In one study,a few days of early monocular deprivation decreased the axonal __________ of lateral geniculate nucleus neurons that normally conducted signals from the deprived eye.
A) branching
B) regeneration
C) width
D) layers
E) degeneration

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Monocular deprivation affects the development of the visual system, particularly by altering the synaptic connections in the brain. This process leads to changes in the branching of axons from neurons in the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN), which is part of the thalamus and plays a critical role in visual processing. The deprivation does not directly cause regeneration, change in width, alter layers specifically in this context, or lead to degeneration of axons, but rather affects how these axons branch out to form connections.

In One Study,a Few Days of Early Monocular Deprivation Decreased