Rapid recovery from the effects of early monocular deprivation is enabled by temporary inactivation of the retinas

A half-century of research on the consequences of monocular deprivation (MD) in animals has revealed a great deal about the pathophysiology of amblyopia. MD initiates synaptic changes in the visual cortex that reduce acuity and binocular vision by causing neurons to lose responsiveness to the depriv...

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Main Authors: Mitchell, Donald E. (Author), Duffy, Kevin R. (Author), Fong, Ming-fai (Contributor), Bear, Mark (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences (Contributor), Picower Institute for Learning and Memory (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.), 2017-09-13T16:56:21Z.
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