Cone Signals and the Functional Anatomy of Visual Cortex

使用新颖和创新的映射技术进行实验 大脑皮层中的特定感光器活动是 旨在提供关于如何进入的关键问题的答案 其中颜色信息是在最高级别上处理的 视觉通路 这些研究应该有助于解决一个长期的 人类视觉中的一个突出问题， 这是一种研究大多数其他视觉系统的简单技术 利用颜色信息来指导行为。 这是第一 这种尝试使用视锥光感受器隔离刺激来映射 使用代谢标记物，2- 脱氧葡萄糖，并有望成为一个非常强大的新的除了 了解颜色感知的皮层机制。

Experiments using a novel and innovative technique for mapping specific photoreceptor activities in the cerebral cortex are designed to provide answers to crucial questions about the way in which color information is processed at the highest levels of the visual pathway. These studies should help to resolve a long outstanding problem in human vision and pioneer a fairly straightforward technique for the study of most other visual systems that use color information in guiding behavior. This is the first such attempt to use cone photoreceptor-isolating stimuli to map activity in the primary visual cortex using the metabolic marker, 2- deoxyglucose and promises to be a very powerful new addition to understanding cortical mechanisms of color perception.