The Changing Visual System: Maturation and Aging in the Central Nervous System

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Development of the Primate Visual System Throughout Life....Pages 1-9
Modern Theories of Aging and Their Application to Ocular Senescence....Pages 11-20
Animal Models of Life-Span Development....Pages 21-32
Ontogenetic Clues to the Phylogeny of the Visual System....Pages 33-49
Are Visual Hierarchies in the Brains of the Beholders? Constancy and Variability in the Visual System of Birds and Mammals....Pages 51-59
The Centrifugal Visual System: What can Comparative Studies Tell Us about Its Evolution and Possible Function?....Pages 61-76
Blockade of Proteolytic Activity Retards Retrograde Degeneration of Axotomized Retinal Ganglion Cells and Enhances Axonal Regeneration in Organ Cultures....Pages 77-93
Organization and Development of Sparsely Distributed Wide-Field Amacrine Cells in the Rabbit Retina....Pages 95-117
Aging and Spatial Contrast Sensitivity: Underlying Mechanisms and Implications for Everyday Life....Pages 119-136
Life-Span Changes in the Visual Acuity and Retina in Birds....Pages 137-148
Synaptic Plasticity in the Adult Vertebrate Retina: A Role for Endogenous Dopamine....Pages 149-170
New Aspects of Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms in Learning Processes....Pages 171-184
Maturation and Plasticity of Neuropeptides in the Visual System....Pages 185-197
Development and Plasticity of the Tectofugal Visual Pathway in the Zebra Finch....Pages 199-208
Spatio-Temporal Properties of the Pattern ERG and VEP: Effect of Ageing....Pages 209-217
Methods and Models for Specifying Sites and Mechanisms of Sensitivity Regulation in the Aging Visual System....Pages 219-232
Structural Organization and Development of Identified Projection Neurons in Primary Visual Cortex....Pages 233-246
Developmental Status of Intrinsic Connections in Visual Cortex of Newborn Humans....Pages 247-254
Development of the Visual Cortex Deprived Prenatally of Retinal Cues....Pages 255-267
Sensorial and Sensorimotor Phenomena in Strabismus....Pages 269-281
Age, Sex and Light Damage in the Avian Retina: A Model System....Pages 283-294
The Damaging Effects of Light on the Eye and Implications for Understanding Changes in Vision across the Life Span....Pages 295-309
Cellular and Molecular Aspects of Neuronal Differentiation....Pages 311-318
VGF: A Tissue Specific Protein and a Marker of NGF-Induced Neuronal Differentiation....Pages 319-332
Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) Prevents the Effects of Monocular Deprivation in the Rat....Pages 333-345
Evidence for a Role of NGF in the Visual System....Pages 347-356
Ipsilateral Projections during Development and Regeneration of the Optic Nerve of the Cichlid Fish Haplochromis Burtoni....Pages 357-359
Abnormal Organization of the Human Retina in a Genetic Disorder (Bloch-Sulzberger Syndrome)....Pages 361-364
Visual System in Some Systemic Diseases....Pages 365-368
Effects of Intraocular Activity Blockade on the Morphology of Developing LGN Neurons in the Cat....Pages 369-373
Development of Orientation-Specific Neuronal Responses in Ferret Primary Visual Cortex....Pages 375-377
Development of the Tyrosine Hydroxylase Immunoreactive Cell Population in the Rabbit Retina....Pages 379-384
Emergence of Visual Cortical Areas: Patterns of Development of Neuropeptide-Y Immunoreactivity and Somatostatin-Immunoreactivity in the Cat....Pages 385-389
Individual Differences in Contrast Sensitivity Functions of Human Adults and Infants: A Brief Review....Pages 391-396
A Neural Network Model for Stripe Formation in Primate Visual Cortex....Pages 397-401
Stereo Matching Using Relaxation Labeling Based on Edge and Orientation Features....Pages 403-406
Back Matter....Pages 407-420