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  • Title: Stereoperception in cats following section of the corpus callosum and/or the optic chiasma.
    Author: Lepore F, Ptito M, Lassonde M.
    Journal: Exp Brain Res; 1986; 61(2):258-64. PubMed ID: 3948940.
    Abstract:
    The spatial separation of the eyes in animals with overlapping visual fields means that parts of a three dimensional object project to slightly disparate retinal points in each eye. This disparity, once interpreted by the brain, is thought to be a sufficient condition for stereoperception. In the present experiment, stereopsis based on spatial disparity cues was evaluated in cats using Julesz random-dot stereograms before and after sections of the optic chiasm, the corpus callosum or both. Normal cats were able to solve the random-dot problem. Optic chiasm transection drastically diminished this ability, callosal section had little effect and combined lesions of these two structures abolished stereoperception. These results suggest that central stereopsis based on spatial disparity is mainly mediated by binocular cortical cells receiving their input via the ipsilateral and the through-the-chiasm contralateral thalamo-cortical pathways.
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