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Everything about Retinotopy
Mapping of visual input from the retina to neurons
Retinotopy is the mapping of visual input from the retina to neurons, particularly those neurons within the visual stream. For clarity, 'retinotopy' can be replaced with 'retinal mapping', and 'retinotopic' with 'retinally mapped'. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: RetinotopyA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Topographic axonal projection at single-cell precision supports local retinotopy in the mouse superior colliculusInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Models of the visual systemThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: The Retinotopy of Visual Spatial AttentionCited 604 times
- Go sideways: Superior colliculusA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Optic chiasmA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun The mapping of the visual field to individual neurons
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
The Retinotopy of Visual Spatial Attention
Retinotopy and Functional Subdivision of Human Areas MT and MST
Retinotopy and color sensitivity in human visual cortical area V8
Inverse retinotopy: Inferring the visual content of images from brain activation patterns
Human perceptual learning in identifying the oblique orientation: retinotopy, orientation specificity and monocularity.
Mapping the Human Cortical Surface by Combining Quantitative T1 with Retinotopy†
Wide-Field Retinotopy Defines Human Cortical Visual Area V6
The Human Connectome Project 7 Tesla retinotopy dataset: Description and population receptive field analysis
🆕 Influential since 2022
Topographic axonal projection at single-cell precision supports local retinotopy in the mouse superior colliculus
Individual Brain Charting dataset extension, third release for movie watching and retinotopy data
Fast Optical Signals for Real-Time Retinotopy and Brain Computer Interface
Retinotopy drives the variation in scene responses across visual field map divisions of the occipital place area
Human retinotopic mapping: From empirical to computational models of retinotopy
📚 Books worth reading
Models of the visual systemGeorge K. Hung, Kenneth J. Ciuffreda · 2002
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
🔗 Related topics
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- Axon guidance Axon guidance (also called axon pathfinding) is a subfield of neural development concerning the process by which neurons send out axons to reach their…
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