Neurophysiology of Perception: The Higher Visual Pathways

  • Hugh Davson
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Abstract

The ganglion cells of the retina (p. 205) are the second order neurones in the transmission of retinal impulses to the cerebral cortex; the axons of these cells constitute the optic nerves (N II) and optic tracts, passing either to the lateral geniculate bodies or the superior colliculi (the pupillary fibres, it will be remembered, pass to the pretectal region of the midbrain).

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  • Hugh Davson
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    • 3
  1. 1.St. Thomas’s HospitalSouthampton University Medical SchoolsLondonUK
  2. 2.King’s CollegeLondonUK
  3. 3.University CollegeLondonUK

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