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All electrophysiological potentials were reduced in amplitude and the implicit times of VEP and ERP were longer when stimulating the amblyopic eye compared to the leading eye. Only in PERG the penalization induced major changes.
Our data suggest that the important suppressive phenomena present in the squint amblyopic eye involve not only the occipital cortex, but also the cognitive areas.
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