Visual Development

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction....Pages 1-5
Functional Organization of the Visual System....Pages 7-26
Front Matter....Pages 27-27
Development of Visual Capabilities....Pages 29-57
Anatomical Development of the Visual System....Pages 59-75
Development of Receptive Field Properties....Pages 77-92
Front Matter....Pages 93-93
Modifications to the Visual Input That Lead to Nervous System Changes....Pages 95-107
Physiological and Anatomical Changes That Result from Optical and Motor Deficits....Pages 109-121
What Is Amblyopia?....Pages 123-138
Critical Periods....Pages 139-152
Front Matter....Pages 153-153
Concepts of Plasticity....Pages 155-164
Long-Term Potentiation as a Model....Pages 165-173
Mechanisms of Plasticity in the Visual Cortex....Pages 175-192
Deprivation Myopia and Emmetropization....Pages 193-201
Front Matter....Pages 203-203
Future Studies....Pages 205-214
Back Matter....Pages 215-228