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Science 19 August 1977:
Vol. 197. no. 4305, pp. 784 - 786
DOI: 10.1126/science.887922
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Science, Vol 197, Issue 4305, 784-786
Copyright © 1977 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Loss of Y-cells in the lateral geniculate nucleus of monocularly deprived tree shrews

TT Norton, VA Casagrande, and SM Sherman

In tree shrews (Tupaia glis) reared with one eye closed, Y-cells were almost entirely absent in the binocular segment of the lateral geniculate laminae receiving input from the deprived eye. Y-cells were found in the monocular segment of these laminae, and in the binocular segment of the laminae with input from the normal eye. X-cells were present in both the deprived and normal laminae and appeared unaffected by the deprivation. A number of abnormal cells were also found, and these were located primarily in the binocular segment where Y-cells were absent.


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