Research Catalog

Title

Development and organization of the retina : from molecules to function / edited by Leo M. Chalupa and Barbara L. Finlay.

Publication

New York : Plenum Press, [1998], ©1998.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Chalupa, Leo M.
• Finlay, Barbara L. (Barbara Laverne), 1950-
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Scientific Affairs Division.
• NATO Advanced Study Institute on Development and Organization of the Retina: From Molecules to Function (1997 : Crete, Greece)

Description

viii, 345 pages : illustrations; 26 cm.

Series Statement

NATO ASI series. Series A, Life sciences ; v. 299

Uniform Title

NATO ASI series. Series A, Life sciences ; v. 299.

Subjects

• Vision, Ocular > physiology
• Retina > Growth > Congresses
• Retina > Differentiation > Congresses
• Congress
• Retina > cytology
• Retina > physiology

Genre/Form

Congress.

Note

• "Published in cooperation with NATO Scientific Affairs Division."
• "Proceedings of a NATO Advanced Study Institute on Development and Organization of the Retina: From Molecules to Function, held June 18-28, 1997, in Crete, Greece"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Development of Vision and the Pre-Visual System / S. S. Easter, Jr., G. N. Nicola and J. D. Burrill -- 2. Cellular and Molecular Aspects of Photoreceptor Differentiation / Ruben Adler -- 3. Embryonic Patterning of Cone Subtypes in the Mammalian Retina / K. C. Wikler and D. L. Stull -- 4. Development of Cone Distribution Patterns in Mammals / A. Szel, B. Vigh and T. van Veen [et al.] -- 5. Genesis of Topographic and Cellular Diversity in the Primate Retina / Pasko Rakic -- 6. Development of ON and OFF Retinal Ganglion Cell Mosaics / Leo M. Chalupa, Gayathri Jeyarasasingam and Cara J. Snider [et al.] -- 7. Getting to Grips with Neuronal Diversity: What Is a Neuronal Type? / Jeremy E. Cook -- 8. Glio-Neuronal Interactions in Retinal Development / Andreas Reichenbach, Angela Germer and Andreas Bringmann [et al.] -- 9. Comparative Anatomy and Function of Mammalian Horizontal Cells / Leo Peichl, Daniele Sandmann and Brian B. Boycott --
• 10. Parallel Pathways of Primate Vision: Sampling of Information in the Fourier Space by M and P Cells / Luiz Carlos L. Silveira and Harold D. De Mello, Jr. -- 11. Transient and Persistent Na[superscript +], Ca[superscript 2+], and Mixed-Cation Currents in Retinal Ganglion Cells / A. T. Ishida -- 12. Synaptic Transmission between Retinal Neurons / Martin Wilson -- 13. Scaling the Retina, Micro and Macro / Barbara L. Finlay and Randolph L. Snow -- 14. Retinal Ganglion Cell Axonal Transport: Moving down the Road to Functional Connections / Kenneth L. Moya -- 15. Developmental Changes in the Spontaneous Bursting Patterns of ON and OFF Retinal Ganglion Cells / R. O. L. Wong, E. D. Miller and W. T. Wong [et al.] -- 16. The Diseased Retinal Ganglion Cell and Its Propensity to Survive and Regenerate an Axon with Functional Significance / Rita Naskar, Christiane Kobbert and Solon Thanos --
• 17. The Role of Activity-Dependent Mechanisms in Pattern Formation in the Retinogeniculate Pathway / Catherine A. Leamey, Karina S. Cramer and Mriganka Sur -- 18. Functional Consequences of Eliminating Prenatal Binocular Interactions / S. Bisti, S. Deplano and C. Gargini -- 19. Role of Serotonin in the Development of the Retinotectal Projection / Robert W. Rhoades, Tracy Crnko Hoppenjans and Richard D. Mooney.

ISBN

030645906X

LCCN

98021939

OCLC

• 39236386
• ocm39236386

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries