Formation and Regeneration of Nerve Connections

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Historical Development of the Concept of Neuronal Specificity....Pages 1-11
Development of the Retinotectal Projection in Xenopus ....Pages 12-27
Axon Pathfinding and the Formation of Maps in the Retinotectal System....Pages 28-36
 In Vitro Investigations of Fiber-Fiber and Fiber-Glial Cell Interactions in the Development of the Amphibian Visual System....Pages 37-47
NMDA Receptors and Intertectal Plasticity in Xenopus ....Pages 48-59
Plasticity of Binocular Visual Connections in the Frog: From R.M. Gaze to NMDA....Pages 60-71
Experimental Manipulation of the Developing Rodent Visual System....Pages 72-90
Refinement of Topographic Projections in the Rodent, Avian, Amphibian, and Fish Visual Systems....Pages 91-101
Pyramidal Cell Modules in Rat Visual Cortex: Their Structure and Development....Pages 102-120
Architecture of Sensory Fiber Projections: Implications for Neuronal Specificity in the Spinal Cord....Pages 121-132
The Conditioned Goldfish Retinal Explant as an Experimental Model of Nerve Regeneration....Pages 133-147
The Morphology of Developing and Regenerating Retinal Ganglion Cells....Pages 148-161
Development of the Anuran Retina: Past and Present....Pages 162-184
Activity-Driven Mechanisms for Sharpening Retinotopic Projections: Correlated Activity, NMDA Receptors, Calcium Entry, and Beyond....Pages 185-204
Concerning the Logic of Growth and Form in Living Systems....Pages 205-221
Three Glimpses of Evolution....Pages 222-238
Models for the Formation of Ordered Retinotectal Connections....Pages 239-247
Neural Specificity Revisited....Pages 248-257
Back Matter....Pages 259-260