PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Lin (林温曼), Wenman AU - Wei (魏君涵), Junhan AU - Wang (王文静), Wenjing AU - Zou (邹李颖), Liying AU - Zhou (周诗旗), Shiqi AU - Jiang (江楠), Nan AU - Reynaud, Alexandre AU - Zhou (周佳玮), Jiawei AU - Yu (于旭东), Xudong AU - Hess, Robert F. TI - Rapid Alternate Monocular Deprivation Does Not Affect Binocular Balance and Correlation in Human Adults AID - 10.1523/ENEURO.0509-21.2022 DP - 2022 May 01 TA - eneuro PG - ENEURO.0509-21.2022 VI - 9 IP - 3 4099 - http://www.eneuro.org/content/9/3/ENEURO.0509-21.2022.short 4100 - http://www.eneuro.org/content/9/3/ENEURO.0509-21.2022.full SO - eNeuro2022 May 01; 9 AB - Recent studies show that the human adult visual system exhibits neural plasticity. For instance, short-term monocular deprivation shifts the eye dominance in favor of the deprived eye. This phenomenon is believed to occur in the primary visual cortex by reinstating neural plasticity. However, it is unknown whether the changes in eye dominance after monocularly depriving the visual input can also be induced by alternately depriving both eyes. In this study, we found no changes in binocular balance and interocular correlation sensitivity after a rapid (7 Hz), alternate, and monocular deprivation for 1 h in adults. Therefore, the effect of short-term monocular deprivation cannot seem to be emulated by alternately and rapidly depriving both eyes.