Direction selectivity -- experimental papers

Descriptions / Mechanisms of direction selectivity in adult animals

Priebe and Ferster 2005: Direction Selectivity of Excitation and Inhibition in Simple Cells of the Cat Primary Visual Cortex, Neuron

Ohki et al., 2005: Functional imaging with cellular resolution reveals precise micro-architecture in visual cortex, Nature

Weliky et al., 1996: A systematic map of direction preference in primary visual cortex. Nature

Bair et al., 1994: Adaptive Temporal Integration of Motion in Direction-Selective Neurons in Macaque Visual Cortex, J. Neurosci.

Reid et al., 1991: Directional Selectivity and Spatiotemporal Structure of Receptive Fields of Simple Cells in Cat Striate Cortex, PNAS

DeAnglelis, Ohzawa, and Freeman 1993: Spatiotemporal organization of simple-cell receptive fields in the cat's striate cortex. I. General characteristics and postnatal development. J Neurophys. 69:1091-1117.

DeAnglelis, Ohzawa, and Freeman 1993: Spatiotemporal organization of simple-cell receptive fields in the cat's striate cortex. II. Linearity of Temporal and Spatial Summation. J Neurophys. 69:1118-1135.

Gizzi and Movhshon 1990: Selectivity for Orientation and Direction of Motion of Single Neurons in Cat Striate and Extrastriate Visual Cortex, J. Neurophysiology

Reid et al., 1987: Linear mechanisms of directional selectivity in simple cells of cat striate cortex, J Neurophysiology.

Gilbert 1977: LAMINAR DIFFERENCES IN RECEPTIVE FIELD PROPERTIES OF CELLS IN CAT PRIMARY VISUAL CORTEX, J. Physiology

Hawken, Shapley, Grosof 1996: Temporal-frequency selectivity in monkey visual cortex. Visual Neuroscience 13:477-492.

Thompson et al. 1994: Direction sensitive X and Y cells within the A laminae of the cat's LGNd . Visual Neuroscience 11:927-938

Saul and Humphreys 1992: Temporal-frequency tuning of direction selectivity in cat visual cortex. Visual Neuroscience 8: 365-372.

Moore BD4, Alitto HJ, Usrey WM 2005: Orientation tuning, but not direction selectivity, is invariant to temporal frequency in primary visual cortex. J Neurophys. 94:1336-1345.

Papers focused on the development of direction selectivity

Li/Van Hooser et al., 2008: Experience with moving visual stimuli drives the early development of cortical direction selectivity, Nature

White and Fitzpatrick 2007: Vision and Cortical Map Development, Neuron [Review]

Li, White, and Fitzpatrick 2006: The development of direction selectivity in ferret visual cortex requires early visual experience, Nature Neurosci.

Daw and Wyatt 1976: KITTENS REARED IN A UNIDIRECTIONAL ENVIRONMENT:

EVIDENCE FOR A CRITICAL PERIOD, J Physiol.

Blakemore and Van Sluyters 1975: Innate and environmental factors in the development of the kitten's visual cortex. J Physiol. 1975 Jul;248(3):663-716.

Cynader M, Chernenko G, 1976: Abolition of direction selectivity in the visual cortex of the cat. Science. 1976 Aug 6;193(4252):504-5.