The Visual System from Genesis to Maturity

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
An Overview Development of the Primate Visual System: From Photoreceptors to Cortical Modules....Pages 1-17
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Retinal Cell Differentiation....Pages 21-35
Differentiation of the GABAergic System in the Avian Retina: Control of Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase Expression by GABA....Pages 36-48
Role of Acetylated Gangliosides on Neuronal Migration and Axonal Outgrowth....Pages 49-62
The Activity-Dependent Mechanism in the Development of the Refined Retinotopic Map....Pages 63-70
Mechanisms of Dendritic Tree Development in Mammalian Retinal Ganglion Cells....Pages 71-85
Dendritic Competition: A Principle of Retinal Development....Pages 86-103
Role of Postsynaptic Activity in Retinogeniculate Pattern Formation....Pages 104-110
Generation of Cell Diversity in the Mammalian Visual Cortex....Pages 111-130
Different Developmental Strategies of the Telencephalic Commissures: A Comparison between the Ontogeneses of Visual Callosal Connections and of Olfactory Commissural Connections in Rodents....Pages 131-146
Front Matter....Pages 147-147
Organization of Catecholaminergic Amacrine Cells in the Rhesus Monkey Retina....Pages 149-157
Neurotransmitter Drugs that Affect Vertebrate Eye Movements....Pages 158-172
Evidence for Commissural Interactions in the Nuclei of the Optic Tract of the Opossum....Pages 173-186
A Comparative Survey of Magnification Factor in V1 and Retinal Ganglion Cell Topography of Lateral-Eyed Mammals....Pages 187-198
Columnar Organization of Primate Visual Cortex....Pages 199-212
In Search of the Canonical Microcircuits of Neocortex....Pages 213-232
Visual Responses Outside the Classical Receptive Field in Primate Striate Cortex: A Possible Correlate of Perceptual Completion....Pages 233-244
Inferior Temporal Cortex: Neuronal Properties and Connections in Adult and Infant Macaques....Pages 245-266
Reorienting Visual Spatial Attention: Is It Based on Cartesian Coordinates?....Pages 267-279
Back Matter....Pages 281-285