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Journal of Neuroscience, Vol 8, 1712-1727, Copyright © 1988 by Society for Neuroscience
The organization of chromatic and spatial interactions in the primate striate cortex
DY Ts'o and CD Gilbert
Laboratory of Neurobiology, Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021.
The cytochrome oxidase-rich patches or blobs of the monkey striate cortex
have been shown to contain cells that have unoriented receptive fields,
many of which are color selective. We studied the functional organization
of color opponency in the blob regions of the parafoveal representation of
the visual cortex. We also examined the patterns of connectivity among blob
and nonblob cells by multiple electrode penetrations and cross-correlation
analysis. Some of the color- selective cells in the blobs exhibited
receptive fields that were similar to those found in the parvocellular
layers of the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN): one type exhibited
center-surround spatial and chromatic opponency corresponding to the Type I
cell found in the LGN; another had center-only chromatic opponency,
corresponding to the Type II cell of the LGN. A blob color-selective cell
with no LGN counterpart had center color opponency with a nonchromatically
opponent surround antagonism. We termed this cell the "modified Type II"
cell. Contrary to previous reports, few true double color-opponent cells
were found. Some blob cells previously characterized as double opponent
probably belong to our modified Type II category and, unlike true double
opponent cells, do not respond well to isoluminant color boundaries.
Occasional color-selective oriented cells were either intermixed or in
close proximity to blob cells. Neighboring electrode penetrations within
the same blob yielded cells of the same color opponency, either red versus
green or blue versus yellow, suggesting that individual blobs are dedicated
to processing one color opponency. Blobs dedicated to red/green color
opponency were 3 times more numerous than blue/yellow blobs. Furthermore,
the cells in layer 4C lying beneath blobs of a given color opponency had
identical color opponency to the overlying cells in blobs.
Cross-correlation analysis of pairs of nonblob, oriented cells in the
superficial layers showed interactions between cells with matched
orientation and eye preference, at varying horizontal separations. Such
interactions are consistent with anatomically demonstrated clustered
horizontal connections. Positive cross-correlograms were found between blob
cells in the same and in adjacent blobs when the cells' receptive field
type, color opponency, and ocular dominance matched. Correlograms also
indicated monosynaptic connections from Type II to modified Type II cells
of the same color opponency, suggesting that Type II cells may contribute
to the construction of the modified Type II fields in the cortex.(ABSTRACT
TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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