Structure and Function of Cerebral Commissures

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Anatomy of Cerebral Commissures in Reptiles....Pages 1-14
Morphological Relationship Established Through the Habenulo-Interpeduncular System Between the Right and Left Portions of the Frog Brain....Pages 15-33
Interocular Transfer and Commissure Function in Lower Vertebrates, with Special Reference to Fish....Pages 34-52
Interocular Transfer in the Goldfish....Pages 53-60
Behavioural and Anatomical Aspects of Monocular Vision in Birds....Pages 61-72
Do Training Conditions Affect Interocular Transfer in the Pigeon?....Pages 73-86
Interhemispheric Integration of Visual Information in the Pigeon — a Behavioural Study....Pages 87-97
Effects of Early Visual Deprivation on Pattern Discrimination Learning and Interocular Transfer in the Pigeon (Columba Livia)....Pages 98-110
Experience and Plasticity in the Central Nervous System....Pages 111-134
Mammalian Neocortical Commissures....Pages 135-146
On the Normal Arrangement of Fibres and Terminals and Limits of Plasticity in the Callosal System of the Rat....Pages 147-154
Cobalt-Induced Epilepsy in the Rat: Some Studies on the Mirror Focus....Pages 155-163
Interocular Transfer of Visual Learning in the Rat....Pages 164-180
Some Studies of Interhemispheric Integration in the Rat....Pages 181-194
Ultrastructure and Conduction Properties of Visual Callosal Axons of the Rabbit....Pages 195-210
Interhemispheric Communication Between Neurons in Visual Cortex of the Rabbit....Pages 211-223
Interocular Transfer and Interhemispheric Communication in the Rabbit....Pages 224-235
Commissural Connections of the Visual Cortex of the Cat....Pages 236-243
Adult and Neonatal Characteristics of the Callosal Zone At the Boundary Between Areas 17 and 18 in the Cat....Pages 244-258
Transfer of Visual Information Across the Midline to the Superior Colliculus in the Split-Chiasm Cat....Pages 259-275
Altered Incorporation of Labelled Uridine into Rna in Secondary Epileptic Foci Contralateral to Primary Epileptic Lesions in the Cat’s Cortex....Pages 276-282
The Pharmacology of Callosal Transmission: A General Survey....Pages 283-298
Pathways of Interocular Transfer in Siamese Cats....Pages 299-309
Cutaneous and Proprioceptive Input to the Corpus Callosum in the Cat....Pages 310-318
Commissural Connections Between the vestibular nuclei studied with the Method of Retrograde Transport of Horseradish Peroxidase....Pages 319-332
Role of Forebrain Commissures in Hemispheric Specialisation and Memory in Macaques....Pages 333-342
Interhemispheric Transfer of Visual Information Via the Corpus Callosum and Anterior Commissure in the Monkey....Pages 343-357
Mirror-Image Transfer in Optic Chiasm Sectioned Monkeys....Pages 358-364
Report of a Severe Accuracy Deficit in the Split-Brain Monkey Performing a Between-Hand Choice-Rt Task: Evidence for a Unilateral Functioning Hypothesis....Pages 365-370
Contribution of Positional and Movement Cues to Visuomotor Reaching in Split-Brain Monkey....Pages 371-384
Interhemispheric Transmission of Learning and of Abnormal Electrical Discharges: Why Should There Be Differences?....Pages 385-389
Interfield Differences in Reaction Times to Lateralised Visual Stimuli in Normal Subjects....Pages 390-399
Left Hemifield Superiority and the Extraction of Physiognomic Information....Pages 400-410
Consciousness After Complete Surgical Section of the Fore — Brain Commissures in Man....Pages 411-420
Interhemispheric Modulation of Light Difference Threshold in the Periphery of the Visual Field....Pages 421-427
A Review of Behavioural Studies of Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum....Pages 428-448
Some Limits to Interhemispheric Integration in Cases of Callosal Agenesis and Partial Commissurotomy....Pages 449-474
On the Role of Cerebral Commissures in Animals....Pages 475-478
Anatomical Aspects of the Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum in Man....Pages 479-483
Back Matter....Pages 484-502