Binocular competition in the control of geniculate cell growth

It has been shown previously that, in kittens, geniculate laminae that are visually deprived by a unilateral lid‐suture grow less than normal. However, cell growth is affected only where the deprived laminae lie opposite a normally innervated lamina. The most lateral part of lamina A, which is innervated from the monocular crescent of the visual field and which extends beyond the edge of lamina A1, is not affected by lid‐suture. One interpretation of this result is that a binocular competition controls geniculate cell growth and that the normal competitive balance is upset by the lid‐suture.

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