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10636304

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-2-9
pubmed:abstractText
One-day-old pigeons (Columba livia) were monocularly deprived by occluding the left or the right eye for 10 days. Up to 3 years later, degree and direction of functional and morphological asymmetries of deprived and control pigeons were analyzed. In control pigeons, the usual right-eye superiority was obtained in a visual discrimination task. In left-eye deprived pigeons, this behavioral asymmetry was strengthened, whereas the direction of lateralization was reversed in right-eye deprived birds. A morphological tectum analysis revealed that control and left-eye deprived pigeons displayed similar asymmetries, with the left-monocular deprived pigeons exhibiting more pronounced left-right differences. Tectal morphometry of right-eye deprived pigeons displayed a reversed pattern. Overall, the present study shows that a short period of posthatch monocular deprivation is sufficient to alter behavioral and morphological visual asymmetry for several years.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0735-7044
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
113
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1257-66
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Monocular deprivation alters the direction of functional and morphological asymmetries in the pigeon's (Columba livia) visual system.
pubmed:affiliation
Biopsychologie, Facultät für Psychologie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany. mannsmbo@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't