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OCULAR-DOMINANCE COLUMNS
A single section through the
dome-shaped cortex is made
parallel to the surface. It cuts
through layer 4 in a ring.
A reconstruction of many such
rings from a series of sections--
the deeper the section, the
bigger the ring--made by
cutting out the rings and
superimposing them. (Traces of
the rings can be seen because it
was difficult to get all the
sections exposed and
photographed equally,
especially as I am strictly an
amateur photographer.)
Eye-dominance groupings of
cells in the striate cortex were
the first to be recognized,
largely because they are rather
coarse. Because we now have
many methods for examining
them, they are now the best-
known subdivision.