Daily mixed visual experience that prevents amblyopia in cats does not always allow the development of good binocular depth perception

Journal of Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Mitchell, Donald E ^a   Kennie, Jan ^a   Schwarzkopf, D Samuel ^b   Sengpiel, Frank ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Plasticity; Stereopsis; Visual acuity; Visual cortex; Visual deprivation

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE MODEL; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SENSORY DEPRIVATION;

AMBLYOPIA; ANIMALS; CATS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROGNOSIS; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; VISION, BINOCULAR;

EID: 65949104825     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/9.5.22     Document Type: Article

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