Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 1996 Jun 25;93(13):6830-4.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.93.13.6830.

Neural plasticity in adults with amblyopia

D M Levi  1 , U Polat
Affiliations

Neural plasticity in adults with amblyopia

D M Levi et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .

Abstract

Amblyopia is a neuronal abnormality of vision that is often considered irreversible in adults. We found strong and significant improvement of Vernier acuity in human adults with naturally occurring amblyopia following practice. Learning was strongest at the trained orientation and did not transfer to an untrained task (detection), but it did transfer partially to the untrained eye (primarily at the trained orientation). We conclude that this perceptual learning reflects alterations in early neural processes that are localized beyond the site of convergence of the two eyes. Our results suggest a significant degree of plasticity in the visual system of adults with amblyopia.

PubMed Disclaimer

References

    1. J Physiol. 1968 Mar;195(1):215-43 - PubMed
    1. Nature. 1992 Mar 12;356(6365):150-2 - PubMed
    1. Percept Psychophys. 1978 Sep;24(3):258-62 - PubMed
    1. Science. 1979 Nov 16;206(4420):852-4 - PubMed
    1. Vision Res. 1981;21(7):1149-58 - PubMed

Publication types