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Color opponent neurons in V1: a review and model reconciling results from imaging and single-unit recording.
Full Abstract
The signals in visual cortex that ultimately give rise to color perception remain poorly understood. Controversy has particularly surrounded one aspect of color's encoding in the visual system-opponent processing in primary visual cortex. Early single-unit studies suggested that V1 contains relatively few color-opponent neurons. Neuroimaging measurements, however, have suggested that such neurons might be relatively numerous. Here, we reconcile these apparently discrepant results and conclude that V1 contains relatively large numbers of color-opponent neurons. We first review results from each method and find that most neuroimaging studies provide evidence of substantial color opponency in V1, and that despite apparent controversy, most single-unit studies agree that relatively large numbers of V1 neurons show some sort of color opponency. To reconcile the results from different techniques more formally, we used electrophysiological data to predict the outcomes of neuroimaging experiments. We simulated the expected fMRI response in V1 to spatial patterns of different color, based on the neurons' properties, as reported in Johnson, Hawken, and Shapley, (2001). The simulated responses to stimuli used in Engel, Zhang, and Wandell, (1997) agree well with the actually observed fMRI results. The model identifies several factors that led to the apparent discrepancy between techniques, and makes testable predictions about how these factors influence the magnitude of color-opponent signals. fMRI and single-unit data converge to show that large numbers of color-opponent neurons exist in V1.
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Author information
Author/s: Schluppeck, Denis (D); Engel, Stephen A (SA);
Affiliation: UCLA Department of Psychology, Los Angeles, CA, USA. schluppe(-atsign-)ucla.edu
Grants: EY11862 (Agency:United States NEI)
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.; Review
Journal: Journal of vision (J Vis), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-; vol 2 (issue 6) : pp 480-92
Dates: Created 2003/04/07; Completed 2003/04/23; Revised 2008/04/29;
PMID: 12678646, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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