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Formation and Regeneration of Nerve Connections

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Editors:
  1. Sansar C. Sharma

    1. Department of Ophthalmology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, USA

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  2. James W. Fawcett

    1. The Physiological Laboratory, Cambridge, England

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Historical Development of the Concept of Neuronal Specificity

    • Marcus Jacobson
    Pages 1-11

  3. Development of the Retinotectal Projection in Xenopus

    • Philip Grant
    Pages 12-27

  4. Axon Pathfinding and the Formation of Maps in the Retinotectal System

    • Jeremy S. H. Taylor
    Pages 28-36

  5. In Vitro Investigations of Fiber-Fiber and Fiber-Glial Cell Interactions in the Development of the Amphibian Visual System

    • Douglas Gooday
    Pages 37-47

  6. NMDA Receptors and Intertectal Plasticity in Xenopus

    • Susan B. Udin
    Pages 48-59

  7. Plasticity of Binocular Visual Connections in the Frog: From R.M. Gaze to NMDA

    • Simon Grant, Stephen G. Brickley, Michael J. Keating
    Pages 60-71

  8. Experimental Manipulation of the Developing Rodent Visual System

    • Raymond D. Lund, Jeffrey D. Radel, Kathleen T. Yee
    Pages 72-90

  9. Refinement of Topographic Projections in the Rodent, Avian, Amphibian, and Fish Visual Systems

    • James W. Fawcett
    Pages 91-101

  10. Pyramidal Cell Modules in Rat Visual Cortex: Their Structure and Development

    • Alan Peters
    Pages 102-120

  11. Architecture of Sensory Fiber Projections: Implications for Neuronal Specificity in the Spinal Cord

    • Lorne M. Mendell, H. Richard Koerber
    Pages 121-132

  12. The Conditioned Goldfish Retinal Explant as an Experimental Model of Nerve Regeneration

    • B. W. Agranoff, A. M. Heacock
    Pages 133-147

  13. The Morphology of Developing and Regenerating Retinal Ganglion Cells

    • Sarah Dunlop, Sandra Fraley, Lyn Beazley
    Pages 148-161

  14. Development of the Anuran Retina: Past and Present

    • Charles Straznicky
    Pages 162-184

  15. Activity-Driven Mechanisms for Sharpening Retinotopic Projections: Correlated Activity, NMDA Receptors, Calcium Entry, and Beyond

    • John T. Schmidt
    Pages 185-204

  16. Concerning the Logic of Growth and Form in Living Systems

    • John Cronly-Dillon
    Pages 205-221

  17. Three Glimpses of Evolution

    • T. J. Horder
    Pages 222-238

  18. Models for the Formation of Ordered Retinotectal Connections

    • David Willshaw
    Pages 239-247

  19. Neural Specificity Revisited

    • Sansar C. Sharma
    Pages 248-257

  20. Back Matter

    Pages 259-260
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Ophthalmology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, USA

    Sansar C. Sharma

  • The Physiological Laboratory, Cambridge, England

    James W. Fawcett

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Formation and Regeneration of Nerve Connections

  • Editors: Sansar C. Sharma, James W. Fawcett

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6707-7

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Boston, MA

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1993

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-6709-1Published: 16 October 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-6707-7Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 260

  • Number of Illustrations: 99 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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