Analysis of monocular optokinetic nystagmus in normal and visually deprived kittens.
The asymmetry of monocular OKN was assessed in normal, monocularly deprived (non-deprived eye) and strabismic cats. No significant differences were observed between the responses of these 3 groups. In young kittens, the gain of OKN for nasalward stimulus movement was larger than that for temporalward. This asymmetry declined to a low residual level by about one year of age. Neurophysiological recordings indicated that the symmetry of OKN is not related to cortical binocularity.
D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000254:growth & development; D005133:Eye Movements; D007839:Functional Laterality; D012683:Sensory Deprivation; D014785:Vision, Ocular; D014796:Visual Perception