The effects of monocular paralysis and binocular eyelid suture on the electrophysiology of lateral geniculate nucleus of the cat
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Mark Allan Schwartz (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- Walter L. Salinger
Abstract: Single unit recording of cells in the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) of adult cats following monocular paralysis of two weeks duration has been reported to diminish the relative proportion of X-cells in this nucleus. This functional loss of LGN X-cells was detected in the LGN laminae innervated by the paralyzed eye. Limitations in the method of classifying LGN cells as X or Y in the earlier work, however, precluded acquisition of data concerning the proportion of X- and Y-cells in the laraina innervated by the normal eye. The present study used response latency to optic chiasm shock of LGN cells (OX latency) to divide cells as X or Y. Y-cells have short and X-cells long OX latencies. This measure allows analysis of the effects of monocular paralysis in the layers innervated by the paralyzed and mobile eye, respectively.
The effects of monocular paralysis and binocular eyelid suture on the electrophysiology of lateral geniculate nucleus of the cat
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- Publication
- Dissertation
- Language: English
- Date: 1978
- Subjects
- Vision, Monocular $x Experiments
- Eye $x Paralysis
- Cats as laboratory animals
- Geniculate bodies