Lack of long-term cortical reorganization after macaque retinal lesions

Stelios M. Smirnakis (), Alyssa A. Brewer, Michael C. Schmid, Andreas S. Tolias, Almut Schüz, Mark Augath, Werner Inhoffen, Brian A. Wandell and Nikos K. Logothetis
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Stelios M. Smirnakis: Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
Alyssa A. Brewer: Stanford University
Michael C. Schmid: Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
Andreas S. Tolias: Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
Almut Schüz: Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
Mark Augath: Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
Werner Inhoffen: University of Tübingen
Brian A. Wandell: Stanford University
Nikos K. Logothetis: Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics

Nature, 2005, vol. 435, issue 7040, 300-307

Abstract: Abstract Several aspects of cortical organization are thought to remain plastic into adulthood, allowing cortical sensorimotor maps to be modified continuously by experience. This dynamic nature of cortical circuitry is important for learning, as well as for repair after injury to the nervous system. Electrophysiology studies suggest that adult macaque primary visual cortex (V1) undergoes large-scale reorganization within a few months after retinal lesioning, but this issue has not been conclusively settled. Here we applied the technique of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to detect changes in the cortical topography of macaque area V1 after binocular retinal lesions. fMRI allows non-invasive, in vivo, long-term monitoring of cortical activity with a wide field of view, sampling signals from multiple neurons per unit cortical area. We show that, in contrast with previous studies, adult macaque V1 does not approach normal responsivity during 7.5 months of follow-up after retinal lesions, and its topography does not change. Electrophysiology experiments corroborated the fMRI results. This indicates that adult macaque V1 has limited potential for reorganization in the months following retinal injury.

Date: 2005
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