Extraretinal Inputs and Feedback Mechanisms to the Lateral Geniculate Nucleus (LGN)

The Primate Visual System: A Comparative Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 191-211

  Casagrande, Vivien A ^a   Royal, David W ^a   Sáry, Gyula ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Array of non retinal inputs; Extraretinal inputs; Lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN); LGN extraretinal inputs; LGN relay cells; Thalamic reticular nucleus; Thalamic sensory relays; Visuotopically organized glutamatergic inputs

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247109187     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0470868112.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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