Effects of monocular enucleation on parvalbumin in rat visual system during postnatal development.

Abstract

Expression of PV is developmentally regulated, and marked changes in its protein expression in the SC can be induced by monocular enucleation. Contrary to the original hypothesis, monocular enucleation did not consistently affect the expression of PV in the rat VC. The expression of PV is probably regulated by multiple factors, not merely by binocular competition.