Editing Parvocellular cell (section)

{{short description|Type of neuron located in the thalamus}}
{{distinguish|Parvocellular neurosecretory cell}}
{{About|the lateral geniculate nucleus cell||Parvocellular (disambiguation)}}
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 | location = [[Lateral geniculate nucleus]]
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In [[neuroscience]], '''parvocellular cells''', also called '''P-cells''', are [[neuron]]s located within the parvocellular layers of the [[lateral geniculate nucleus]] (LGN) of the [[thalamus]]. Their name comes {{ety|la|parvus|small}}, due to the small size of the cell compared to the larger [[magnocellular cell]]s.  Phylogenetically, parvocellular neurons are more modern than magnocellular ones.{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}}