Abstract
In the lateral geniculate body (LGB), intra- and quasi-intracellular records were done. With small light stimuli shone into different parts of the receptive field, EPSPs and IPSPs could be elicited. Stimulation of the exact center of an on-center cell produced a pure excitatory response, that of an off-center neurone pure inhibition. This response lasted throughout the stimulus. At light off, inhibition was elicited in on-center cells and excitation in off-center cells. A stimulus in the field periphery produced a mixed response with a small and short excitation followed by large inhibition in on-center cells, and a short inhibition followed by postsynaptic depolarization in off-center cells. At light off, on-center cells showed depolarization after a short polarizing phase, and off-center cells a broad polarization which interrupted the initial small excitation. The latencies of both the excitatory and inhibitory center responses at light on and off characteristic for the two types of neurones, were 20–30 msec shorter than the reversed responses elicited by stimulation of the receptive field surround.
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