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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Interlaminar Interactions in the Cat Visual Cortex (Laminae, Columns)

Abstract

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One component of the vertical organization of visual cortex is the projection of cells in supragranular layers to cells in the infragranular layers. By recording from cells in the infragranular layers during synaptic inactivation of layers 1-3, I have examined the possibility that this projection may confer certain receptive field properties upon cells in the deep cortical layers. I have found that cells in layer 5 and 6 which remain active in the absence of supragranular layer activity retain their specificities for stimulus orientation, direction, and length.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Biology
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2015

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Schwark, Harris Daniel

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
eng

Identifiers

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Identifier
(UMI)AAI8511672
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/77641

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2026-07-22
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citation

Schwark, Harris Daniel. Interlaminar Interactions in the Cat Visual Cortex (Laminae, Columns). Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/77641