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SUBMITTER: Tanigawa H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3005205 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tanigawa Hisashi H Lu Haidong D HD Roe Anna W AW
Nature neuroscience 20101114 12
Visual area V4 in the macaque monkey is a cortical area that is strongly involved in color and shape perception. However, fundamental questions about V4 are still debated. V4 was initially characterized as a color-processing area, but subsequent studies revealed that it contains a diverse complement of cells, including those with preference for color, orientation, disparity and higher-order feature preferences. This has led to disputes and uncertainty about the role of V4 in vision. Using intrin ...[more]