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Visual pathway
Visual pathway
Image courtesy of Dr. Paul Wellman
Lateral Geniculate Nucleus
Image courtesy of Dr. Paul Wellman
Lateral Geniculate Nucleus
LGN (Lateral Geniculate Nucleus)
Lateral Geniculate Nucleus (LGN)
Input & output to and from LGN
LGN has 2 types of main layers:
• Parvocellular layers• Magnocellular layers
Image courtesy of Dr. Paul Wellman
V1 (Striate Cortex)
LGN
V1
Shifting the location of a needle slightly
Inserting a needle, shifting its location slightly and examining the response of the neurons
Ocular dominance columns
Visual information from different eyes is stored in separate columns in an alternate manner
Hypercolumn