Ocular dominance, eye alignment and visual acuity in kittens reared with an optically induced squint

Abstract

A horizontal concomitant strabismus produced optically in kittens with prisms caused a decrease in the proportion of binocularly excitable striate neurons with approximately equal percentages of neurons being driven by each eye. In addition, preventing fusion with prisms resulted in alterations in interocular alignment and in some cases a mild strabismic amblyopia. The changes in ocular dominance were dependent on the amount and direction of the prism induced deviation; however, regardless of the type of prisms worn, the kittens which demonstrated interocular misalignments were esotropic.