Classification of Visual Cortex Plasticity Phenotypes following Treatment for Amblyopia

Figure 1

Study design diagram. Timelines for the rearing conditions used in this study. (a) Normal visual experience and monocular deprivation (MD), (b) treatment conditions (RO, BD, and BV) after MD to 5 wks. Filled bars indicate that an eye was closed. Black arrows indicate the age of animals used in the study. A timeline for the critical period (CP) in cat visual cortex [34] highlights the peak of the CP between 4 and 6 weeks of age. (c) Map of the sampling regions in the V1 representing the central (C, ), peripheral (P, ), and monocular (M, ) visual fields. (d) Representative bands from the Western blots for the 7 proteins quantified in the study and the molecular weights (kDa).