Effects of early monocular deprivation on the acuity of lateral geniculate neurons in the cat.
Acuity assessments on lateral geniculate X-cells in 8 monocularly deprived cats indicated that deprived cells had significantly lower acuities than non-deprived cells. Within deprived laminae, cells having low acuity were intermixed with cells having normal acuity. Deprivation effects were clearly evident in both A and A1 laminae and in both adult and young cats. The results also pointed out several factors which should be considered in analyzing deprivation effects.
D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D005829:Geniculate Bodies / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development*; D012683:Sensory Deprivation / Q000502:physiology*; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000254:growth & development; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*