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.. figure:: images/oncell.png
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**ON cell in retina or LGN**



.. figure:: images/offcell.png
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blue/yellow borders), disparity (relative positions on the two retinas),
etc.

.. figure:: V1Cell.png
:alt: **Receptive field in V1.** Starting in V1, most cells in
.. figure:: images/V1Cell.png
:align: center
:alt: alternate text

**Receptive field in V1.** Starting in V1, most cells in
primates have orientation-selective RFs. The V1 RFs can be classified
into a few basic spatial types. The figure shows a two-lobe
arrangement, favoring a :math:`45^\circ` edge with dark in the upper
left and light in the lower right
:name: fig:v1cell

**Receptive field in V1.** Starting in V1, most cells in primates
have orientation-selective RFs. The V1 RFs can be classified into a
few basic spatial types. The figure shows a two-lobe arrangement,
favoring a :math:`45^\circ` edge with dark in the upper left and
light in the lower right


At a given location on the cortical sheet, the neurons in a vertical
section through the cortex respond most strongly to the same eye of
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cells. The figure below displays an example orientation map from monkey
cortex.

.. raw:: latex

\centering

.. figure:: Visual_map.jpg
:alt: **Orientation map in the macaque.** Orientation preference map
observed in area V1 of macaque monkey. Each neuron is colored
according to the orientation it prefers, using the color key on the
right. Nearby neurons in the map generally prefer similar
orientations, forming groups of the same color called iso-orientation
patches. Scale bar = 1 mm.
:name: fig:ormap
.. figure:: images/Visual_map.jpg
:align: center
:alt: alternate text

**Orientation map in the macaque.** Orientation preference map
observed in area V1 of macaque monkey. Each neuron is colored
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