Developmental Neurobiology of Vision

This volume contains summaries of most of the invited presentations given by lecturers and participants at the NATO Advanced Study Institute, "Develop­ mental Neurobiology of Vision," held in Rethymnon, Crete, Greece 18-27 Sep­ tember 1978. The purpose of this meeting was to enable a relat...

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Other Authors: Freeman, R. D. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1979, 1979
Edition:1st ed. 1979
Series:NATO Science Series A:, Life Sciences
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Evidence for a Central Control of Developmental Plasticity in the Striate Cortex of Kittens
  • Behavioural Recovery from Visual Deprivation: Comments on the Critical Period
  • Studies of the Cat’s Visual System
  • Lability of Directional Tuning and Ocular Dominance of Complex Cells in the Cat’s Visual Cortex
  • Intrinsic Connectivity in Area 18 of the Cat
  • Visual Cell X/Y Classifications: Characteristics and Correlations
  • Functional Plasticity in the Mature Visual System: Changes of the Retino-geniculate Topography After Chronic Visual Deafferentation
  • Integration of Visual and Nonvisual Information in Nucleus Reticularis Thalami of the Cat
  • A Hypothesis on the Efferent System from the Visual Cortex
  • Sensitivity of Visual Neurons to the Timing of Input from the Two Eyes
  • Studies of the Monkey’s VisualSystem
  • Genesis of Visual Connections in the Rhesus Monkey
  • Reversal of the Effects of Visual Deprivation in Monkeys
  • How Ocular Dominance Stripes May Be Formed
  • Development and Plasticity of Neuronal Connections in the Lamb Visual System
  • Refractive Changes in the Chicken Eye Following Lid Fusion
  • Neurochemical Studies
  • The Cholinergic System in the Chicken Retina: Cellular Localization and Development
  • Characterization of Neural Enzyme Development in Dissociated Chick Embryo Brain Cell Cultures
  • Three Theories of Cortical Function
  • Studies of the Kitten’s Visual System
  • Development of Ganglion Cells in the Retina of the Cat
  • Development of Orientation Tuning in the Visual Cortex of Kittens
  • Maturation of Visual Cortex with and without Visual Experience
  • Kinetics of the Development of Orientation Selectivity in the Primary Visual Cortex of Normally and Dark-reared Kittens
  • Optokinetic Nystagmus and Single-cell Responses in the Nucleus Tractus Opticus After Early Monocular Deprivation in the Cat
  • Neuronal Activity in the Afferent Visual System and Monocular Pattern Deprivation
  • Development of the Lateral Geniculate Nucleus in Cats Raised with Monocular Eyelid Suture
  • The Consequence of a “Consolidation” Period Following Brief Monocular Deprivation in Kittens
  • Competitive Interactions in Postnatal Development of the Kitten’s Visual System
  • Orientation-dependent Changes in Response Properties of Neurons in the Kitten’s Visual Cortex
  • Studies of the Human’s Visual System
  • Development of Optokinetic Nystagmus in the Human Infant and Monkey Infant: an Analogue to Development in Kittens
  • Accommodation and Acuity in the Human Infant
  • Development of Infant Contrast Sensitivity Evaluated by Evoked Potentials
  • An Experience-dependent Aspect of Human Visual Acuity
  • Studies of the Visual Systems of Various Sub-Primate Species
  • Late LEO: A New System for the Study of Neuroplasticity in Xenopus
  • The Nature of the Nerve Fibre Guidance Mechanism Responsible for the Formation of an Orderly Central Visual Projection
  • Growth and Neurogenesis in Adult Goldfish Retina
  • The Organization of the Optic Tectum in Larval, Transforming, and Adult Sea Lamprey, Petromyzon Marinus
  • Connectivity of Retinal Projections in Uniocular Mice
  • Peripheral Influences on Connectivity in the Developing Rat Trigeminal System
  • Experimental Manipulations of the Development of Ordered Projections in the Mammalian Brain