In neuroanatomy, the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN; also called the lateral geniculate body or lateral geniculate complex) is a structure in the thalamus...
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Geniculate nucleus may refer to two structures in the brain: Lateral geniculate nucleus, in visual perception Medial geniculate nucleus, in hearing Geniculate...
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The medial geniculate nucleus (MGN) or medial geniculate body (MGB) is part of the auditory thalamus and represents the thalamic relay between the inferior...
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and bow tie atrophy on the contralateral side. The lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) is the nucleus in the thalamus that receives visual information from...
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Visual system (section Lateral geniculate nucleus)
vision, as these RGC do not project to the lateral geniculate nucleus but to the pretectal olivary nucleus.) An opsin absorbs a photon (a particle of...
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Blindsight (section Lateral geniculate nucleus)
pretectum of the mid brain, the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the hypothalamus, and the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN). Most axons from the LGN will then travel...
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Receptive field (section Lateral geniculate nucleus)
visual system from photoreceptors, to retinal ganglion cells, to lateral geniculate nucleus cells, to visual cortex cells, to extrastriate cortical cells...
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P-cells, are neurons located within the parvocellular layers of the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) of the thalamus. Their name comes from Latin parvus 'small'...
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The ventral lateral nucleus (VL) is a nucleus in the ventral nuclear group of the thalamus. It receives neuronal inputs from the basal ganglia which includes...
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List of thalamic nuclei (redirect from Thalamic nucleus)
metathalamus no longer used for the geniculate group medial geniculate body lateral geniculate body thalamic reticular nucleus part of the ventral thalamus Human...
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the lateral geniculate nucleus of the thalamus. More posteriorly, this becomes the optic radiation. Some fibers from the medial geniculate nucleus (which...
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Pulvinar nuclei (redirect from Pulvinar nucleus)
Tadashi (24 February 2021). "Contribution of the Pulvinar and Lateral Geniculate Nucleus to the Control of Visually Guided Saccades in Blindsight Monkeys"...
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Sensory input originating from the eyes travels through the lateral geniculate nucleus in the thalamus and then reaches the visual cortex. The area of...
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The ventral posterolateral nucleus (VPL) is a nucleus of ventral posterior nucleus of the thalamus. It relays sensory information from the second-order...
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M-cells, are neurons located within the magnocellular layer of the lateral geniculate nucleus of the thalamus. The cells are part of the visual system. They...
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propagating activity between three key brain regions: the pons, lateral geniculate nucleus, and occipital lobe; specifically, they are phasic field potentials...
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Inferior colliculus (redirect from Central nucleus of inferior colliculus)
medial geniculate nucleus and the lateral geniculate nucleus.[citation needed] The inferior colliculus has three subdivisions – the central nucleus, the...
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to the optic chiasma and continues as the optic tract to the lateral geniculate nucleus, pretectal nuclei, and superior colliculus. The optic nerve has...
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nucleus (VPM) is a nucleus of the thalamus and serves an analogous somatosensory relay role for the ascending trigeminothalamic tracts as its lateral...
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Isothalamus (section Lateral geniculate nucleus GL)
from the ipsilateral retina end in 2,3 and 5. The axons from the lateral geniculate nucleus, through the optic radiation, end in the primary visual cortex...
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Marginal mandibular branch Cervical branch In neuroanatomy, the lateral geniculate nucleus is a structure in the thalamus and a key component of the mammalian...
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The lateral posterior nucleus is a nucleus of the thalamus. It acts in concert with the pulvinar. In rodents, the lateral posterior nucleus is considered...
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the opponent process is believed to mostly take place in the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) of the thalamus, though may also take place in the Retina...
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posterior thalamic radiation) are axons from the neurons in the lateral geniculate nucleus to the primary visual cortex. The optic radiation receives blood...
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to, and including, lateral geniculate nucleus is an unlikely outcome of the infarction, as too much of the lateral geniculate nucleus is, proportionally...
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and lateral to this are the sensory nuclei. Near the sulcus limitans are the visceral afferent nuclei, namely the solitary tract nucleus. More lateral, but...
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retinal ganglion cells project to the parvocellular layers of the lateral geniculate nucleus. These cells are known as midget retinal ganglion cells, based...
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Superior colliculus (redirect from Parabigeminal nucleus)
overlapped by the pulvinar of the thalamus, and a medial geniculate nucleus of the thalamus is situated lateral to either superior colliculus. The two inferior...
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input). Researchers targeted 177 brain cells in the thalamus lateral geniculate nucleus area, which decodes signals from the retina. Neuron firings were...
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Pretectal area (redirect from Olivary pretectal nucleus)
the ipsilateral lateral geniculate nucleus and bilateral intergeniculate leaflets. The ipsilateral superficial suprachiasmatic nucleus and the medial,...
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