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The Visual System from Genesis to Maturity

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  • © 1992

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Editors:
  1. Roberto Lent

    1. Departamento de Neurobiologia, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
      Centro de Ciências de Saúde, Bloco G Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. An Overview Development of the Primate Visual System: From Photoreceptors to Cortical Modules

    1. An Overview Development of the Primate Visual System: From Photoreceptors to Cortical Modules

      • Pasko Rakic
      Pages 1-17

  3. Genesis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
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    2. Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Retinal Cell Differentiation

      • Ruben Adler
      Pages 21-35

    3. Differentiation of the GABAergic System in the Avian Retina: Control of Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase Expression by GABA

      • Fernando G. De Mello, Jan N. Hokoç, Ana L. M. Ventura, Patricia F. Gardino
      Pages 36-48

    4. Role of Acetylated Gangliosides on Neuronal Migration and Axonal Outgrowth

      • Rosalia Mendez-Otero, Burkhard Schlosshauer, Martha Constantine-Paton
      Pages 49-62

    5. The Activity-Dependent Mechanism in the Development of the Refined Retinotopic Map

      • Hollis T. Cline
      Pages 63-70

    6. Mechanisms of Dendritic Tree Development in Mammalian Retinal Ganglion Cells

      • Ary S. Ramoa, Edna N. Yamasaki
      Pages 71-85

    7. Dendritic Competition: A Principle of Retinal Development

      • Rafael Linden
      Pages 86-103

    8. Role of Postsynaptic Activity in Retinogeniculate Pattern Formation

      • Mriganka Sur, Jong-On Hahm, Manuel Esguerra
      Pages 104-110

    9. Generation of Cell Diversity in the Mammalian Visual Cortex

      • Marla B. Luskin
      Pages 111-130

    10. Different Developmental Strategies of the Telencephalic Commissures: A Comparison between the Ontogeneses of Visual Callosal Connections and of Olfactory Commissural Connections in Rodents

      • Roberto Lent
      Pages 131-146

  4. Maturity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147
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    2. Organization of Catecholaminergic Amacrine Cells in the Rhesus Monkey Retina

      • Andrew P. Mariani, Jan Nora Hokoç
      Pages 149-157

    3. Neurotransmitter Drugs that Affect Vertebrate Eye Movements

      • Michael Ariel
      Pages 158-172

    4. Evidence for Commissural Interactions in the Nuclei of the Optic Tract of the Opossum

      • Eliane Volchan, Antônio Pereira Jr., Raymundo Francisco Bernardes, Carlos Eduardo Rocha-Miranda
      Pages 173-186

    5. A Comparative Survey of Magnification Factor in V1 and Retinal Ganglion Cell Topography of Lateral-Eyed Mammals

      • Cristovam W. Picanço-Diniz, Luiz Carlos L. Silveira, Eduardo Oswaldo-Cruz
      Pages 187-198

    6. Columnar Organization of Primate Visual Cortex

      • Roger B. H. Tootell, Richard T. Born
      Pages 199-212

    7. In Search of the Canonical Microcircuits of Neocortex

      • Rodney J. Douglas, Kevan A. C. Martin
      Pages 213-232

    8. Visual Responses Outside the Classical Receptive Field in Primate Striate Cortex: A Possible Correlate of Perceptual Completion

      • Ricardo Gattass, Mario Fiorani Jr., Marcello Gonçalves Pereira Rosa, Maria Carmen Giraldez Pereira Piñon, Aglai Penna Barbosa de Sousa, Juliana Guimarães Martins Soares
      Pages 233-244
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Departamento de Neurobiologia, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Roberto Lent

  • Centro de Ciências de Saúde, Bloco G Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Roberto Lent

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Visual System from Genesis to Maturity

  • Editors: Roberto Lent

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6726-8

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Boston, MA

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-6728-2Published: 02 October 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-6726-8Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 285

  • Number of Illustrations: 51 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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