[Biochemical characteristics of subcellular components of the visual system following light deprivation].

A study was made of the influence of prolonged light deprivation (ten weeks) at early stages of the rabbit postnatal ontogenesis on the state of specific enzyme activity (of cytochromoxidase, AChEase, K-Na-ATPase, monoaminoxidase and ATPase) in the synaptosomes and cellular mitochondria of the visual cortex and superior colliculi. A specific and oppositely directed change has been found ro each enzyme and subcellular structures. Restoration of sensory impulse activity in two weeks was attended with normalization of the revealed metabolism changes, likewise dissimilar for different subcellular components.