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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-7-8
pubmed:abstractText
In a previous study, extraocular muscle proprioception (E.O.M.P.) was shown to play an important role in the postnatal development of depth perception: following unilateral or bilateral sections of the ophthalmic branch of the trigeminal nerve (V1th nerve) performed at 6-8 weeks of age, the binocular thresholds were 2 to 3 times higher than in control animals. Since the V1-sections produced no deficits when performed in adults, the temporal limits of a period of susceptibility remained to be determined. In order to assess the lower and upper limits of the period during which these perceptual deficits could be induced, unilateral or bilateral V1-sections were performed in kittens at different ages. Depth perception thresholds were measured by using the jumping stand technique. Sections of the V1 nerve only produced significant impairments of the binocular depth thresholds when performed after 3 weeks of age. They could be observed when unilateral sections were performed at up to 13 weeks of age and with bilateral sections at up to 10 weeks of age. These functional impairments appeared to remain permanently through adult life.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0165-3806
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
18
pubmed:volume
59
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
23-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Temporal limits of the susceptibility of depth perception to proprioceptive deafferentations of extraocular muscles.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut des Neurosciences, Université P. et M. Curie, Paris, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't