F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Cell. 2022 Aug 18;185(17):3081-3083. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.07.023.
The newborn mouse's retina senses light even before the eye opens, informing the developing brain of the visual world. Without this information, the brain forms fewer connections and the adult mouse learns sluggishly.
新生老鼠的视网膜在眼睛睁开之前就能感知光线,从而向发育中的大脑传递有关视觉世界的信息。如果没有这些信息,大脑形成的连接就会较少,而成年老鼠的学习也会变得迟缓。