Evidence that blue-on cells are part of the third geniculocortical pathway in primates

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1536-1541

  Martin, Paul R ^a   White, Andrew J R ^a   Goodchild, Ann K ^a   Wilder, Heath D ^a   Sefton, Ann E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Callithrix jacchus; Colour vision; Koniocellular; Magnocellular; Parvocellular

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENICULATE NUCLEUS; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MARMOSET; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; CALLITHRIX; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; GENICULATE BODIES; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0030751313     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1997.tb01509.x     Document Type: Article

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