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The problem of the significance of the lateral geniculate body in the visual pathway has aroused considerable interest lately. From the evidence available so far it seems that this role is likely to be different in different animal species. In the cat there is evidence to suggest that the lateral geniculate body is an important integrative centre (3, 4, 9, 14).
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Fillenz, M. (1961). Binocular Interaction in the Lateral Geniculate Body of the Cat. In: Jung, R., Kornhuber, H. (eds) Neurophysiologie und Psychophysik des Visuellen Systems / The Visual System: Neurophysiology and Psychophysics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-22221-8_14
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