Morrone M C, Burr D C
Nature. 1986;321(6067):235-7. doi: 10.1038/321235a0.
Neural inhibition forms a major mechanism by which the nervous system refines and elaborates its input. Several recent experiments have demonstrated the existence of inhibition between orientation-selective cells of the primary visual cortex of the cat and although the precise function of this inhibition is uncertain, there is evidence that it enhances orientation tuning and that it is involved in pattern recognition. Here we report a series of experiments which, on the basis of evoked potential responses to oriented stimuli, suggest that similar processes may exist in humans. Recordings from young infants further suggest that the machinery which mediates orientation-specific interactions may not be functional at birth, but develops only after 6-8 months.
神经抑制是神经系统优化和细化其输入的一种主要机制。最近的一些实验已经证明，猫的初级视觉皮层中方向选择性细胞之间存在抑制作用，尽管这种抑制的确切功能尚不确定，但有证据表明它增强了方向调谐，并且参与了模式识别。在此，我们报告了一系列实验，这些实验基于对定向刺激的诱发电位反应，表明人类可能存在类似的过程。对幼儿的记录进一步表明，介导方向特异性相互作用的机制在出生时可能不起作用，而是在6至8个月后才发育。
