Selective atrophy in the lateral geniculate nucleus associated with iris coloboma in cat.
A kitten with a unilateral, congenital coloboma of the iris was raised in a normal environment and sacrificed at 6 monthlicted eye was seen in Nissl-stained sections taken through the lateral geniculate. The result suggests that image degradation is more important than luminance reduction in causing selective changes in the visual pathway.
D000818:Animals; D001284:Atrophy; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology*; D002415:Cats; D003103:Coloboma / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005829:Geniculate Bodies / Q000473:pathology*; D007498:Iris / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008027:Light / Q000009:adverse effects; D012683:Sensory Deprivation