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Physiology of Photoreceptor Organs

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  1. I. Abramov

    1. The Rockefeller University, New York, USA

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  2. P. O’Bryan

    1. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA

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  3. C. G. Bernhard

    1. Fysiologiska Institutionen II, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

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  4. M. G. F. Fuortes

    1. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA

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  5. G. Gemne

    1. Department of Physiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 60, Sweden

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  6. P. Gouras

    1. Laboratory of Vision Research, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA

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  7. H. K. Hartline

    1. The Rockefeller University, New York, USA

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  8. A. Kropf

    1. Dept. of Chemistry, Amherst College, Amherst, USA

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  9. W. R. Levick

    1. Department of Physiology, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra City, Australia

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  10. J. Z. Levinson

    1. Dept. of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

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  11. D. Mauzerall

    1. Rockefeller University, New York, USA

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  12. F. Ratliff

    1. The Rockefeller University, New York, USA

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  13. G. Seitz

    1. 2. Zoologisches Institut der Universität, Erlangen, Germany

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  14. W. Sickel

    1. Dept. of Physiology, University of Cologne, Köln 41, Germany

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  15. W. K. Stell

    1. Jules Stein Eye Institute, The Center for the Health Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

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  16. T. Tomita

    1. Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
      Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA

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  17. O. Trujillo-Cenoz

    1. Departamento de Ultrastructura Cellular, Instituto de Investigation de Ciencias Biologicas, Montevideo, Uruguay

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  18. G. Westheimer

    1. Department of Physiology-Anatomy, University of California, Berkeley, USA

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  19. A. I. Cohen

    1. Ophthalmology Department, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, USA

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  1. M. G. F. Fuortes

    1. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA

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Part of the book series: Handbook of Sensory Physiology (SENSORY, volume 7 / 2)

Part of the book sub series: Autrum,H.(Eds):Hdbk Sens.Physiology Vol 7 (1536)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. Introduction

    • Haldan K. Hartline
    Pages 1-3

  4. Rods and Cones

    • Adolph I. Cohen
    Pages 63-110

  6. Interactions between Light and Matter

    • David Mauzerall
    Pages 215-237

  8. Generator Potentials in Invertebrate Photoreceptors

    • M. G. F. Fuortes, Paul M. O’Bryan
    Pages 279-319

  9. Responses to Single Photons

    • M. G. F. Fuortes, Paul M. O’Bryan
    Pages 321-338

  10. Interpretation of Generator Potentials

    • John Z. Levinson
    Pages 339-356

  11. Optical Properties of the Compound Eye

    • C. G. Bernhard, G. Gemne, G. Seitz
    Pages 357-379

  12. Inhibitory Interaction in the Retina of Limulus

    • Haldan K. Hartline, Floyd Ratliff
    Pages 381-447

  13. Optical Properties of Vertebrate Eyes

    • Gerald Westheimer
    Pages 449-482

  15. S-Potentials

    • Peter Gouras
    Pages 513-529

  16. Receptive Fields of Retinal Ganglion Cells

    • W. R. Levick
    Pages 531-566

  17. Retinal Mechanisms of Colour Vision

    • Israel Abramov
    Pages 567-607

  18. Light and Dark Adaptation

    • Peter Gouras
    Pages 609-634

  20. Retinal Metabolism in Dark and Light

    • Werner Sickel
    Pages 667-727
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About this book

This volume is a collection of essays which attempts to summarize the recent progress in the field of photoreceptor and retinal physiology. Reflecting the way in which research is organized, each author reports on the studies performed with the techniques with which he is most familiar: morpholo­ gical, chemical or physiological. The first chapters describe the structure of visual cells and the histological architecture of the retina. Next comes a summary of the laws governing photochemical reactions and a report on the biochemistry of photopigments. Four articles cover the optical properties of invertebrate eyes and the electrophysiology and the interactions of their photoreceptors. These are followed by a discussion of the properties of vertebrate eyes, including chapters on optics, on the electrical responses of rods and cones and on the functional organization of the retina. The final chapter provides an extensive review of retinal biochemistry and metabolism. Even though the experimental approach differs, all studies are directed toward the solution of two basic problems: transduction in the photoreceptors and orga­ nization (often called "information processing") in the retina. The central problem of photoreceptor cells is to determine how light produces a response. We know that illumination evokes electrical changes and we have recently learned a great deal about the features of these changes. The evidence indicates however that elaborate processes must be interposed between the ab­ sorption of photons by the pigment and the production of electric currents through the membrane. These intermediary cvents remain to be unraveled.
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Authors, Editors and Affiliations

  • National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA

    M. G. F. Fuortes, P. O’Bryan, M. G. F. Fuortes

  • The Rockefeller University, New York, USA

    I. Abramov, H. K. Hartline, F. Ratliff

  • Fysiologiska Institutionen II, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

    C. G. Bernhard

  • Department of Physiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 60, Sweden

    G. Gemne

  • Laboratory of Vision Research, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA

    P. Gouras

  • Dept. of Chemistry, Amherst College, Amherst, USA

    A. Kropf

  • Department of Physiology, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra City, Australia

    W. R. Levick

  • Dept. of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

    J. Z. Levinson

  • Rockefeller University, New York, USA

    D. Mauzerall

  • 2. Zoologisches Institut der Universität, Erlangen, Germany

    G. Seitz

  • Dept. of Physiology, University of Cologne, Köln 41, Germany

    W. Sickel

  • Jules Stein Eye Institute, The Center for the Health Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

    W. K. Stell

  • Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    T. Tomita

  • Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA

    T. Tomita

  • Departamento de Ultrastructura Cellular, Instituto de Investigation de Ciencias Biologicas, Montevideo, Uruguay

    O. Trujillo-Cenoz

  • Department of Physiology-Anatomy, University of California, Berkeley, USA

    G. Westheimer

  • Ophthalmology Department, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, USA

    A. I. Cohen

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Physiology of Photoreceptor Organs

  • Authors: I. Abramov, P. O’Bryan, C. G. Bernhard, M. G. F. Fuortes, G. Gemne, P. Gouras, H. K. Hartline, A. Kropf, W. R. Levick, J. Z. Levinson, D. Mauzerall, F. Ratliff, G. Seitz, W. Sickel, W. K. Stell, T. Tomita, O. Trujillo-Cenoz, G. Westheimer, … A. I. Cohen

  • Editors: M. G. F. Fuortes

  • Series Title: Handbook of Sensory Physiology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65340-7

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag, Berlin · Heidelberg 1972

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-65342-1Published: 11 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-65340-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0072-9906

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 766

  • Topics: Human Physiology, Ophthalmology, Neurology, Medicine/Public Health, general

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