Identifier |
19910225_nanos_neuroanatomysympos_02 |
Title |
Primary Optic Nerve Pathways |
Creator |
Alfredo A. Sadun, MD, PhD, Flora L. Thornton Chair, Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine at USC |
Subject |
Optic Nerve Pathways; Parallel Processing; Animal Studies; Human Visual Anatomy; Paraphenylene-diamine Studies |
Description |
In general, parallel processing refers to separate channels through which information can be independently processed. Consider the US Post Office as an example of parallel processing. Letters to one office have no effect on letters to another. Vision scientists have considered parallel processing in the visual system of a variety of animals for many years. However, ophthalmologists and other clinicians have tended to see the human visual system as serial processing. Textbooks still describe how the visual information proceeds from retina to the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) via the optic nerve then ""relays"" from the LGN to the visual cortex via the optic radiations. We hope that in the future textbooks will take Into account the greater complexity of visual information processing. |
Date |
1991-02-25 |
Language |
eng |
Format |
application/pdf |
Format Creation |
application/pdf |
Type |
Text |
Source |
1991 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting |
Relation is Part of |
NANOS 1991: Neuroanatomy and Neurotransmitters Symposium |
Collection |
Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu |
Publisher |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
Holding Institution |
North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association. NANOS Executive Office 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55416 |
Rights Management |
Copyright 2010. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6qg20js |
Context URL |
The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/ |
Contributor Primary |
Rizzo, Joseph F |
Contributor Secondary |
Sadun, Alfredo A |
Setname |
ehsl_novel_nam |
ID |
183073 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qg20js |