EXTENT OF RECOVERY FROM THE EFFECTS OF VISUAL DEPRIVATION IN KITTENS
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IN KITTENS, deprivation of form and light over several months can lead to marked abnormalities in the visual pathway. These include behavioral blind-ness, morphological changes in the lateral geniculate body, and disruption of innately determined cortical connections (2, 6-8). This type of plasticity
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Abnormal visual experience during a relatively narrow time window in early development dramatically changes cortical circuits processing vision and has a major impact on visual ability, whereas transient blindness in adulthood has much less severe functional consequences.
“For example, abnormal visual experience during a relatively narrow time window in early development dramatically changes cortical circuits processing vision and has a major impact on visual ability 16 , whereas transient blindness in adulthood has much less severe functional consequences.”
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- Authors
- Wiesel, T. N., & Hubel, D. H.
- Affiliations
- Harvard University (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Neurophysiology
- Publisher
- American Physiological Society
- Published
- 1965-11-01
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1060-1072
- ISSN
- 0022-3077 (ISSN-L)
- 1522-1598
- OpenAlex
- W1721980902
- Cited by
- 704
- References
- 1
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- FWCI
- 7.31
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Neurophysiology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Developmental Neuroscience › Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Tactile and Sensory Interactions
- Keywords
- visual deprivation, kittens, lateral geniculate nucleus, visual pathway abnormalities, cortical connectivity, visual plasticity, form deprivation, light deprivation
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Biological, Animals, Blindness, Cats, Eyelids, Geniculate Bodies, Vision, Ocular
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