Table 1.
Experimental groups.
| Experiment | Group | Number of animals |
|---|---|---|
| OS-OI (Figs. 2,5–7) | Sal | 5 |
| Val | 9 | |
| Val + Vin | 5 | |
| Sal (young adults) | 4 | |
| Val (young adults) | 4 | |
| Val + AEO | 3 | |
| Lev | 6 | |
| OS-SU (Fig. 4) | Sal | 5 (53 cells) |
| Val | 4 (43 cells) | |
| OD (Fig. 8) | Sal | 5 |
| Val | 5 | |
| Lev | 2 | |
| Sal + MD | 3 | |
| Val + MD | 6 | |
| Lev + MD | 2 | |
| Total number of animals used | 68 |
OS-OI: orientation selectivity assessed by optical imaging of intrinsic signals. AEO: artificial eye opening; animals who had eyes manually opened at P32. OS-SU: orientation selectivity assessed by single unit recordings. OD: ocular dominance assessment. MD: monocular deprivation.