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Abstract
The corticogeniculate circuit is an evolutionarily conserved pathway linking the primary visual cortex with the visual thalamus in the feedback direction. While the corticogeniculate circuit is anatomically robust, the impact of corticogeniculate feedback on the visual response properties of visual thalamic neurons is subtle. Accordingly, discovering the function of corticogeniculate feedback in vision has been a particularly challenging task. In this review, the morphology, organization, physiology, and function of corticogeniculate feedback is compared across mammals commonly studied in visual neuroscience: primates, carnivores, rabbits, and rodents. Common structural and organizational motifs are present across species, including the organization of corticogeniculate feedback into parallel processing streams in highly visual mammals.
期刊介绍:
Visual Neuroscience is an international journal devoted to the publication of experimental and theoretical research on biological mechanisms of vision. A major goal of publication is to bring together in one journal a broad range of studies that reflect the diversity and originality of all aspects of neuroscience research relating to the visual system. Contributions may address molecular, cellular or systems-level processes in either vertebrate or invertebrate species. The journal publishes work based on a wide range of technical approaches, including molecular genetics, anatomy, physiology, psychophysics and imaging, and utilizing comparative, developmental, theoretical or computational approaches to understand the biology of vision and visuo-motor control. The journal also publishes research seeking to understand disorders of the visual system and strategies for restoring vision. Studies based exclusively on clinical, psychophysiological or behavioral data are welcomed, provided that they address questions concerning neural mechanisms of vision or provide insight into visual dysfunction.