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Parvocellular cell

In neuroscience, parvocellular cells, also called P-cells, are neurons located within the parvocellular layers of the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) of the thalamus. Their name comes from Latin parvus 'small', due to the small size of the cell compared to the larger magnocellular cells. Phylogenetically, parvocellular neurons are more modern than…

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Lateral geniculate nucleus
NeuroLex ID
nifext_43

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Parvocellular cell

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Edges17
Triples7
Avg. degree1.89
Density0.111111
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related to Function · 3
Parvocellular cell → Parvocellular, The, These
related to External links · 2
Parvocellular cell → Neuroscience Information Framework, NIF Search
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Parvocellular cell → Lateral geniculate nucleus
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Parvocellular cell → nifext_43

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parvocellular cells magnocellular neurons nucleus lateral geniculate layers cell also neuroscience visual information thalamus optic cortex via called p-cells located

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Parvocellular cellLocationLateral geniculate nucleus1.00infobox
Parvocellular cellNeuroLex IDnifext_431.00infobox
Parvocellular cellrelated to External linksNIF Search0.60section
Parvocellular cellrelated to External linksNeuroscience Information Framework0.60section
Parvocellular cellrelated to FunctionThe0.60section
Parvocellular cellrelated to FunctionThese0.60section
Parvocellular cellrelated to FunctionParvocellular0.60section

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