Dyer R S, Hammond M
Physiol Behav. 1975 Feb;14(2):207-10. doi: 10.1016/0031-9384(75)90167-5.
Two experiments are reported which examine the effects of optic enucleation upon behavior of retinal degenerate C3H/HeJ mice. Enucleation did not affect acquisition of a two-way avoidance task. However, enucleated mice were more active than unoperated controls. The increased activity was not specific to the avoidance task since it also occurred in the closed field. The enucleation-induced increase in closed field activity did not depend upon age at time of testing or postsurgical recovery time. Several alternative explanations are considered, including the possibility that some information may be processed by the eye in the absence of traditionally conceived photoreceptors.
本文报告了两项实验，研究了摘除眼球对视网膜退化的C3H/HeJ小鼠行为的影响。摘除眼球并不影响双向回避任务的习得。然而，摘除眼球的小鼠比未手术的对照组更活跃。这种活动增加并非特定于回避任务，因为在封闭场地中也会出现。摘除眼球引起的封闭场地活动增加并不取决于测试时的年龄或术后恢复时间。文中考虑了几种替代性解释，包括在没有传统意义上的光感受器的情况下，眼睛可能处理一些信息的可能性。
