title: Visual system: how does blindsight arise?
abstract: Some patients can discriminate unseen visual stimuli within a field defect caused by damage to the primary visual cortex. The pathways for this 'blindsight' have never been established, but recent studies implicate hitherto overlooked cells in the thalamic LGN.
authors.affiliation: University of Oxford, Department of Experimental Psychology, South Parks Road, Oxford, UK. Alan.Cowey@psy.ox.ac.uk
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cowey
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005829:Geniculate Bodies / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014794:Visual Fields