Brief daily binocular vision prevents monocular deprivation effects in visual cortex

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 270-280

  Schwarzkopf, D Samuel ^a   Vorobyov, Vasily ^a   Mitchell, Donald E ^b   Sengpiel, Frank ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cat; Developmental plasticity; Ocular dominance; Optical imaging; V1; Visually evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; BRAIN DEPTH RECORDING; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE DOMINANCE; IMAGING; MONOCULAR DEPRIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; DOMINANCE, OCULAR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; TIME FACTORS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 33846224700     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.05273.x     Document Type: Article

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