Barbara Chapman
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- August 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780262015233
- eISBN:
- 9780262295444
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262015233.003.0006
- Subject:
- Neuroscience, Research and Theory
This chapter explains the importance of normal and abnormal patterns of neuronal activity in the development of the visual system. It reveals that altering cause patterns of retinal activity can ...
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This chapter explains the importance of normal and abnormal patterns of neuronal activity in the development of the visual system. It reveals that altering cause patterns of retinal activity can disrupt the normal development and/or the maintenance of eye-specific connections. It shows that altered patterns of activity can drive plasticity of segregation in the cortex. This chapter suggests the development of orientation and direction selectivity offer the best evidence in favor of an instructive role for activity in the development of specific connections in the visual system.Less
This chapter explains the importance of normal and abnormal patterns of neuronal activity in the development of the visual system. It reveals that altering cause patterns of retinal activity can disrupt the normal development and/or the maintenance of eye-specific connections. It shows that altered patterns of activity can drive plasticity of segregation in the cortex. This chapter suggests the development of orientation and direction selectivity offer the best evidence in favor of an instructive role for activity in the development of specific connections in the visual system.
