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Science 28 August 1959:
Vol. 130. no. 3374, pp. 506 - 507
DOI: 10.1126/science.130.3374.506
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Activation of Single Lateral eniculate Cells by Stimulation of Either Optic Nerve

P. O. BISHOP 1, W. BURKE 1, and R. DAVIS 1

1 Department of Physiology, University of Sydney, Australia

The lateral geniculate nucleus is organized in such a way that, initially at least, information from the one eye is almost exclusively segregated from that from the other eye. Single-unit recording, however, confirms the histological evidence that bilateral integration does take place. A small number of cells (< 8.5 percent) receive afferents directly from both optic nerves and are discharged by stimulating either nerve (direct interaction). More common is delayed interaction, where the cells are discharged independently by either optic nerve but only after a relatively long latency. Indirect interaction effects also occur.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Optics and Visual Physiology.
D. SNYDACKER (1960)
Arch Ophthalmol 63, 1029-1065
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