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The Journal of Neuroscience, April 1, 1999, 19(7):2619-2627

Topographic Organization of Human Visual Areas in the Absence of Input from Primary Cortex

Heidi A. Baseler1, Antony B. Morland1, 2, and Brian A. Wandell1

1 Psychology Department and Neuroscience Program, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, and 2 Biophysics Section, Physics Department, Imperial College, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom

Recently, there has been evidence for considerable plasticity in primary sensory areas of adult cortex. In this study, we asked to what extent topographical maps in human extrastriate areas reorganize after damage to a portion of primary visual (striate) cortex, V1. Functional magnetic resonance imaging signals were measured in a subject (G.Y.) with a large calcarine lesion that includes most of primary visual cortex but spares the foveal representation. When foveal stimulation was present, intact cortex in the lesioned occipital lobe exhibited conventional retinotopic organization. Several visual areas could be identified (V1, V2, V3, V3 accessory, and V4 ventral). However, when stimuli were restricted to the blind portion of the visual field, responses were found primarily in dorsal extrastriate areas. Furthermore, cortex that had formerly shown normal topography now represented only the visual field around the lower vertical meridian. Several possible sources for this reorganized activity are considered, including transcallosal connections, direct subcortical projections to extrastriate cortex, and residual inputs from V1 near the margin of the lesion. A scheme is described to explain how the reorganized signals could occur based on changes in the local neural connections.

Key words: fMRI; retinotopy; visual areas; cortical plasticity; V1; hemianope

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