[Neurons with visual receptive fields independent of eye position in the caudal portion of the ventral wall of the cruciate sulcus of the cat cerebral cortex].

Neurons responding to tactile and visual stimulation have been found in alert behaving cats in the caudal part of the ventral bank of cruciate sulcus. Tactile receptive fields were located on the cat face mainly around the mouth. Visual stimuli (especially alimentary ones) were effective being presented near the tactile receptive field. It was found that these bimodal neurons (visual and somatosensory) are located in layer VI of the cortex and their visual responses demonstrate space constancy. The position of the visual receptive field of these neurons did not change after saccadic eyes displacements, but remained in-register with the tactile receptive field.