[Structure and function of the visual pathway].

[Structure and function of the visual pathway]. Ophthalmologe. 2020 Mar 09;: Authors: Ungewiss J, Breuninger T, Milenkovic I, Ebenhoch R, Schiefer U Abstract Humans receive information from their environment mainly via the visual system. Signals from the photoreceptors of the retina via bipolar and ganglion cells are projected onto specific neuronal subpopulations in the lateral geniculate body and from there are forwarded to appropriate layers of the primary visual cortex. The most important anatomical and functional features of the visual system are explained. For this purpose, a selective literature search was carried out in the databases PubMed (also in Europe PubMed Central), Psychline, Google Scholar, Cochrane Library and Web of Science as well as additional information in relevant books or websites in the fields of (neuro)anatomy, (neuro)physiology, (neuro)ophthalmology and (neuro)otology, among others with the search terms Sehbahn, visual system, visual pathway, receptors, spatial cognition and visual cognition. PMID: 32152751 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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