Completing the split in the split-brain rat: transection of the optic chiasm.
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.
Crowne
D P
DP
Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Ont., Canada.
Novotny
M F
MF
Steele Russell
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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*