"Contrast–dependent Receptive–field Center–surround Interactions in V1 " by Jianghe Zheng, Hua Bi et al.

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Title

Contrast–dependent Receptive–field Center–surround Interactions in V1 and V2 Neurons of Infant Macaque Monkeys

Authors

Jianghe Zheng, University of Houston
Hua Bi, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Ichiro Watanabe, University of Houston
Bin Zhang, University of HoustonFollow
Ichiro Maruko, University of Houston
Earl L. Smith III, University of HoustonFollow
Yuzo M. Chino, University of HoustonFollow

Format

Poster

ISBN or ISSN

0146-0404

Conference Title

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting

Organization/Association/Group

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

Publication Title

Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science

Volume

Issue

Publication Date / Copyright Date

5-1-2005

First Page

5669

Publisher

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

Abstract

Purpose:Stimulation outside the classic receptive–field (CRF) of cortical neurons in adult monkeys is known to exert subthreshold influences over CRF responses and the nature of this surround effect, i.e., excitatory or inhibitory, is known to depend on stimulus contrast. In this study we determined at what age this contrast–dependent surround effect emerges in V1 and V2 of infant monkeys. Methods:Nine macaque infant monkeys (Maca mulatta) served as subjects; 2 weeks of age (n=3); 4 weeks (n=2); and 8 weeks (n=2). Two normal monkeys served as adult controls. Microelectrode recording experiments were conducted under anesthesia and paralysis. Following optimizing stimulus orientation /direction and spatial frequency for each unit, area summation functions were obtained (contrast = 80%, TF = 3.1Hz). After determining of the center and surround size, contrast–response functions were obtained under three conditions, center stimulus alone, center plus iso–oriented surround and center plus cross–oriented surround. Results:We found that with stimulation of the CRF alone, the contrast response functions of both V1 and V2 units in all infant groups were qualitatively adult like. In V1 of infant monkeys, adult–like contrast–dependent surround effects were found as early as at two weeks of age. However, at 2 and 4 weeks of age, iso–oriented surround gratings had relatively small suppressive effects on center responses for higher contrasts, and facilitatory effects for lower contrasts were greater than surround facilitation in adults. With orthogonally oriented surround gratings, surround effects were minimal at any infant age as in adults. In V2, surround suppression initiated by iso–oriented gratings was virtually absent during the first 8 weeks of life except for small suppression at higher contrasts. Instead robust surround facilitation was found and this surround facilitation was largest for 2 week–old infants and became progressively smaller with age. However, unlike in V1, even at 8 weeks of age, the overall surround suppression was relatively small. Conclusions:These results suggest that the functional maturation of inhibitory long–range connections both V1 and V2 is relatively delayed compared to excitatory connections, and that the receptive–field center surround organization of V2 neurons matures later than that in V1.

Disciplines

Optometry

Keywords

visual cortex, visual fields, electrophysiology, non-clinical

NSUWorks Citation

Zheng, Jianghe; Bi, Hua; Watanabe, Ichiro; Zhang, Bin; Maruko, Ichiro; Smith, Earl L. III; and Chino, Yuzo M., "Contrast–dependent Receptive–field Center–surround Interactions in V1 and V2 Neurons of Infant Macaque Monkeys" (2005). Faculty Proceedings, Presentations, Posters, Speeches, Lectures, etc.. 27.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hpd_opt_facpres/27

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