Visual information passing beyond the eye. (IMAGE)

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University

Visual information passing beyond the eye.

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Visual information detected in the eye, is passed to the visual thalamus - a complex sub-cortical structure that regulates information transmission from the sensory organs to sensory areas of the cortex - and on to the primary visual cortex. Researchers know that layer 6, the deepest cortical layer, is involved in regulating this information flow.

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