This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The visual pathway from retina through the lateral geniculate nucleus to visual cortex in the cat is comprised of several parallel neuronal ...

A PROMINENT feature of synaptic transmission through the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) in the cat 1–3 and in the rat 4 is the large and prolonged depression of transmission which occurs following a ...

Studies have shown that even a few hours of monocular deprivation can markedly improve the visual function of the deprived ...

A research group led by Prof. Zhang Peng from the Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has revealed how ...

SINCE their discovery 1–4, the effects of midbrain stimulation on excitability of the visual system have been studied extensively. Work on the squirrel monkey 5,6 has shown that the centrencephalic ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 86, No. 10 (May 15, 1989), pp. 3911-3914 (4 pages) We used a passive, steady-state cable model to simulate current ...

Neuroscientists generally think of the front end of the human visual system as a simple light detection system: The patterns produced when light falls on the retina are relayed to the visual cortex at ...

Several types of sight-boosting prostheses are currently under development, with some already being tested in humans. But while these largely target the retina, the Harvard researchers chose to focus ...

This image shows the localization of the human lateral geniculate nucleus, using high-resolution functional MRI (orange) and anatomical MRI (green). Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...

Temporarily anesthetizing the retina briefly reverts the activity of the visual system to that observed in early development ...