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We studied development in the peripheral visual system of kittens and we shall present here some of the data collected on the optics, morphology, and physiology of the eye and retina during the first several postnatal months. Our studies have emphasized the critical developmental period in an effort to determine how signals being sent to higher visual centers are affected by the developmental state of the eye and retina.
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Flynn, J.T., Flynn, T.E., Hamasaki, D.I., Navarro, O., Sutija, V.G., Tucker, G.S. (1978). Development of the Eye and Retina of Kittens. In: Cool, S.J., Smith, E.L. (eds) Frontiers in Visual Science. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-35397-3_53
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