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Principles of Human Neuropsychology
G. Dennis Rains, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
The Visual System as a Model of Nervous System Functioning

Chapter Outline

THE CLASSICAL SEQUENTIAL-HIERARCHICAL VIEW OF THE VISUAL BRAIN

AN OVERVIEW OF RECENT ADVANCES IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF CENTRAL VISUAL PROCESSING

THE RETINA

The General Organization of the Retina

The Photoreceptors

Biochemistry of Phototransduction

Neural Processing Within the Retina

RETINOFUGAL PROJECTIONS

The Lateral Geniculate Nucleus of the Thalamus

An Overview of Cortical Areas Mediating Vision

Projections From the LGN to the Visual Cortex

SPECIALIZATION WITHIN CORTEX DEVOTED TO VISION

The Parvocellular-Blob Channel

The Parvocellular-Interblob Channel

The Magnocellular-V5 Channel and the Magnocellular-V3 Channel

THE MICROANATOMY OF THE VISUAL CORTEX AND THE CONCEPT OF MODULAR ORGANIZATION

THE PROBLEM OF INTEGRATION AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A REPRESENTATION OF THE VISUAL WORLD

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