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The Changing Visual System

Maturation and Aging in the Central Nervous System

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  • © 1991

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  1. P. Bagnoli

    1. University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy

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  2. W. Hodos

    1. University of Maryland, College Park, USA

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series A: (NSSA, volume 222)

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Table of contents (36 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Development of the Primate Visual System Throughout Life

    • Pasko Rakic
    Pages 1-9

  3. Modern Theories of Aging and Their Application to Ocular Senescence

    • R. A. Weale
    Pages 11-20

  4. Animal Models of Life-Span Development

    • William Hodos
    Pages 21-32

  5. Ontogenetic Clues to the Phylogeny of the Visual System

    • Bernd Fritzsch
    Pages 33-49

  6. Are Visual Hierarchies in the Brains of the Beholders? Constancy and Variability in the Visual System of Birds and Mammals

    • Harvey J. Karten, Toru Shimizu
    Pages 51-59

  7. The Centrifugal Visual System: What can Comparative Studies Tell Us about Its Evolution and Possible Function?

    • Roger Ward, Jacques Repérant, Dom Miceli
    Pages 61-76

  8. Blockade of Proteolytic Activity Retards Retrograde Degeneration of Axotomized Retinal Ganglion Cells and Enhances Axonal Regeneration in Organ Cultures

    • Solon Thanos
    Pages 77-93

  9. Organization and Development of Sparsely Distributed Wide-Field Amacrine Cells in the Rabbit Retina

    • Nicholas C. Brecha, Giovanni Casini, Dennis Rickman
    Pages 95-117

  10. Aging and Spatial Contrast Sensitivity: Underlying Mechanisms and Implications for Everyday Life

    • Cynthia Owsley, Kerri B. Burton
    Pages 119-136

  11. Life-Span Changes in the Visual Acuity and Retina in Birds

    • W. Hodos, R. F. Miller, K. V. Fite, V. Porciatti, A. L. Holden, J.-Y. Lee et al.
    Pages 137-148

  12. Synaptic Plasticity in the Adult Vertebrate Retina: A Role for Endogenous Dopamine

    • Mustafa B. A. Djamgoz
    Pages 149-170

  13. New Aspects of Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms in Learning Processes

    • Giovanna Traina, Rossana Scuri, Denise Cecchetti, Marcello Brunelli
    Pages 171-184

  14. Maturation and Plasticity of Neuropeptides in the Visual System

    • Paola Bagnoli, Simona Di Gregorio, Margherita Molnar, Cristina Romei, Gigliola Fontanesi
    Pages 185-197

  15. Development and Plasticity of the Tectofugal Visual Pathway in the Zebra Finch

    • Hans - Joachim Bischof, Kathrin Herrmann, Jürgen Engelage
    Pages 199-208

  16. Spatio-Temporal Properties of the Pattern ERG and VEP: Effect of Ageing

    • V. Porciatti, D. C. Burr, A. Fiorentini, C. Morrone
    Pages 209-217

  17. Methods and Models for Specifying Sites and Mechanisms of Sensitivity Regulation in the Aging Visual System

    • Joseph F. Sturr, Daniel J. Hannon
    Pages 219-232

  18. Structural Organization and Development of Identified Projection Neurons in Primary Visual Cortex

    • Jürgen Bolz, Mark Hübener, Iris Kehrer, Nino Novak
    Pages 233-246

  19. Developmental Status of Intrinsic Connections in Visual Cortex of Newborn Humans

    • Andreas Burkhalter
    Pages 247-254

  20. Development of the Visual Cortex Deprived Prenatally of Retinal Cues

    • Rodrigo O. Kuljis
    Pages 255-267
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About this book

In late May and early June 1991, a NATO Advanced Study Institute was held at a hotel in the hilltop village of San Martino al Cimino a few kilometers from the city of Viterbo in the Lazio region of Italy. The title of the course was the same as this volume and brought together specialists working at all phases of the life span (embryology, infancy, childhood, middle life and senescence) in both animals and humans to exchange ideas, facts and theories in the search for common principles. Such principles could prove important for understanding developmental changes in the central nervous system and visual behavior within the context of a continuum of life-span processes rather than viewing them as events or mechanisms that occur only in a certain period. For example, changes that are associated with "aging" were considered as extensions or continuations of processes that began at an earlier stage of the life span, rather than being seen as processes that only began late in life.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy

    P. Bagnoli

  • University of Maryland, College Park, USA

    W. Hodos

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Changing Visual System

  • Book Subtitle: Maturation and Aging in the Central Nervous System

  • Editors: P. Bagnoli, W. Hodos

  • Series Title: NATO Science Series A:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3390-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1991

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-44090-8Published: 29 February 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-6497-9Published: 21 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-3390-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 420

  • Topics: Ophthalmology, Biochemistry, general, Biotechnology, Developmental Biology, Neurosciences

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