Monocular Visual Deprivation in Macaque Monkeys: A Profile in the Gene Expression of the LGN by LCM

Laser capture microdissection was used to obtain individual LGN layers for DNA microarray of Rhesus array in macaque monkeys that Monocular Visual Deprivation was generated by either opaque dark contact lens or tarsoraphoplasty at birth. Keywords: Lateral Geniculate Nucleus, monocular deprivation, Rhesus array, Laser Capture Microdissection, Gene expression Lateral Geniculate Nucleus from two months and four months monocular deprived monkey were used. Each Lateral Geniculate Nucleus has deprived parvocellular layers, non-deprived parvocellular layers considered as a replicates.