Effects of early monocular deprivation on the acuity of lateral geniculate neurons in the cat.

Acuity assessments on lateral geniculate X-cells in 8 monocularly deprived cats indicated that deprived cells had significantly lower acuities than non-deprived cells. Within deprived laminae, cells having low acuity were intermixed with cells having normal acuity. Deprivation effects were clearly evident in both A and A1 laminae and in both adult and young cats. The results also pointed out several factors which should be considered in analyzing deprivation effects.