Sengelaub D R, Finlay B L
Science. 1981 Jul 31;213(4507):573-4. doi: 10.1126/science.7244655.
During normal development of the hamster eye, there is a substantial loss of cells from the retinal ganglion cell layer in the first two postnatal weeks. If one eye is lost at birth, this cell death is reduced in the remaining eye. This may account for the increased ipsilateral projection from this eye to the thalamus and midbrain observed in these animals.
在仓鼠眼睛的正常发育过程中,出生后的前两周视网膜神经节细胞层会有大量细胞损失。如果一只眼睛在出生时缺失,另一只眼睛中的这种细胞死亡就会减少。这可能解释了在这些动物中观察到的这只眼睛向丘脑和中脑同侧投射增加的现象。