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TETRAPLOIDY AND BLINDNESS
Author(s) -
SCHOLTZ C. L.,
MANN D. M. A.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
neuropathology and applied neurobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.538
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1365-2990
pISSN - 0305-1846
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2990.1977.tb00577.x
Subject(s) - visual cortex , striate cortex , blindness , visual impairment , neuroscience , visual system , biology , cortical blindness , visual memory , medicine , psychology , optometry , cognition
Cells with tetraploid nuclei have been examined in the striate cortex of patients with visual impairment and compared with age and sex matched controls. The number of these nuclei is reduced in those with visual impairment suggesting that tetraploidy is dependent upon an intact visual pathway and may be related to visual experience and memory.