1st Edition

Vision in the Brain

By P.G. Simos Copyright 2001
234 Pages
by CRC Press

234 Pages
by CRC Press

An illustrated guide to the fields of neuroscience. It begins by establishing a basic background of knowledge about brain anatomy and organization, with a particular emphasis on neurons and how they communicate. Later chapters discuss the organization of the visual system in detail.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Chapter 1 STUDYING THE BRAIN MECHANISMS FOR SENSORY FUNCTIONS, Chapter 2 NEURONAL EXCITABILITY AND SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION, Chapter 3 VISION, Chapter 4 RETINOCORTICAL PATHWAYS, Chapter 5 CORTICAL VISUAL PATHWAYS, Chapter 6 CONCLUSIONS, Chapter 7 WHY STUDY DEVELOPMENT, Chapter 8 MATURATION OF THE RETINOCORTICAL PATHWAYS, Chapter 9 MATURATION OF THE VISUAL CORTEX, REFERENCES

Biography

P.G. Simos