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The average latency of cortical neuronal responses to electrical optic nerve (ON) stimulation was 3.0±0.7 s.d. msec. No significant difference between latencies to ipsi- and contralateral ON stimulation was found. Binocularly excitable cells showed almost equal response latencies to stimulation of both nerves. The average latency of subcortically recorded geniculo-cortical fibers was 0.3 msec less, but showed the same variance as that of cortical cells, suggesting that in all cases direct monosynaptic excitation of cortical cells by fibers of either ocularity is possible. Classes of ocular dominance based on electrical stimulation were positively, but not 100% correlated with classes of ocular dominance to visual stimulation. An anatomical study revealed that in cat terminals of geniculo-cortical projection are segregated to a lesser degree into ocularity stripes than in monkey. Direct monosynaptic excitation of cells by fibers of either ocularity which was found physiologically would also on these grounds appear possible for all cells.
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A preliminary report has been presented at the 46th German Physiological Society Meeting in Spring 1976, Pflügers Archiv, Vol. 362, Abstract No. 155, 1976
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Ito, M., Sanides, D. & Creutzfeldt, O.D. A study of binocular convergence in cat visual cortex neurons. Exp Brain Res 28, 21–35 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00237083
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