Recall the goggles used for the barn owl plasticity experime…
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Recаll the gоggles used fоr the bаrn оwl plаsticity experiments. You use a similar approach to study visual cortex development in the kitten with one big difference: instead of prisms, the two lenses are alternately blackened every few seconds, so that any one time the kitten can see through one eye at a time. 1. (5 pts) Describe the differences in the dendritic arbors from the LGN associated with an open and closed eye when the standard monocular deprivation protocol is followed (in which one eye is kept closed). Be specific: refer to both the density of processes and their laminar location. Explain how Hebb's postulate might explain any differences, what receptors might be involved, and what is "special" about those receptors. 2. (5 pts) What do you think the dendritic arbors from the strobe reared kitten will look like and why? Justify your answer using the Hebbian mechanisms that you described in #1. 3. (5 pts) Describe the traditional physiological (as opposed to anatomical) measure through which ocular dominance plasticity has been examined. Be sure the describe how different responses are evoked and compared; and how the distribution of this measure across neurons differs between normal and monocular deprived kittens. 4. (5 pts) What do the think this distribution will look for the strobe reared kitten? What kinds of neurons do you think might be most affected and where are they likely to be located? Again, justify your answer using the Hebbian mechanisms described in #1.
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