title: Cell sizes in the lateral geniculate nucleus of normal infant and adult rhesus monkeys.
abstract: Measurements of mean cell area have been made in the lateral geniculate nuclei of 16 normal rhesus monkeys as a control for changes following visual deprivation. There is little variability between animals and no significant growth between 8 days of age and adulthood in the parvocellular laminae. The magnocellular laminae show more variability and some continuing growth after 8 days of age.
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D002452:Cell Count; D005829:Geniculate Bodies / Q000166:cytology*; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology; D012683:Sensory Deprivation / Q000502:physiology