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The Neural Basis of Early Vision

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2003

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Editors:
  1. Akimichi Kaneko

    1. Department of Physiology School of Medicine, Keio University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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  • Covers the recent neuroscientific studies of vision, and includes physiological, cell biological, molecular, mathematical and clinical approaches

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Table of contents (82 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVIII
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  2. Psychophysics to Biophysics: How a Perception Depends on Circuits, Synapses, and Vesicles

    • Narender Dhingra, Robert Smith, Peter Sterling
    Pages 1-1

  3. Phototransduction in Rods and Cones, and Beyond

    • King-Wai Yau
    Pages 2-3

  4. Efficiency of Phototransduction Cascade in Cones

    • Shuji Tachibanaki, Sawae Tsushima, Satoru Kawamura
    Pages 4-4

  5. Voltage-Gated Ion Channels in Human Photoreceptors: Na+ and Hyperpolarization-Activated Cation Channels

    • Ei-ichi Miyachi, Fusao Kawai
    Pages 5-14

  6. Neuroinformatics in Vision Science: NRV Project and VISIOME Platform

    • Shiro Usui
    Pages 15-18

  7. The Cone Pedicle, the First Synapse in the Retina

    • Heinz Wässle, Silke Haverkamp, Ulrike Grünert, Catherine W. Morgans
    Pages 19-38

  8. Transmission at the Mammalian Cone Photoreceptor Basal Synapse

    • Steven H. DeVries
    Pages 39-39

  9. Impaired Transmission from Photoreceptors to Bipolar Cells: Mouse Models

    • Neal S. Peachey
    Pages 40-40

  10. Selective Dysfunction of On- and/or Off-Bipolar Cell in Human Diseases

    • Yozo Miyake, Mineo Kondo, Makoto Nakamura, Hiroko Terasaki
    Pages 41-41

  11. Neural Circuit Contributing to the Formation of the Receptive Surround

    • Akimichi Kaneko, Hajime Hirasawa
    Pages 42-43

  12. GABAergic Modulation of Ephaptic Feedback in the Outer Retina

    • Maarten Kamermans, Iris Fahrenfort, Trijntje Sjoerdsma, Jan Klooster
    Pages 44-45

  13. SN1 Catalyzes Transport of Glutamine Across Müller Cells in Retina

    • Kyoh-Ichi Takahashi, David Krizaj, David R. Copenhagen
    Pages 46-47

  14. Some Functions of Amacrine Cells

    • Richard H. Masland
    Pages 48-49

  15. Synaptic Mechanisms Underlying Direction Selectivity in Rabbit Retinal Ganglion Cells

    • W. Rowland Taylor, David I. Vaney
    Pages 50-51

  16. Processing and Integration Mechanisms of Visual Transmission in the Retinal Network

    • Shigetada Nakanishi
    Pages 52-52

  17. Narrow-Field Amacrine Cells Mediate OFF Signals Between B2 Bipolar and Ganglion Cells in the Mouse Retina

    • Yoshihiko Tsukamoto
    Pages 53-54

  18. Functional Roles of Action Potentials and Na Currents in Amacrine Cells

    • Shu-Ichi Watanabe, Amane Koizumi, Yoshitake Yamada, Akimichi Kaneko
    Pages 55-58

  19. Neural Mechanisms of Synchronous Oscillations in Retinal Ganglion Cells

    • Masao Tachibana, Hiroshi Ishikane, Mie Gangi, Itaru Arai, Tomomitsu Asaka, Jiulin Du
    Pages 59-60

  20. Adaptation of the Retinal Code: What the Eye Does Not Tell the Brain

    • Markus Meister
    Pages 61-61
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Researchers in recent decades have elucidated signal transduction in the retina and the function of the visual cortex. The highly flexible nature of neural circuits in the visual cortex especially during the critical period has been an interesting subject for studying neural plasticity and development. Recent advances in the visual neurosciences of the vertebrate retina and the visual cortex were discussed during the 12th Keio International Symposium for Life Science and Medicine, meeting jointly with Vision Forum 2002. Contributions to the symposium collected in this volume reflect the convergence of physiological, cell biological, molecular, mathematical, and clinical approaches. The book covers topics ranging from phototransduction to visual information processing in the primary visual cortex, and includes clinical studies on hereditary night blindness, creating a valuable source of information for researchers and clinicians in the visual neurosciences.

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

    Akimichi Kaneko

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