Visual depth perception in normal and deprived rats: Effects of environmental enrichment

Neuroscience

Volumn 236, Issue , 2013, Pages 313-319

  Baroncelli, L ^a   Braschi, C ^a,b   Maffei, L ^a,c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Depth perception; Environmental enrichment; Monocular deprivation; Stereopsis; Visual cliff

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; EXPERIENCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; VISUAL DEPTH PERCEPTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ENVIRONMENT; LONG EVANS RAT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMBLYOPIA; ANIMALS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENT; HOUSING, ANIMAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SENSORY DEPRIVATION;

EID: 84881616862     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.01.036     Document Type: Article

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