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Distribution and specificity of S-cone (“blue cone”) signals in subcortical visual pathways

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 February 2014

PAUL R. MARTIN  and
BARRY B. LEE
PAUL R. MARTIN*
Affiliation:
Department of Ophthalmology and Save Sight Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Vision Science, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
BARRY B. LEE
Affiliation:
SUNY College of Optometry, New York, New York Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany
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Abstract

We review here the distribution of S-cone signals and properties of S-cone recipient receptive fields in subcortical pathways. Nearly everything we know about S-cone signals in the subcortical visual system comes from the study of visual systems in cats and primates (monkeys); in this review, we concentrate on results from macaque and marmoset monkeys. We discuss segregation of S-cone recipient (blue-on and blue-off) receptive fields in the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus and describe their receptive field properties. We treat in some detail the question of detecting weak S-cone signals as an introduction for newcomers to the field. Finally, we briefly consider the question on how S-cone signals are distributed among nongeniculate targets.

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Visual Neuroscience , Volume 31 , Issue 2: Short Wavelength-Sensitive Cones and the Processing of Their Signals , March 2014 , pp. 177 - 187
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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