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Chapter 6 - Sensory Pathways

from Section 1 - Basic and Computational Neuroscience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 January 2024

By
Rachel Chau ,
Megan Chau  and
Farhana Akter
Edited by
Farhana Akter ,
Nigel Emptage ,
Florian Engert  and
Mitchel S. Berger
Farhana Akter
Affiliation:
Harvard University, Massachusetts
Nigel Emptage
Affiliation:
University of Oxford
Florian Engert
Affiliation:
Harvard University, Massachusetts
Mitchel S. Berger
Affiliation:
University of California, San Francisco
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Summary

Our visual system is critical to accessing information and communicating with others. The visual pathway begins with a photon of light traveling through the pupil of the eye to the retinal photoreceptors to induce a signaling cascade responsible for transmitting electrical information to the brain.

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Neuroscience for Neurosurgeons , pp. 99 - 120
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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