Parvocellular

Parvocellular

Referring to the component of the primary visual pathway specialised for the detection of detail and color; so named because of the relatively small cells involved.

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parvocellular

Biology; Neuroscience

Referring to the component of the primary visual pathway specialized for the detection of detail and color; so named because of the relatively small cells involved.

parvocellular layer

Biology; Neuroscience

A component of the primary visual pathway specialized for the detection of detail and color; so named because of the relatively small cells involved.

parvocellular pathway

Physics; Color science

One of the two main pathways from the retina to primary visual cortex (the other is the magnocellular pathway). The parvocellular stream primarily carries information about ...

medial longitudinal fasciculus

Biology; Neuroscience

Axon tract that carries excitatory projections from the abducens nucleus to the contralateral oculomotor nucleus; important in coordinating conjugate eye movements.

commissures

Biology; Neuroscience

Axon tracts that cross the midline of the brain. See also anterior commissure.

postganglionic axons

Biology; Neuroscience

Axons that link visceral motor neurons in autonomic ganglia to their targets.

climbing fibers

Biology; Neuroscience

Axons that originate in the inferior olive, ascend through the inferior cerebellar peduncle, and make terminal arborizations that invest the dendritic tree of Purkinje cells.

saccades

Biology; Neuroscience

Ballistic, conjugate eye movements that change the point of foveal fixation.

olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs)

Biology; Neuroscience

Bipolar neurons in olfactory epithelium that contain receptors for odorants.

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