Ontogeny of the visual evoked response in the stump-tailed macaque.
Visual evoked responses (VER's) of stump-tailed macaques were studied from birth to 80 weeks in an attempt to establish the utility of this species as a model of human neurophysiological development. Although human subjects and monkeys share a unique complexity of the VER at birth, the postnatal development of their VER's does not appear to follow a parallel sequence. The relatively dynamic nature of the VER during the 1st few weeks in a monkey's life may limit the usefulness of this species as a model of human development. The rapid changes in the VER of the developing monkey and the observation that these changes continue beyond 2 years of age should be considered in studies of the VER in which repeated measures are obtained over a prolonged period of time.
D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002657:Child Development; D005071:Evoked Potentials; D005260:Female; D000882:Haplorhini; D006801:Humans; D008251:Macaca / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008954:Models, Biological; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D013045:Species Specificity; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*