title: Clinical evidence for the onset of the sensitive period in infancy.
abstract: Seven neonates had a IIIrd or VIth nerve palsy or afferent visual pathway pathology at birth. These abnormalities resolved within 6 weeks and the children have developed normal visual acuity, motor fusion, and stereopsis. We conclude that there is a latent period of 6 weeks before the onset of the sensitive period.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital for Sick Children, London.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Elston
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Timms
mesh_terms: D000010:Abducens Nerve; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000151:congenital / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D015840:Oculomotor Nerve Diseases / Q000151:congenital / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012166:Retinal Hemorrhage / Q000151:congenital / Q000503:physiopathology; D015348:Vision, Binocular / Q000502:physiology; D014785:Vision, Ocular / Q000502:physiology*; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology