The effect of cerebellar and collicular lesions on the relative encounter rates for x and y cells in the lateral geniculate nucleus of the monocularly paralyzed cat

UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
Rodney Joe Moore (Creator)
Institution
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
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Advisor
Walter L. Salinger

Abstract: Several converging lines of evidence suggest that the integration of binocular visual with binocular proprioceptive information takes place in the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) and it is very likely that such integration is necessary for normal binocular vision and depth perception. A naturally occurring visual anomaly, strabismic amblyopia, which results in the lack of normal stereoscopic vision and reduction of visual acuity, may be the outcome of a perturbation of these integrative mechanisms. Monocular paralysis, an experimental manipulation which, in part, serves to mimic some aspects of strabismic amblyopia, has been shown to disrupt binocular-visual/proprioceptive integrative mechanisms and so may serve as a model for some aspects of amblyopia. Monocular paralysis results in a highly reliable decrease in the encounter rate for X cells relative to Y cells in the LGN six days postoperative.

Additional Information

Publication
Dissertation
Language: English
Date: 1989
Subjects
Vision, Monocular $x Experiments
Amblyopia
Geniculate bodies
Cats as laboratory animals
Physiological optics
Eye $x Paralysis

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