A special role for binocular visual input during development and as a component of occlusion therapy for treatment of amblyopia

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 425-434

  Mitchell, Donald E ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Binocular vision; Critical period; Patching; Plasticity; Stereopsis; Visual acuity; Visual deprivation

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BEHAVIOR; BINOCULAR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID CLOSURE; KITTEN; MONOCULAR DEPRIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AGE FACTORS; AMBLYOPIA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EYE; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; TIME FACTORS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 57149098221     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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