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Zooming in on mouse vision

An examination of the micro-organization of visual cortex using two-photon calcium imaging provides a new level of insight into retinotopic maps, finding that retinotopy is scrambled on fine scales in mouse primary visual cortex.

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Figure 1: The mouse visual system is substantially different from those of cats and macaques.

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Sirotin, Y., Das, A. Zooming in on mouse vision. Nat Neurosci 13, 1045–1046 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn0910-1045

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