Plasticity in the visual system : from genes to circuits / edited by Raphael Pinaud, Liisa A. Tremere, and Peter De Weerd

• Record Nr.: UNISALENTO991002517489707536
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : Springer, c2006
• ISBN: 0387281894; 0387281908
• Descrizione fisica: xv, 364 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm
• Classificazione: LC QP475; 53.2.4
• Altri autori (Persone): Pinaud, Raphael; Tremere, Liisa A.; De Weerd, Peter
• Disciplina: 612.8/4
• Soggetti: Vision; Neuroplasticity
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index
• Nota di contenuto: 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.