"The effects of brief unrestricted vision during early monocular form d" by Ichiro Watanabe, Ichiro Maruko et al.

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Title

The effects of brief unrestricted vision during early monocular form deprivation on the monocular response properties of cortical neurons

Authors

Ichiro Watanabe, University of Houston
Ichiro Maruko, University of Houston
Bin Zhang, University of HoustonFollow
Jianghe Zheng, University of Houston
Hua Bi, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Earl L. Smith III, University of HoustonFollow
Yuzo M. Chino, University of HoustonFollow

Format

Poster

ISBN or ISSN

0146-0404

Conference Title

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting

Organization/Association/Group

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

Publication Title

Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science

Volume

Issue

Publication Date / Copyright Date

5-1-2004

First Page

5492

Publisher

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

Abstract

Purpose: Monocular form deprivation early in life is known to result in amblyopia. We previously reported that if 4 hours of unrestricted vision were given every day during monocular deprivation periods, amblyopia did not develop, while one or two hours of unrestricted vision were less effective in preventing amblyopia. In this study, we determined whether alterations in the monocular response properties of V1 and V2 neurons are involved in these differential effects of unrestricted vision on amblyopia. Methods: Microelectrode recording experiments were conducted under anesthesia and paralysis in 6 macaque monkeys reared with monocular diffuser between 3 weeks and 4 months of age. The rearing regimen included daily unrestricted vision for one, two or four hours. When the monkeys were two years of age, the spatial contrast sensitivity functions were obtained for the deprived and non–deprived eyes. Upon completion of the behavioral testing, we measured the optimal spatial frequency, spatial resolution, orientation bandwidths, and directional bias of individual V1 and V2 neurons. Results: To our surprise, there were no significant interocular differences in any of these monocular response properties of V1 or V2 units even in those monkeys that exhibited severe deprivation amblyopia (monkeys with one hour of unrestricted vision). However, in V2 (but not in V1) of these severely amblyopic monkeys, we could not find units dominated by the behaviorally amblyopic eye. Conclusions: These results suggest that a severe loss of V2 units dominated by the amblyopic eye is more closely associated with the neural mechanisms underlying the observed amblyopia than altered monocular response properties of V1 or V2 units.

Disciplines

Optometry

Keywords

amblyopia, visual cortex, electrophysiology, non–clinical

NSUWorks Citation

Watanabe, Ichiro; Maruko, Ichiro; Zhang, Bin; Zheng, Jianghe; Bi, Hua; Smith, Earl L. III; and Chino, Yuzo M., "The effects of brief unrestricted vision during early monocular form deprivation on the monocular response properties of cortical neurons" (2004). Faculty Proceedings, Presentations, Posters, Speeches, Lectures, etc.. 49.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hpd_opt_facpres/49

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