Visual cortex: more wiggle room for the brain.
Experiments in which one eye of a ferret is removed at birth show subtle effects on the development of visual cortex maps that are in agreement with those predicted by theory.
Swindale
Nicholas V
NV
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of British Columbia, 2550 Willow St., Vancouver, V5Z 3N9, British Columbia, Canada. swindale@interchange.ubc.ca
D000818:Animals; D005289:Ferrets; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000254:growth & development*; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000254:growth & development; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*