title: Roger Sperry: pioneer of neuronal specificity.
abstract: This essay looks at the historical significance of two APS classic papers that are freely available online: Sperry RW. Optic nerve regeneration with return of vision in anurans. J Neurophysiol 7: 57-69, 1944 (http://jn.physiology.org/cgi/reprint/7/1/57). Sperry RW. Restoration of vision after crossing of optic nerves and after contralateral transplantation of eye. J Neurophysiol 8: 15-28, 1945 (http://jn.physiology.org/cgi/reprint/8/1/15).
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Ave., New York, NY 10021, USA. bgraf@med.cornell.edu
authors.forename: Bernice
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Grafstein
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura; D001369:Axons / Q000502:physiology; D001921:Brain / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D004175:Diptera; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D049673:History, 20th Century; D009412:Nerve Fibers / Q000502:physiology; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology