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Inducing strabismus in kittens impairs the formation of binocular response regions in the primary visual cortex. A. The eyes of strabismic cats are
misaligned. (Photos reproduced, with permission, left courtesy of Inga Galkinaite, and right from Van Sluyters 1980.)
B. In strabismic animals left and right eye domains are more sharply defined, an indication of the paucity of binocular regions. (Reproduced, with
permission, from Löwel 1994.)
C. Strabismic animals have fewer binocularly tuned neurons in the visual cortex. (Reproduced, with permission, from Hubel and Wiesel 1965.)
Source: Experience and the Refinement of Synaptic Connections, Principles of Neural Science, Fifth Editon
Citation: Kandel ER, Schwartz JH, Jessell TM, Siegelbaum SA, Hudspeth AJ, Mack S. Principles of Neural Science, Fifth Editon; 2012 Available
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