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The concept of P and M retinogeniculate channels has emerged from attempts to explain the layering of the primate Lateral Geniculate Nucleus (LGN). In the main body of the Old World primate’s LGN there are six segregated layers of cells. The four dorsal layers are composed of small cells and are named the Parvocellular layers. The two more ventral layers, composed of larger neurons, are called Magnocellular layers. Recent work on functional connectivity and the visual function of single neurons has revealed that the different types of cell layers in the LGN receive afferent input from different types of retinal ganglion cells. The evidence on functional connectivity of retina to LGN came from Leventhal, Rodieck and Dreher (1981) and Perry, Oehler, and Cowey (1984) who labeled axon terminals in specific LGN layers of the macaque monkey with Horseradish Peroxidase (HRP) and looked back in the retina to see which ganglion cells were labeled retrogradely.
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Shapley, R., Reid, R.C., Kaplan, E. (1991). Receptive Field Structure of P and M Cells in the Monkey Retina. In: Valberg, A., Lee, B.B. (eds) From Pigments to Perception. NATO ASI Series, vol 203. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3718-2_11
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