1996
Numerical relationship between neurons in the lateral geniculate nucleus and primary visual cortex in macaque monkeys
Suner I, Rakic P. Numerical relationship between neurons in the lateral geniculate nucleus and primary visual cortex in macaque monkeys. Visual Neuroscience 1996, 13: 585-590. PMID: 8782386, DOI: 10.1017/s0952523800008269.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLateral geniculate nucleusArea 17Primary visual cortexGeniculate nucleusVisual cortexThree-dimensional counting methodTotal neuron numberNormal rhesus monkeysVisual centersCerebral hemispheresMacaque monkeysRhesus monkeysNeuron numberNeuronsNumber of neuronsRight sideCortexTotal populationMonkeysMultiple factorsSame side
1988
Elimination of neurons from the rhesus monkey's lateral geniculate nucleus during development
Williams R, Rakic P. Elimination of neurons from the rhesus monkey's lateral geniculate nucleus during development. The Journal Of Comparative Neurology 1988, 272: 424-436. PMID: 3417894, DOI: 10.1002/cne.902720310.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLateral geniculate nucleusGeniculate nucleusDorsal lateral geniculate nucleusDepletion of neuronsElimination of neuronsDays of gestationOcular dominance columnsMonkey lateral geniculate nucleusEmbryonic day 60Geniculocortical connectionsGeniculate neuronsDegenerating neuronsVideo-enhanced differential interference contrast opticsMagnocellular partNeuron eliminationRetinal axonsParvicellular partRetinal cellsRhesus monkeysDay 60Left sideNeuronsNumber of neuronsMiddle thirdDegenerating cells