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Tuesday 21 March 2017, 13:00-14:00
"The koniocellular visual pathway"
- đ¤ Speaker: Dr Samuel Solomon, Reader in Visual Neuroscience, Institute of Behavioural Neuroscience, Department of Experimental Psychology, University College London
- đ Date & Time: Tuesday 21 March 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
- đ Venue: Kenneth Craik Room, Craik-Marshall Building, Downing Site
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John Mollon
Abstract
We generally assume that two thalamic visual pathways – the parvocellular and magnocellular – relay monocular and orientation insensitive retinal signals to visual cortex. Here I describe work with Paul Martin where we have explored the functional properties of a neglected but evolutionarily ancient thalamic pathway – the koniocellular pathway. We find that this pathway includes neurons that are binocular, neurons that are tightly tuned for contour orientation, and neurons that integrate visual with non-sensory brain signals.
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