Effects of posterior neocortical lesions on wavelength,light/dark and stripe orientation discrimination in ground squirrels |
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Authors: | Earl Kicliter Michael S. Loop John A. Jane |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Va. 22901 U.S.A.;2. Department of Physiology and Biophysics and School of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Ill. 61801 U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Thirteen-lined ground squirrels (Citellus tridecemlineatus) were trained on three two-choice visual discrimination problems: light/dark, color and stripe orientation. After posterior neocortical lesions in one or two stages, they were tested on all three discriminations. The results demonstrate that animals with large posterior neocortical lesions which produced retrograde changes throughout the dorsal lateral geniculate (LGNd) were capable of light/dark and wavelength discrimination. These animals were not able to discriminate stripe orientation. It is proposed that wavelength discrimination depends on extrageniculostriate mechanisms in posterior neodecorticates of this species. |
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Keywords: | To whom correspondence should be addressed at: University of Illinois School of Basic Medical Sciences 504 S. Mathews Urbana Ill. 61801 U.S.A. |
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