Cytoarchitectonics of the striate cortex in carnivores and primates following optic tract transection

Examination of brains from Old World monkeys and cats one year after optic tract transection showed a significantly reduced density of neurons in layer IV C of area 17 (striate cortex) in the projection of central vision on the transection side in the monkeys but not in the cats. It is concluded that peripheral vision is less vulnerable to deafferentation than central vision. Translated fromByulleten' Eksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 118, N ^o 7, pp. 95–96, July, 1994 Presented by O. S. Adrianov, Member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences