Fig 2. Topographic maps activated from four monitor positions demonstrating frontolateral extent of visual field representation (bird1).
Activation in the left visual wulst was induced by visual stimulation of the right eye with moving vertical and horizontal bars in fronto-lateral visual-field. Colour coded polar maps of azimuth (A-D) and elevation (I-L) and grey-scale coded activity maps (E-H and M-P) recorded when the bird was visually stimulated from four different monitor positions (0°, 30°, 60°, 90°) in the fronto-lateral visual field are illustrated. The colour codes for the azimuth maps (A-D) are given above the corresponding map and for the elevation maps (I-L) on the left side of Fig 2I. Each tic on the colour scale represents 10 degrees of visual field. Wulst activation is displayed as fractional change in reflection ×10-4: Darker grey indicates higher wulst activation. To allow direct comparison, the grey scale at the bottom of M applies to all illustrated activity maps. The magnitude of activation is additionally shown as a number in the upper right corner of each activity map. A scheme of the visual stimuli and the approximate location of the imaged wulst area are shown on the left side of the figure. Scale bar = 500 μm.