The functional organization of visual cortical cells was studied in two groups of five week old kittens: one group normally reared, the other reared in total darkness from the third day after birth. The following results were obtained: 1. The cells of the normally reared kittens were similar to adul
Plasticity in the kitten's visual cortex: effects of the suppression of visual experience upon the orientational properties of visual cortical cells
โ Scribed by Pierre Buisseret; Elyane Gary-Bobo; Michel Imbert
- Book ID
- 119100698
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 880 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0165-3806
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