationships -- Conclusions -- Chapter 16. Behavioral Analyses of The Contributions of Cat Primary Visual Cortex to Vision -- Introduction -- The Behavioral Consequences of Lesions of the Visual Cortex -- Insights Gained from Cats Reared with Selected Forms of Early Visual Deprivation -- Conclusions -- Index.