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Locomotor stereotypy in visually deprived kittens. 1978

P Korda

Thirty-two kittens from nine litters were observed in home-cages during the first 8 months of life. Eighteen kittens were visually deprived from birth by means of double linen hoods, while 14 served as controls. In 6 of the deprived kittens locomotor stereotypy was observed. The kittens usually shuttled along the front of the cage. The episodes of stereotypy developed fully in the fourth month of life and occupied on the average from 19 to 40 percent of observation time in different kittens. The stereotypy was not observed in any of the control kittens. It is proposed that reduction of sensory stimulation by visual deprivation evokes in some kittens a compensatory mechanism of stereotyped walking which supplies some kinesthetic and tactile stimulation.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009043	Motor Activity	Body movements of a human or an animal as a behavioral phenomenon.	Activities, Motor,Activity, Motor,Motor Activities
D002415	Cats	The domestic cat, Felis catus, of the carnivore family FELIDAE, comprising over 30 different breeds. The domestic cat is descended primarily from the wild cat of Africa and extreme southwestern Asia. Though probably present in towns in Palestine as long ago as 7000 years, actual domestication occurred in Egypt about 4000 years ago. (From Walker's Mammals of the World, 6th ed, p801)	Felis catus,Felis domesticus,Domestic Cats,Felis domestica,Felis sylvestris catus,Cat,Cat, Domestic,Cats, Domestic,Domestic Cat
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D000831	Animals, Newborn	Refers to animals in the period of time just after birth.	Animals, Neonatal,Animal, Neonatal,Animal, Newborn,Neonatal Animal,Neonatal Animals,Newborn Animal,Newborn Animals
D001519	Behavior	The observable response of a man or animal to a situation.	Acceptance Process,Acceptance Processes,Behaviors,Process, Acceptance,Processes, Acceptance
D013239	Stereotyped Behavior	Relatively invariant mode of behavior elicited or determined by a particular situation; may be verbal, postural, or expressive.	Behavior, Stereotyped,Behaviors, Stereotyped,Stereotyped Behaviors
D014785	Vision, Ocular	The process in which light signals are transformed by the PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS into electrical signals which can then be transmitted to the brain.	Vision,Light Signal Transduction, Visual,Ocular Vision,Visual Light Signal Transduction,Visual Phototransduction,Visual Transduction,Phototransduction, Visual,Transduction, Visual