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VISUAL information from the retina is transmitted to the cerebral cortex by way of the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) in the thalamus. In primates, most of the retinal ganglion cells that

project to the LGN belong to one of two classes, P and M, whose axons terminate in the parvocellular or magnocellular subdivisions of the LGN. These cell classes give rise to two channels

that have been distinguished anatomically, physiologically and behaviourally1–3,16,17. The visual cortex also can be subdivided into two pathways, one specialized for motion processing and

the other for colour and form information4. Several lines of indirect evidence have suggested a close correspondence between the subcortical and cortical pathways, such that the M channel

provides input to the motion pathway and the P channel drives the colour/form pathway5–7. This hypothesis was tested directly by selectively inactivating either the magnocellular or

parvocellular subdivision of the LGN and recording the effects on visual responses in the cortex. We have previously reported that, in accordance with the hypothesis, responses in the motion

pathway in the cortex depend primarily on magnocellular LGN8. We now report that in the colour/form pathway, visual responses depend on both P and M input. These results argue against a

simple correspondence between the subcortical and cortical pathways.

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