title: Completing the split in the split-brain rat: transection of the optic chiasm.
abstract: We describe a stereotaxic technique to transect the optic chiasm in the rat and present illustrative data on the interocular transfer of visual discrimination in chiasm-sectioned and chiasm-plus-forebrain commissure-sectioned animals. Applications of the technique are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Ont., Canada.
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Crowne
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Novotny
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Steele Russell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001931:Brain Mapping / Q000295:instrumentation; D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000502:physiology*; D004193:Discrimination Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology*; D009897:Optic Chiasm / Q000502:physiology*; D009949:Orientation / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D014794:Visual Fields / Q000502:physiology; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*