Color coding in the primate visual pathway: a historical view.
The physiology and anatomy of the primate visual pathway are reviewed from a historical perspective, especially in relation to color vision. From the work of the last decades, certain issues have been selected which remain unresolved and still pose a challenge for neurobiologists and psychophysicists. It is suggested that the structure of the primate visual pathway has been colored by the evolution of trichromacy and that many features of the parvocellular pathway represent adaptations to this end.
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D000818:Animals; D003118:Color Perception / Q000502:physiology; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D011323:Primates / Q000502:physiology*; D017949:Retinal Cone Photoreceptor Cells / Q000166:cytology; D012165:Retinal Ganglion Cells / Q000166:cytology; D017948:Retinal Rod Photoreceptor Cells / Q000166:cytology; D014794:Visual Fields / Q000502:physiology; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology*