Sensory information flows through the geniculate nuclei in two parts.

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In addition to defects in the language centres, a set of brain abnormalities has also been found in the visual pathways of dyslexics smaller-than-normal cells in layers of the lateral geniculate nucleus.

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This travels into the brain along an optic nerve (there is one for each eye) to arrive at one of two small clusters of nerve cells called the lateral geniculate bodies.

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