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Cells Tonic Stimulated Cones Project Layer Important Color

Front What are the three main groups of retinal ganglion cells?
Back ● Tonic cells stimulated by L or M cones ○ Project to the parvocellular layer of the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) ○ Important in high resolution and color vision ● Tonic cells stimulated by S cones ○ Designed to detect successive color contrast ○ Excited by short waves entering and long waves leaving their receptive fields ● Phasic cells ○ Larger, less concentrated in the govea ○ Project to the magnocellular layer of the LGN ○ Important for the detection of movement

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