Receptive field organization of cat optic nerve fibers with special reference to conduction velocity.

Abstract Receptive fields of single optic nerve fibers in the cat have been subdivided into two types. Type I responds briskly to the abrupt change in the luminance of both a spot and diffuse light, but does not continue to respond to a stationary light stimulus, Type II responds very weakly to diffuse light, but continues to respond to stationary spot stimulus. The conduction velocity of Type I-fibers is faster, on the average, than that of Type II-fibers. The size of the receptive field center of Type II is smaller than Type I, and Type II-field has a stronger tendency to be located centrally in the visual field.

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