Ascending Visual Pathways

Retina-LGN-Cortical Route

Optic NerveOptic ChiasmOptic TractLGN

Superior ColliculusPrimary Visual Cortex

Optic TractsSegregation of the Visual Fields

Lateral Geniculate Nucleusof the Thalamus (LGN)

Primary Visual Cortex (V1)

Retinotopic Layout of V1

Emergent Propertiesof Cortical Cells

Orientation SpecificityBinocularityLocal-to-Global RepresentationDirectional Motion Specificity [MT]

Orientation Selectivity

Orientation Hypercolumn

Orientation Architecture

Binocularity

Cortical Modular Hierarchy