contralateral eye

the eye located on the opposite side of the body to another structure or object. For example, layer 6 of the left lateral geniculate nucleus receives input from the retinal ganglion cell axons that originate in the right (i.e., contralateral) eye. Compare ipsilateral eye.

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Psychology term of the day

March 17th 2025

end plate

a specialized region of a muscle-cell membrane that faces the terminus of a motor neuron within a neuromuscular junction. The depolarization that is induced in this muscular region when stimulated by a neurotransmitter released from the adjacent motor neuron terminus is called the end-plate potential (EPP). A very small variation in this potential due to the random release of tiny amounts of a neurotransmitter at an axon terminal is called a miniature end-plate potential. Also called motor end plate.