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Effect of strabismus on the development of vernier acuity and grating acuity in monkeys

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2009

Lynne Kiorpes
Lynne Kiorpes
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Center for Neural Science and Department of Psychology, New York University, New York
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Abstract

The effect of experimental strabismus on the development of vernier acuity and grating acuity was studied in Macaca nemestrina monkeys. Six monkeys were studied longitudinally beginning near 10 days after birth. Four of the six monkeys developed amblyopia. As is true for human strabismic amblyopes, the deficit in vernier acuity was larger than the deficit in grating acuity in the amblyopic monkeys. The developmental data reveal that this differential disruption of vernier acuity can be understood as a result of a slowed developmental process associated with amblyopia.

Keywords

StrabismusVisual developmentVernier acuityGrating acuityMacaque monkeyAmblyopia
Type
Research Articles
Information
Visual Neuroscience , Volume 9 , Issue 3-4 , October 1992 , pp. 253 - 259
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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