Developmental Neurobiology of Vision

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Three Theories of Cortical Function....Pages 1-16
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
Development of Ganglion Cells in the Retina of the Cat....Pages 19-30
Development of Orientation Tuning in the Visual Cortex of Kittens....Pages 31-41
Maturation of Visual Cortex with and without Visual Experience....Pages 43-49
Kinetics of the Development of Orientation Selectivity in the Primary Visual Cortex of Normally and Dark-reared Kittens....Pages 51-62
Optokinetic Nystagmus and Single-cell Responses in the Nucleus Tractus Opticus After Early Monocular Deprivation in the Cat....Pages 63-72
Neuronal Activity in the Afferent Visual System and Monocular Pattern Deprivation....Pages 73-77
Development of the Lateral Geniculate Nucleus in Cats Raised with Monocular Eyelid Suture....Pages 79-97
The Consequence of a “Consolidation” Period Following Brief Monocular Deprivation in Kittens....Pages 99-107
Competitive Interactions in Postnatal Development of the Kitten’s Visual System....Pages 109-120
Orientation-dependent Changes in Response Properties of Neurons in the Kitten’s Visual Cortex....Pages 121-133
Evidence for a Central Control of Developmental Plasticity in the Striate Cortex of Kittens....Pages 135-147
Behavioural Recovery from Visual Deprivation: Comments on the Critical Period....Pages 149-160
Front Matter....Pages 161-161
Lability of Directional Tuning and Ocular Dominance of Complex Cells in the Cat’s Visual Cortex....Pages 163-174
Intrinsic Connectivity in Area 18 of the Cat....Pages 175-184
Visual Cell X/Y Classifications: Characteristics and Correlations....Pages 185-194
Functional Plasticity in the Mature Visual System: Changes of the Retino-geniculate Topography After Chronic Visual Deafferentation....Pages 195-203
Integration of Visual and Nonvisual Information in Nucleus Reticularis Thalami of the Cat....Pages 205-226
A Hypothesis on the Efferent System from the Visual Cortex....Pages 227-234
Sensitivity of Visual Neurons to the Timing of Input from the Two Eyes....Pages 235-246
Front Matter....Pages 247-247
Genesis of Visual Connections in the Rhesus Monkey....Pages 249-260
Reversal of the Effects of Visual Deprivation in Monkeys....Pages 261-265
How Ocular Dominance Stripes May Be Formed....Pages 267-273
Front Matter....Pages 275-275
Development of Optokinetic Nystagmus in the Human Infant and Monkey Infant: an Analogue to Development in Kittens....Pages 277-287
Accommodation and Acuity in the Human Infant....Pages 289-300
Development of Infant Contrast Sensitivity Evaluated by Evoked Potentials....Pages 301-304
An Experience-dependent Aspect of Human Visual Acuity....Pages 305-315
Front Matter....Pages 317-317
Late LEO: A New System for the Study of Neuroplasticity in Xenopus....Pages 319-329
The Nature of the Nerve Fibre Guidance Mechanism Responsible for the Formation of an Orderly Central Visual Projection....Pages 331-343
Growth and Neurogenesis in Adult Goldfish Retina....Pages 345-357
The Organization of the Optic Tectum in Larval, Transforming, and Adult Sea Lamprey, Petromyzon marinus....Pages 359-369
Connectivity of Retinal Projections in Uniocular Mice....Pages 371-380
Peripheral Influences on Connectivity in the Developing Rat Trigeminal System....Pages 381-390
Experimental Manipulations of the Development of Ordered Projections in the Mammalian Brain....Pages 391-402
Development and Plasticity of Neuronal Connections in the Lamb Visual System....Pages 403-410
Refractive Changes in the Chicken Eye Following Lid Fusion....Pages 411-418
Front Matter....Pages 419-419
The Cholinergic System in the Chicken Retina: Cellular Localization and Development....Pages 421-431
Characterization of Neural Enzyme Development in Dissociated Chick Embryo Brain Cell Cultures....Pages 433-442
Back Matter....Pages 443-446