title: Response properties of visual units in the anterior dorsolateral thalamus of the chick (Gallus domesticus).
abstract: Receptive fields of neurons in the anterior dorsolateral thalamus (DLA) of the chick were plotted and their response properties analyzed. The average size was 18 degrees X 13 degrees but there were some wide-field units. DLA cells were classified as detectors of 1. general movement (uniform-field), 22%; 2. general movement (centre-periphery), 22%; 3. moving dark objects, 29%; 4. direction, 8%; and 5. illumination, 19%.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D005556:Form Perception / Q000502:physiology; D009039:Motion Perception / Q000502:physiology; D013788:Thalamus / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*