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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Visual Perception
  • Primate Brain Imaging

Background:

  • Disparity-defined 3D shape processing involves both ventral and dorsal visual streams.
  • The inferotemporal cortex (ITC) contains distinct regions activated by 3D shape, but their connectivity is unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the connectivity between 3D-structure nodes within the inferotemporal cortex (ITC).
  • To understand the relationship between ITC 3D-structure regions and other visual processing areas.

Main Methods:

  • Combined electrical microstimulation with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in male macaque monkeys.
  • Stimulated specific 3D-structure nodes in the ITC and observed resulting fMRI activations.

Main Results:

  • Electrical stimulation of ITC 3D-structure nodes primarily increased fMRI activation in other ITC 3D-structure nodes.
  • No increased activation was observed in parietal areas or the prefrontal cortex (PFC) following ITC stimulation.
  • Microstimulation of the posterior parietal cortex activated the ITC, indicating input from the dorsal stream.

Conclusions:

  • The 3D-structure nodes in the ITC form a highly interconnected network.
  • This ITC network receives input from parietal areas involved in 3D-structure processing.
  • This study demonstrates a connected system of stereo-selective regions in the ITC, receiving input from the dorsal stream.