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What phenomenon is known as a result of monocular deprivation?
What phenomenon is known as a result of monocular deprivation?
- Strabismus treatment
- Ocular dominance plasticity (correct)
- Binocular receptive fields
- Hebbian mechanisms
How did the experimental approach of creating artificial strabismus differ from monocular deprivation?
How did the experimental approach of creating artificial strabismus differ from monocular deprivation?
- Equal responsiveness through both eyes (correct)
- Correlated activity between the two eyes
- Surgical cutting of muscles around the eyeball
- Selective blocking of NMDA receptors
What was surgically achieved in kittens to create artificial strabismus?
What was surgically achieved in kittens to create artificial strabismus?
- Injecting a selective receptor antagonist
- Removal of the visual cortex
- Cutting one of the muscles around the eyeball (correct)
- Blocking NMDA receptors
What effect did the strabismus treatment have on binocular receptive fields from neurons in layer 2/3?
What effect did the strabismus treatment have on binocular receptive fields from neurons in layer 2/3?
What did the work from Wolf Singer's lab show in relation to monocular deprivation in kittens?
What did the work from Wolf Singer's lab show in relation to monocular deprivation in kittens?
Which mechanism was found to be relied upon during the deprivation-dependent plasticity process?
Which mechanism was found to be relied upon during the deprivation-dependent plasticity process?
What led to the equal responsiveness through both eyes in the artificial strabismus treatment?
What led to the equal responsiveness through both eyes in the artificial strabismus treatment?
'Like monocular deprivation, the strabismus treatment more or less eradicated ______ from layer 2/3 neurons.' Fill in the blank.
'Like monocular deprivation, the strabismus treatment more or less eradicated ______ from layer 2/3 neurons.' Fill in the blank.
'That activity was just not correlated between the two eyes.' What does 'that activity' refer to?
'That activity was just not correlated between the two eyes.' What does 'that activity' refer to?
'In contrast to monocular deprivation, strabismus led to equal responsiveness through the two eyes as each eye was delivering equal amounts of activity.' What does 'equal responsiveness' refer to?
'In contrast to monocular deprivation, strabismus led to equal responsiveness through the two eyes as each eye was delivering equal amounts of activity.' What does 'equal responsiveness' refer to?
