Mower G D, Burchfiel J L, Duffy F H
Brain Res. 1981 Jun;227(3):418-24. doi: 10.1016/0165-3806(81)90079-1.
During a prolonged period of dark-rearing, lateral geniculate X-cells developed normal spatial resolving capacities and otherwise normal receptive field properties. Y-cells were reduced in frequency. Neither of these developmental processes were altered by subsequent monocular vision. In visual cortex, on the other hand, both the development of normal receptive field properties and the susceptibility to monocular deprivation were delayed by dark-rearing.
