| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 342 pages) : illustrations |
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Proceedings of the Retina Research Foundation Symposia ; v. 5 |
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Retina Research Foundation (U.S.). Symposium.
Proceedings of the Retina Research Foundation Symposium ; v. 5.
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1. Light and Dark Adaptation in Vertebrate Photoreceptors / Gordon L. Fain and M. Carter Cornwall -- 2. Fura-2 Imaging of Calcium in Monkey Solitary Cones / Peter R. MacLeish -- 3. Glutamatergic Synaptic Excitation of Retinal Amacrine and Ganglion Cells / David R. Copenhagen, Scott Mittman, W. Rowland Taylor and Don B. Dixon -- 4. You Cannot Inhibit a Good Receptor: GABA Receptor Diversity in the Vertebrate Retina / Malcolm M. Slaughter and Ning Tian -- 5. Can We Ever Understand How the Retina Communicates with the Brain? / Ken-ichi Naka and Hiroko M. Sakai -- 6. Modeling the Receptive Fields of Mammalian Retinal Ganglion Cells / J.B. Troy -- 7. Contrast Sensitivity and Light Adaptation in Photoreceptors or in the Retinal Network / Robert Shapley, Ehud Kaplan and Keith Purpura -- 8. The Origin of Parallel Visual Pathways / R.W. Rodiek, R.K. Brening and M. Watanabe -- 9. Helmerich Lecture: The World of Retinal Ganglion Cells / Christina Enroth-Cugell -- 10. Information Filtering in the Lateral Geniculate Nucleus / Ehud Kaplan, Pratik Mukherjee and Robert Shapley -- 11. Roles of M and P Pathways / Peter Lennie -- 12. The Encoding of Cortical Contrast Gain Control / A.B. Bonds -- 13. Spatial Channels and Labeled Lines / Karen K. De Valois and Russell L. De Valois -- 14. Contrast Sensitivity: One Hundred Years of Clinical Measurement / J.G. Robson -- 15. The Role of Contrast in Reading: Normal and Low Vision / Gordon E. Legge -- 16. Assessing Human Retinal Function Beyond the Receptors / Robert F. Hess -- 17. Detection and Discrimination of Spatial Form in Patients with Eye or Visual Pathway Disorders / D. Regan -- Retina Research Foundation |
| Summary |
Annotation The seventeen contributions present current research in visual signal processing, inthe retina and central pathways, and in the study of contrast sensitivity in humans |
| Analysis |
Mammals Sight |
| Notes |
"A Bradford book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Contrast sensitivity (Vision) -- Congresses
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Visual pathways -- Congresses
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Retinal ganglion cells -- Congresses
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Contrast sensitivity (Vision)
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Visual pathways.
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Retinal ganglion cells.
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Contrast Sensitivity
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Visual Pathways
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Retinal Ganglion Cells
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Physiological Psychology.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Mammals.
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NATURE -- Animals -- Mammals.
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Contrast sensitivity (Vision)
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Retinal ganglion cells
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Visual pathways
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Visuele waarneming.
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Contrast.
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Medicine.
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Human Anatomy & Physiology.
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Health & Biological Sciences.
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Ophthalmology & Optometry.
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Neuroscience.
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proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Shapley, R. M., editor.
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Lam, Dominic Man-Kit, editor.
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| LC no. |
93022432 |
| ISBN |
9780262283465 |
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0262283468 |
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058533711X |
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9780585337111 |
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