Binocularity in the Cat Visual Cortex Is Reduced by Sectioning the Corpus Callosum
- 7 March 1980
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 207 (4435) , 1097-1099
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.7355278
Abstract
In the normal cat, most cells in area 17 can be binocularly driven. Sectioning the corpus callosum results in a significant reduction in binocularly driven cells. Normal binocular vision is thus dependent on the corpus callosum.Keywords
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