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Some years ago, one of us submitted evidence to show that the conducting unit from the central area of the retina in man and the higher primates is a three-fibre unit1. It was further suggested that this anatomical fact might be related to the trichromatic theory of colour vision. Recently we have been making a detailed analysis of the main visual centre, the lateral geniculate nucleus, of the human brain, with special reference to its laminar pattern, the relative extent of the several cell layers, and their distribution over the projection areas corresponding to different parts of the retina.
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Le Gros Clark, W. E., J. Anat., 75, 225 (1941).
Le Gros Clark, W. E., Trans. Ophth. Soc., 62, 229 (1942).
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LE GROS CLARK, W., CHACKO, L. A Possible Central Mechanism for Colour Vision. Nature 160, 123–124 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160123b0
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