Article
Analysis of the lateral geniculate nucleus in dichromatic and trichromatic marmosets.
The Journal of comparative neurology - 1 Sept 2015
FitzGibbon Thomas, Eriköz Bahar, Grünert Ulrike, Martin Paul R
Abstract excerpt
Marmosets are diurnal New World monkeys that show sex-linked cone photopigment polymorphism, whereby all males and some females are dichromats ("red-green colorblind"), but most females show trichromatic color vision. Here we asked whether trichromats express chromatic-specific circuitry in the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN). The volume of parvocellular (P), magnocellular (M), and koniocellular (K) layers was...
Topics
- Animals
- Biotin
- Callithrix
- Cell Count
- Color Perception
- Color Vision
- Dextrans
- Female
- Geniculate Bodies
- Male
- Phenotype
- Photic Stimulation
