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Eye dominance and response latency in area V1 of the monkey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 October 2007

MARIA C. ROMERO ,
ADRIAN F. CASTRO ,
MARIA A. BERMUDEZ ,
ROGELIO PEREZ  and
FRANCISCO GONZALEZ
MARIA C. ROMERO
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
ADRIAN F. CASTRO
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
MARIA A. BERMUDEZ
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
ROGELIO PEREZ
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain Service of Ophthalmology, Complejo Hospitalario de Monforte de Lemos, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
FRANCISCO GONZALEZ
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain Service of Ophthalmology, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela (CHUS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Abstract

We measured the latency of 35 cells from V1 in two rhesus monkeys, to dynamic random dot stimuli monocular and binocularly presented. Mean latencies after non-dominant eye stimulation (97.9 ms) were longer than those for dominant eye (78.2 ms) and binocular (70.7 ms) stimulation. Differences between latencies for dominant eye and binocular stimulation were not statistically significant. For dominant eye, there was a significant statistical correlation between dominance strength and latency (R = −0.36; p = 0.03). We failed to find significant statistical differences between latencies for cells with temporal and nasal dominant receptive-field. We conclude that, in V1, the response latency is largely determined by the dominant eye, whereas interocular interactions do not seem to play a relevant role regarding response latency.

Keywords

V1LatencyEye dominanceMonkey
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BRIEF COMMUNICATION
Information
Visual Neuroscience , Volume 24 , Issue 5 , September 2007 , pp. 757 - 761
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© 2007 Cambridge University Press

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