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... Optic nerve Figure 3-5 . A diagram to illustrate that objects in the visual world are projected onto portions of the retina ( upside down ) . out from the developing brain during the embryological stage , the optic nerve is really a ...
... Optic nerve Figure 3-5 . A diagram to illustrate that objects in the visual world are projected onto portions of the retina ( upside down ) . out from the developing brain during the embryological stage , the optic nerve is really a ...
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... optic nerve . A decision that there are two thin lines , not one wider line , depends on the simultaneous ... optic nerve . As is illustrated in Figure 3-7 , approximately half the axons in each optic nerve cross over and synapse with ...
... optic nerve . A decision that there are two thin lines , not one wider line , depends on the simultaneous ... optic nerve . As is illustrated in Figure 3-7 , approximately half the axons in each optic nerve cross over and synapse with ...
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... optic nerve and the optic tectum ( the amphibian equiva- lent of the mammalian LGN ) . Amphibians have a remarkable ability to regenerate severed optic nerves . Mammals have lost this regenera- tive capacity . If the optic nerve in a ...
... optic nerve and the optic tectum ( the amphibian equiva- lent of the mammalian LGN ) . Amphibians have a remarkable ability to regenerate severed optic nerves . Mammals have lost this regenera- tive capacity . If the optic nerve in a ...
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Building Blocks of the Brain | 1 |
The action potential or nerve impulse | 14 |
Refractory periods and the frequency code | 21 |
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