The effects of 2 different levels of contralateral cutaneous afferent activity on acquisition of the nictitating membrane response in 2 groups of rabbits was examined. Differences in the level of contralateral afferent activity from the primary response area were found to have no statistically significant effect on the acquisition rates of an ipsilaterally developed nictitating membrane response.
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