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Physiological mapping of the retino-geniculate projections in adult cats which had previously undergone partial retinal lesioning have demonstrated a delayed spread of excitation into regions initially deafferented1. Anatomical studies in the adult cat2–5 and monkey6 have, however, not revealed any new axonal growth. The present results demonstrate that the lesion-induced functional reorganization is brought about not by new axonal growth but probably by local changes at the periphery of the dendrites.
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Eysel, U. Functional reconnections without new axonal growth in a partially denervated visual relay nucleus. Nature 299, 442–444 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1038/299442a0
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