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optic radiation

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The optic radiation (also known as the geniculo-calcarine tract or as the geniculostriate pathway) is a collection of axons from relay neurons in the lateral geniculate nucleus of the thalamus carrying visual information to the visual cortex (also called striate cortex) along the calcarine fissure. There is one such tract on each side of the brain. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optic_radiation ]

Synonyms: Gratiolet's radiation

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database cross reference
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human_reference_atlas

has related synonym

railroad nystagmus, optic radiations, archambault%27s loop, radiatio optica, meyer's loop, geniculo-calcarine tract, genicula-celcarine tract, geniculostriate pathway, geniculocalcarine tract

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UBERON:0022264

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Optic radiation

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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606