Molecular compartmentalization of lateral geniculate nucleus in the gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)

Previous research has suggested that the three physiologically-defined relay cell types in mammalian lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) – called parvocellular (P), magnocellular (M), and koniocellular (K) cells in primates and X, Y, and W cells in other mammals – each express a unique combination of c...

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Main Authors: Daniel L Felch, Stephen D Van Hooser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnana.2012.00012/full