Motion processing: where the medium is the message.
The primate retina serves up three channels for visual entertainment, of which just one is used for the primary analysis of motion. A prominent, unique class of neuron has a dominant role in transmission from cortical area V1.
Shipp
Stewart
S
Department of Anatomy and Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, Bath Street, London EC1V 9EL, UK. s.shipp@ucl.ac.uk
D000818:Animals; D009039:Motion Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology / Q000821:virology; D009476:Neurons, Efferent / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D011820:Rabies virus / Q000502:physiology; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*