A theory of cortical map formation in the visual brain

Najafian et al. introduce a developmental theory of map formation in the cerebral cortex. The theory proposes that increases in the density of thalamic afferents sampling sensory space make cortical maps to segregate more stimulus dimensions.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sohrab Najafian, Erin Koch, Kai Lun Teh, Jianzhong Jin, Hamed Rahimi-Nasrabadi, Qasim Zaidi, Jens Kremkow, Jose-Manuel Alonso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29433-y