I read in a 1983 paper by M. Imbert that in primates the axons of the X and
Y retinal ganglion cells project respectively into the parvocellular and
magnocellular layers of the LGN.
I read in a 1987 paper by M.S. Livingstone and D.H. Hubel that the
magnocellular and parvocellular layers are not related to X or Y cells, but
that they receive projections from axons of the A and B retinal cells.
What is the 1993 opinion on this question? Are designations X and Y valid
only for cats, or also for primates?
Please answer by e-mail, I read the list irregularly.
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Universite Louis Pasteur
Departement d'Informatique
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