Development of the Visual System

Development of the Visual System presents a selection of current studies that clearly illustrate principles of visual system development. These range from retinal development in fish and frogs to the effects of abnormal visual experience on the primary visual cortex of the cat. The book is unique in addressing four specific and fundamental aspects of development: cell lineage and cell fate, specificity and targeting of axons, specification of visual cortex, and correlates of the critical period. Encompassing technical advances in cellular and molecular biology and in video imaging and microscopy, contributions in each of these areas provide new information at the cellular and molecular levels to complement the now classic descriptions of visual development previously available at the level of neural systems. Dominic Man-Kit Lam is Director of The Center for Biotechnology and Professor of Biotechnology, Cell Biology, and Ophthalmology at Baylor College of Medicine. Carla J. Shatz is Professor of Neurobiology at Stanford University School of Medicine. Contributors: Karen L. Allendoerfer. David M. Altshuler. Antonella Antonini. Seymour Benzer. Edward M. Callaway. Constance L. Cepko. Hollis T. Cline. Max S. Cynader. N. W. Daw. Scott E. Fraser. K. Fox. Eckhard Friauf. Anirvan Ghosh. R. W. Guillery. William A. Harris. Christine E. Holt. Lawrence C. Katz. Susan McConnell. Pamela A. Raymond. Thomas A. Reh. Carla J. Shatz. Michael P. Stryker. Claudia A. 0. Stuermer. Mriganka Sur. David L. Turner. T. N. Wiesel.