Accession Number:

AD0707174

Title:

THE EFFECTS OF SENSORY DEPRIVATION AND VARIED SENSORY INPUT ON ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC AND METABOLIC ACTIVITIES ON THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.

Descriptive Note:

Final technical rept. 19 Feb 59-29 Feb 68,

Corporate Author:

MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL BOSTON STANLEY COBB LABS FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH

Personal Author(s):

• Ervin,Frank R.
• Mendelson,Jack H.

Report Date:

1969-06-30

Pagination or Media Count:

195.0

Abstract:

A final report is made for nine years of work done under contract. Advances in the study of sensory deprivation are considered and the direction of experiments within the larger field are outlined. Current work in progress is discussed in three detailed reports. The first examines the neuroanatomy of visual centers within the brain linked to a non-functioning eye. In the second report a method of characterizing the maturity of a layered neural structure was derived from cell population counts in normal rat superior colliculus. The third report updates earlier descriptions of an approach to biological unit counting through computerized scanning procedures. Author

Descriptors:

• *SENSORY DEPRIVATION
• *CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
• SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
• RESPONSE(BIOLOGY)
• VISION
• SURGERY
• LABORATORY ANIMALS
• ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
• SCANNING
• NERVE CELLS
• MICE
• HISTOLOGY
• METABOLISM

Subject Categories:

• Psychology
• Stress Physiology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE