Glutamic acid decarboxylase in the striate cortex of normal and monocularly deprived kittens

Glutamic acid decarboxylase in the striate cortex of normal and monocularly deprived kittens.

Degeneration of the thalamic fibers in the visual cortex of turtles leads to an increase in the numerical density of cortical synapses with flattened vesicles and symmetrical membrane differentiations (Smith, L. M., and F. F. Ebner (1980) Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 6: 328). This change correlates with an increase in the cortical activity of glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD), the synthetic enzyme for...

5-HT1 receptors in the structures of visual pathway of normal and monocularly deprived kittens.

The density and pattern of distribution of 5-HT1 receptor sites was examined using quantitative in vitro autoradiography with [3H]5-HT as a ligand in the visual structures of 5 weeks old kittens. One group of animals had normal binocular vision, the other was monocularly deprived during the last three days of life. The density of 5-HT1 receptor sites and the pattern of their distribution in the...

Single-cell Responses in Striate Cortex of Kittens Deprived of Vision in One Eye1

Single-cell Responses in Striate Cortex of Kittens Deprived of Vision in One Eye.

Electrophoretic patterns of insoluble proteins in the sensory cerebral cortex of visually deprived and normal kittens.

Insoluble proteins were investigated in the visual cortex (area 17) and somatic sensory cortex of one month old kittens. Visual deprivation did not affect the electrophoretic pattern but changed percentage distribution of proteins in both cortices. Some of the alterations seemed to appear only in the visual cortex, which is morphologically and functionally deficient in deprived kittens. Electro...