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Functional Organization of Area V2 in the Awake Monkey

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Extrastriate Cortex in Primates

Part of the book series: Cerebral Cortex ((CECO,volume 12))

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The second area of primate visual cortex, area V2, is the first and one of the largest areas of extrastriate cortex, yet relatively little is known about its function in vision. This chapter provides insight into the functional organization of area V2 by discussing the correlation between anatomy (cytochrome oxidase pattern) and single-cell physiology.

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  1. Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich, CH-8091, Zurich, Switzerland

    Esther Peterhans

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  1. Department of Neurology, 2007 RCP, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, 52242-1053, Iowa City, Iowa, USA

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  2. Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, 37240, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

    Jon H. Kaas

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    Alan Peters

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Peterhans, E. (1997). Functional Organization of Area V2 in the Awake Monkey. In: Rockland, K.S., Kaas, J.H., Peters, A. (eds) Extrastriate Cortex in Primates. Cerebral Cortex, vol 12. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9625-4_8

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