THE EFFECTS OF MONOCULAR ENUCLEATION ON THE REPRESENTATION OF AUDITORY SPACE IN THE SUPERIOR COLLICULUS OF THE GUINEA-PIG

Authors
WITHINGTON DJ BINNS KE INGHAM NJ THORNTON SK
Citation
Dj. Withington et al., THE EFFECTS OF MONOCULAR ENUCLEATION ON THE REPRESENTATION OF AUDITORY SPACE IN THE SUPERIOR COLLICULUS OF THE GUINEA-PIG, Brain research, 636(2), 1994, pp. 348-352
Citations number
40
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences
Journal title
Brain research → ACNP
ISSN journal
00068993
Volume
636
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
348 - 352
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-8993(1994)636:2<348:TEOMEO>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Multi-unit responses, to free-field auditory stimuli, in the superior colliculus were investigated in guinea-pigs following earlier removal of one eye. Enucleation resulted in disruption of the normal tuning pa rameter values and of the topographical precision of auditory response s in the SC both ipsilateral and contralateral to the enucleated eye. These data demonstrate that monocular enucleation prevents the normal development of the superior collicular auditory space map.