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. 1983;52(2):307-10.
doi: 10.1007/BF00236640.

Natural strabismus in non-Siamese cats: lack of binocularity in the striate cortex

M W von Grünau, J P Rauschecker

Natural strabismus in non-Siamese cats: lack of binocularity in the striate cortex

M W von Grünau et al. Exp Brain Res. 1983.

Abstract

Cats with a natural convergent squint were discovered within a colony of normal Mill Hill cats. In two of them single unit recording was undertaken in area 17. The ocular dominance distribution showed a clear disruption of binocularity in both hemispheres. This lack of binocular units was comparable to cats with artificial, surgically-induced strabismus and differed significantly from the ocular dominance distribution of a normal control group. The existence of these natural, non-albino squinters strengthens the use of cats as an animal model for strabismic amblyopia.

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