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This is part of a 16 volume thematic encyclopedia on vision covering all research aspects of this mutidisciplinary field by 300 contributors from around the world. Each volume is extensively referenced, illustrated and indexed. The articles relate the current state of our knowledge and areas of continuing advancement and will be updated in additional volumes every five years. It is aimed at libraries in all universities, relevant departments and other insitutions conducting research into vision, medical schools and relevant major industrial concerns such as pharmaceutical, optics and robotics companies.

Table of Contents:
Part 1 Pattern formation in development; the homeobox, Sharp; compartments in insect and vertebrate development, Jacobson; theories of pattern formation in morphogenesis, Meinhardt; cell recognition and pattern formation - with particular reference to the developing visual system of vertebrates, Rutishauser; the formation of topographically ordered connections during development and regeneration of the vertebrate visual system, Stuermer; oncogenes and development, Hunt. Part 2 Cell and molecular factors affecting cell shape and the positioning of cells in developing nervous tissue; the role of contractile proteins in the mechanism of synaptic plasticity, Eifkova; factors affecting the pattern of dendritic branching, Berry; cell surface interactions and cell locomotion, Letourneau; axon growth and regeneration, Lasek; radial glia in the development of order in the nervous system, Rakic; the role of glia in regeneration of the goldfish retinotectal system, Guilian. Part 3 Regulatory factors in the formation of nerve connections; trophic regulation of synapses, Lichtman; postsynaptic regulation of sprouting, Freeman, regulation of sprouting in the developing and regenerating visual system, Schneider; synaptic rearrangement in the developing and regenerating visual system, Paton; the role of experience and synaptic competition in the formation of binocular connections, Sillito; the cytoskeleton and functionally driven plasticity in the developing striate cortex, Cronly-Dillon; neurotransmitters and visual contical plasticity, Pettigrew; retinal transplants, Lund. Part 4 Morphological and functional development of vertebrate visual system; morphological and functional development of the vertebrate retina, Hughes; morphological and functional development of the geniculo-striate pathway in normal and albino animals, Price; development of neurotransmitter systems in vertebrate visual system, Parnavelas; development of human stereopsis, Julesz; amblyopia, Hess; homochrony of the development events in the mammalian visual system, Dreher.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780333452301
  • Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
  • Publisher Imprint: Nature Publishing Group
  • Height: 345 mm
  • Weight: 1261 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0333452305
  • Publisher Date: 01 Dec 1991
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Sub Title: Vol 11
  • Width: 230 mm


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