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Nature Neuroscience 10, 679–681 (1 June 2007) | doi:10.1038/nn1899

Environmental enrichment in adulthood promotes amblyopia recovery through a reduction of intracortical inhibition

Alessandro Sale , Jos|[eacute]| Fernando Maya Vetencourt , Paolo Medini , Maria Cristina Cenni , Laura Baroncelli , Roberto De Pasquale & Lamberto Maffei

Loss of visual acuity caused by abnormal visual experience during development (amblyopia) is an untreatable pathology in adults. We report that environmental enrichment in adult amblyopic rats restored normal visual acuity and ocular dominance.