Plasticity in the visual system : from genes to circuits /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Pinaud, Raphael, Tremere, Liisa A., De Weerd, Peter
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer, [2006]
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Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1 Introduction: Plasticity in the visual system: from genes to circuits
  • Pt. I Retinal and thalamic plasticity
  • Ch. 2 Synaptic plasticity and structural remodeling of rod and cone cells
  • Ch. 3 Retinal remodeling: circuitry revisions triggered by photoreceptor degeneration
  • Ch. 4 Retinal plasticity and interactive cellular remodeling in retinal detachment and reattachment
  • Ch. 5 Experience-dependent rewiring of retinal circuitry: involvement of immediate early genes
  • Ch. 6 Attentional activation of cortico-reticulo-thalamic pathways revealed by Fos imaging
  • Pt. II Cortical plasticity
  • Ch. 7 Neuromodulatory transmitters in sensory processing and plasticity in the primary visual cortex
  • Ch. 8 Critical calcium-regulated biochemical and gene expression programs involved in experience-dependent plasticity
  • Ch. 9 The molecular biology of sensory map plasticity in adult mammals
  • Ch. 10 Plasticity of retinotopic maps in visual cortex of cats and monkeys after lesions of the retina or primary visual cortex
  • Ch. 11 Intra-cortical inhibition in the regulation of receptive field properties and neural plasticity in the primary visual cortex
  • Ch. 12 Plasticity in V1 induced by perceptual learning
  • Ch. 13 Investigating higher order cognitive functions in the dorsal (magnocellular) stream of visual processing
  • Ch. 14 Dopamine-dependent associative learning of workload-predicting cues in the temporal lobe of the monkey
  • Pt. III Theoretical considerations
  • Ch. 15 Linking visual development and learning to information processing: pre-attentive and attentive brain dynamics
  • Ch. 16 Conclusion: a unified theoretical framework for plasticity in visual circuitry.