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In normal cats, the majority of striate cortex cells can be excited by stimulation of both eyes (1, 2). This is illustrated in Fig. 1., which shows the ocular dominance distribution of striate cortex cells in normal cats studied in our laboratory. Numbers on the abscissa represent ocular dominance groups: Group 1 includes cells driven only by the contralateral eye, group 4 includes cells driven about equally by both eyes, and group 7 includes cells driven only by the ipsilateral eye. Groups 2, 3, 5 and 6 include binocularly driven cells with intermediate degrees of dominance by the two eyes. Most of the cells are binocularly driven in these normally reared animals (groups 2–6).
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Spear, P.D. (1978). Role of Binocular Interactions in Visual System Development in the Cat. In: Cool, S.J., Smith, E.L. (eds) Frontiers in Visual Science. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-35397-3_57
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