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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 5.
Published in final edited form as: Vis Neurosci. 2017 Jan;34:E007. doi: 10.1017/S0952523817000049

Table 4.

Cortical spacing for ocular dominance and orientation pinwheels in primates, carnivores, scandentia and rodents. Column 2 is calculated as the square root of 1/pinwheel density. References for the column on the left [1] and on the right [2] are provided below. Human: (Adams, Sincich et al. 2007) for [1]; (Yacoub, Harel et al. 2008) for [2]. Macaque: (Adams, Sincich et al. 2007) for [1]; (Obermayer and Blasdel 1993) for [2]. Cat area 17: (Lowel 1994) for [1]; (Bonhoeffer, Kim et al. 1995) for [2]. Cat area 18: (Lowel 1994) for [1]; (Bonhoeffer and Grinvald 1993) for [2]. Owl monkey: (Takahata, Miyashita et al. 2014) for [1]; (Xu, Bosking et al. 2004) for [2]. Bush baby: (Xu, Bosking et al. 2005) for [1], [2]. Marmoset: (Roe, Fritsches et al. 2005) for [1]; (Liu and Pettigrew 2003) for [2]. Squirrel monkey: (Adams and Horton 2003) for [1]; (Obermayer and Blasdel 1997) for [2]. Ferret: (Law, Zahs et al. 1988) for [1]; (Rao, Toth et al. 1997) for [2].

Animal Ocular dominance width (mm) Pinwheel spacing (mm)
Human 0.84 0.72
Macaque 0.53 0.35
Cat area 17 0.45 0.69
Cat area 18 0.81 0.91
Owl monkey 0.45 0.36
Bush baby 0.53 0.40
Marmoset 0.30 0.46
Squirrel monkey 0.44 0.30
Ferret 0.41 0.43
Average 0.53 0.51
Median 0.45 0.43