CVonline: Introductory Visual Neurophysiology

Visionary: A useful glossary of psychological and neurophysiological vision terms.
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1. Cross-Modal Linkages
   
   1. Audition
   2. Olfaction
   3. Touch
   4. Reaching
   5. Language
   6. Synesthesia
2. Experimental Techniques
   
   1. Lesion Studies
   2. Agnosias
   3. Staining/Histology
   4. Electrophysiology
      
      1. Intracellular Recording
      2. Extracellular Recording
      3. Iontophoresis
   5. Imaging
      
      1. Optical Imaging of intrinsic signals
      2. Two-photon calcium imaging
      3. Voltage sensitive dye imaging
      4. fMRI - functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
         
         1. BOLD Response
      5. PET - Positron Emission Tomography
      6. SPECT - Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography
   6. EEG - Electroencephalogram
   7. TMS - Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
   8. MEG - Magnetoencephalography
   9. Molecular Biology and Genetics Techniques
   10. Neuropharmacology
3. Key Concepts
   
   1. Neurons
   2. Basic Structure of Visual Pathway
      
      1. Large Scale Connectivity
      2. Dorsal and Ventral Streams
      3. Modularity
   3. Cortical Circuitry
   4. Neural Coding
   5. Receptive Fields
   6. Extra-classical Receptive Fields and Surround Modulation
   7. Topographic maps
   8. Binding & Synchronization
   9. Cortical Magnification
   10. Contrilateral/Ipsilateral Function
   11. Attention
4. Main Components
   
   1. Global Anatomy and region nomenclature
   2. The Eye
      
      1. Anatomy and Structure
      2. Function
      3. Eye Movements
         1. Saccades and Microsaccades
   3. The Retina
      
      1. Development
      2. Anatomy and Structure
         1. Blind Spot
         2. Fovea and Periphery
         3. Circuitry
            1. Photoreceptors
            2. Horizontal Cells
            3. Bipolar Cells
            4. Amacrine Cells
            5. Retinal Ganglion Cells
      3. Function and Computations
         1. Light and Dark Adaptation
         2. Color Coding
   4. Lateral geniculate Nucleus/LGN
      
      1. Development
      2. Anatomy and Structure
      3. Function and Computations
      4. Parvocellular and Magnocellular Pathways
   5. Visual Cortex
      
      1. Plasticity and Development
         
         1. Plasticity
         2. Development
      2. V1/Primary Visual Cortex/Striate Cortex/Brodmann area 17
         
         1. Anatomy and Structure
         2. Neuron Types
         3. Connectivity
         4. Simple, Complex, Hypercomplex Cells
         5. Neural Coding
         6. Parvocellular and Magnocellular Pathways
         7. Layers
         8. Contrast Sensitivity
         9. Selectivity and Mapping of Stimulus Features
            
            1. Ocular Dominance
            2. Orientation
            3. Direction
            4. Spatial Frequency
            5. Colour
            6. Binocularity and Binocular Disparity
      3. Extrastriate Cortex/Brodmann areas 18 and 19/ Visual Association Area
         
         1. V2
         2. V3
            1. Dorsal V3/DM/PO/V6
            2. Ventral V3/VP
         3. V4
         4. DP (Dorsal Prelunate area)
         5. V5/MT (Middle Temporal Area)
      4. Higher Visual Cortical Areas
         
         1. MST/V5A (Medial Superior Temporal Cortex)
         2. Intraparietal Area
            1. LIP (Lateral Intraparietal Area)
            2. VIP (Ventral Intraparietal Area)
            3. AIP (Anterior Intraparietal)
         3. Area 7a
         4. Interferotemporal Cortex
            
            1. PIT (Posterior Interferotemporal Cortex)/TEO
            2. CIT (Central Inferotemporal Cortex)
            3. AIT (Anterior Inferotemporal Cortex)
         5. STP(Superior Temporal Polysensory Area)
         6. Cuneus
         7. SFS (Superior Frontal Sulcus)
         8. FEF (Frontal Eye Field)
   6. Superior Colliculus
   7. Pulvinar
   8. Caudate Nucleus

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