Editing Parvocellular cell (section)

==Function==
[[Image:lateral geniculate nucleus.png|thumb|Schematic diagram of the primate LGN.]]
The parvocellular neurons of the [[visual system]] receive their input from [[midget cell]]s, a type of [[retinal ganglion cell]], whose axons comprise the [[optic tract]].  These [[synapse]]s occur in one of the four dorsal parvocellular layers of the lateral geniculate nucleus.  The information from each eye is kept separate at this point, and continues to be segregated until processing in the [[visual cortex]].  The electrically-encoded visual information leaves the parvocellular cells via [[Interneuron|relay cells]] in the [[optic radiation]]s, traveling to the [[primary visual cortex]] layer 4C-β.  The parvocellular neurons are sensitive to colour,<ref name="pmid11179404">{{cite journal |last1=Xu |first1=Xiangmin |last2=Ichida |first2=Jennifer M. |last3=Allison |first3=John D. |last4=Boyd |first4=Jamie D. |last5=Bonds |first5=A. B. |last6=Casagrande |first6=Vivien A. |title=A comparison of koniocellular, magnocellular and parvocellular receptive field properties in the lateral geniculate nucleus of the owl monkey (Aotus trivirgatus) |journal=J. Physiol. |volume=531 |issue=Pt 1 |pages=203–18 |date=February 2001 |pmid=11179404 |pmc=2278453 |doi= 10.1111/j.1469-7793.2001.0203j.x}}</ref> and are more capable of discriminating fine details than their magnocellular counterparts. Parvocellular cells have greater spatial resolution, but lower temporal resolution, than the magnocellular cells.