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X, Y and W Cells

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Physiologically defined retinal ganglion cell and lateral geniculate nucleus cell classes originally defined in cats.

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Lateral Geniculate Nucleus (LGN)

Retinal Ganglion Cells

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(2009). X, Y and W Cells. In: Binder, M.D., Hirokawa, N., Windhorst, U. (eds) Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29678-2_6464

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