Table 2.

Periods of MD and darkness for the two groups of animals together with the time required for the visual acuity of the deprived eye to attain normal levels, as well as the the acuity of the deprived eye of the animals in the Delayed Dark group immediately prior to the period of darkness

	Period of MD	Deprived eye	Dark interval	Recovery time
Cat	(postnatal days)	acuity (cycles deg–1)	(postnatal days)	(days to 6.5 cycles deg–1)
Immediate Dark group
C150	30–37	NA	37–47	43
C153	30–37	NA	37–47	52
C156	30–37	NA	37–47	47
C166	7–37	NA	37–47	63
C192	7–37	NA	37–47	65
C220	7–43	NA	43–53	76
C222	7–43	NA	43–53	74
Delayed Dark group
C151	30–37	2.51	37–47	9
C152	30–37	2.66	37–42	5
C157	30–37	2.97	93–103	5
C304	30–37	0.63	43–53	10
C155	30–37	2.66	92–102	4
C165	7–37	1.98	113–123	6
C219	7–43	1.88	113–123	7
C221	7–56	0.79	113–123	7

NA, not available.