Monocular Visual Deprivation and Ocular Dominance Plasticity Measurement in the Mouse Primary Visual CortexKe Chen *1,2, Yilei Zhao *1, Ting Liu 1, Zhaohao Su 1, Huiliang Yu 1, Leanne Lai Hang Chan 3,4, Tiejun Liu 1,2, Dezhong Yao 1,2
1The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for NeuroInformation, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, 2Sichuan Institute for Brain Science and Brain-inspired Intelligence, 3Department of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 4Centre for Biosystems, Neuroscience, and Nanotechnology, City University of Hong Kong
Here, we present detailed protocols for monocular visual deprivation and ocular dominance plasticity analysis, which are important methods for studying the neural mechanisms of visual plasticity during the critical period and the effects of specific genes on visual development.