The role of activity in development of the visual system

Sengpiel, Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7060-1851 and Kind, Peter C. 2002. The role of activity in development of the visual system. Current Biology 12 (23) , R818-R826. 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)01318-0

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Abstract

Neuronal activity is important for both the initial formation and the subsequent refinement of anatomical and physiological features of the mammalian visual system. Here we examine recent evidence concerning the role that spontaneous activity plays in axonal segregation, both of retinogeniculate afferents into eye-specific layers and of geniculocortical afferents into ocular dominance bands. We also assess the role of activity in the generation and plasticity of orientation selectivity in the primary visual cortex. Finally, we review recent challenges to textbook views on how inputs representing the two eyes interact during the critical period of visual cortical plasticity.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Biosciences Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute (NMHRI)
Subjects:	Q Science > QP Physiology
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0960-9822
Last Modified:	27 Oct 2022 08:28
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/62410

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