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. 1976 Jun 10;261(5560):467-71.
doi: 10.1038/261467a0.

Prenatal genesis of connections subserving ocular dominance in the rhesus monkey

P Rakic

Prenatal genesis of connections subserving ocular dominance in the rhesus monkey

P Rakic. Nature. .

Abstract

In foetal monkey brain neuronal projections carrying input from the two eyes initially overlap; they segregate during the second half of gestation and become fully separated in subcortical visual centres and partially separated in the cortex three weeks before birth and thus before visual experience.

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