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A study now reveals that ON and OFF thalamic inputs to visual cortex are partially segregated in space and predict the preferred orientation of neurons of the target cortical column. This finding brings us a step closer to a full understanding of the origin of simple cells and orientation maps in primary visual cortex.

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Figure 1: The number of available inputs can influence cortical receptive field structure.

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  1. Dario L. Ringach is in the Department of Neurobiology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.,

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Ringach, D. You get what you get and you don't get upset. Nat Neurosci 14, 123–124 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn0211-123

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