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The Retina: An Approachable Part of the Brain
The Retina: An Approachable Part of the Brain
by John E. Dowling
Harvard University Press, 1987 Cloth: 978-0-674-76680-8 Library of Congress Classification QP479.D65 1987 Dewey Decimal Classification 596.019153
TOC
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
1
Approaches to the Brain
Invertebrates: Simpler Nervous Systems
Vertebrates: The Visual System
The Approachable Retina
2
Retinal Cells and Information Processing
Cellular Organization
Classification of Retinal Neurons
Retinal Processing
Classification of Ganglion Cell Receptive Fields
3
Wiring of the Retina
Retinal Synapses
Synaptic Organization
Comparative Aspects of Synaptic Organization
Scheme of the Synaptic Organization of the Retina
4
Neuronal Responses
Intracellular Recordings
Functional Organization of the Retina
A Summary Scheme
Generation of Other Types of Ganglion Cell Receptive Fields
5
Synaptic Mechanisms and Chemistry
Distal Retinal Synaptic Mechanisms
Pharmacology of Retinal Synapses
Case Study of a Neuromodulator: Dopamine in the Teleost Retina
6
The Electroretinogram and Glial Responses
ERG Components and Their Cellular Origins
Other Field Potentials: The Proximal Negative Response