Overview
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Alan Peters
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Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
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Kathleen S. Rockland
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Department of Neurology, The University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, USA
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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- Jennifer S. Lund, Takashi Yoshioka, Jonathan B. Levitt
Pages 37-60
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- E. G. Jones, S. H. C. Hendry, J. DeFelipe, D. L. Benson
Pages 61-140
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- Margaret T. T. Wong-Riley
Pages 141-200
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- Vivien A. Casagrande, Jon H. Kaas
Pages 201-259
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- Jean Bullier, Pascal Girard, Paul-Antoine Salin
Pages 301-330
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- John W. McClurkin, Jennifer A. Zarbock, Lance M. Optican
Pages 443-467
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Back Matter
Pages 541-555
About this book
Volume 10 is a direct continuation and extension of Volume 3 in this series, Visual Cortex. Given the impressive proliferation of papers on visual cortex over the intervening eight years, Volume 10 has specifically targeted visual cortex in primates and, even so, it has not been possible to survey all of the major or relevant developments in this area. Some research areas are experiencing rapid change and can best be treated more comprehensively in a subsequent volume; for example, elaboration of color vision; patterns and subdivisions of functional columns. One major goal of this volume has been to provide an overview of the intrinsic structural and functional aspects of area 17 itself. Considerable pro gress has been made since 1985 in unraveling the modular and laminar organi zation of area 17; and this aspect is directly addressed in the chapters by Peters, Lund et al., Wong-Riley, and Casagrande and Kaas. A recurring leitmotif here is the evidence for precise and exquisite order in the interlaminar and tangential connectivity of elements. At the same time, however, as detailed by Lund et al. and Casagrande and Kaas, the very richness of the connectivity implies a multi plicity of processing routes. This reinforces evidence that parallel pathways may not be strictly segregated. Further connectional complexity is contributed by the various sets of inhibitory neurons, as reviewed by Lund et al. and Jones et al.
Reviews
From a review of a previous volume:
`A valuable addition to the series on the cerebral cortex and should be available as a reference work in any department with interests in developmental neuroscience.'
Cambridge Journals of Anatomy
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
Alan Peters
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Department of Neurology, The University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, USA
Kathleen S. Rockland
