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  • Title: Siamese cats: abnormal responses of retinal ganglion cells.
    Author: Chino YM, Shansky MS, Hamasaki DI.
    Journal: Science; 1977 Jul 08; 197(4299):173-4. PubMed ID: 877550.
    Abstract:
    Comparison of optic tract recordings in Siamese and ordinary cats reveals that Siamese cats have a significantly lower percentage of Y-cells than of X-cells. In addition, Siamese cats show depressed responses to a contrast-reversal stimulus, a result that supports the lower spatial contrast sensitivity demonstrated behaviorally by these animals. Both physiological findings suggest neurophysiological anomalies in the Siamese retina.
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