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Science 24 January 1975:
Vol. 187. no. 4173, pp. 265 - 266
DOI: 10.1126/science.1111102
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Science, Vol 187, Issue 4173, 265-266
Copyright © 1975 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Self-produced locomotion restores visual capacity after striate lesions

D Dru, JP Walker, and JB Walker

Rats permitted unrestrained movement in a patterned visual environment during the interval between two-stage vilateral lesions of the visual cortex reacquire a preoperatively learned pattern discrimination. Rats passively transported through the identical visual environment do not. This is the first demonstration that interoperative self-produced locomotion is essential for recovery of function in the visual system.


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