Early versus delayed correction of infantile strabismus in macaque monkeys: Effects on horizontal binocular connections in the striate cortex

Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 31, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 171-174

  Richards, Michael ^a   Tychsen, Lawrence ^b   Burkhalter, Andreas ^b   Foeller, Paul ^b   Bradley, Dolores ^c   Wong, Agnes M F ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Binocular connections; Infantile strabismus; Ocular dominance columns; Primary visual cortex; V1

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BINOCULAR VISION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE REFRACTION; MONKEY; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRISM; STRABISMUS; STRIATE CORTEX;

EID: 36249002393     PISSN: 01658107     EISSN: 1744506X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01658100701647720     Document Type: Conference Paper

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