Biology A (Salters-Nuffield) A-Level
Monocular deprivation
What Monocular deprivation means in Biology A (Salters-Nuffield) A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Monocular deprivation
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Covering one eye during the critical period, which leaves cortical cells that should respond to that eye instead driven by the open eye.
Topics that use Monocular deprivation
- Topic 8: Grey Matter (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Animal experiments
- Animal models in neuroscience research
- Antagonistic muscle action
- Autonomic control of the pupil
- Benefits
- Cell signalling
- Cerebral hemispheres
- Co-ordination
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