The retinal basis of vision Book

Preface.Structure. The structure of vertebrate retinas (R.E. Marc). Photoreception. Visual pigment: Photochemistry and molecular evolution (Y. Shichida). Phototransduction in retinal rods and cones (W.-H. Xiong, K. Nakatani, K.-W. Yau). Modulation and adaptation (S. Kawamura). Function of retinal neurons. On the shaping, modulation and synaptic transmission of rod and cone light responses (D. Krizaj, T. Vu, D.R. Copenhagen). Light responses of horizontal cells (E. Miyachi et al.). A transporter mediates the release of GABA from horizontal cells (E.A. Schwartz). Responses of bipolar cells: on and off pathways (A. Kaneko). Coupling between Ca²⁺ and transmitter release in retinal bipolar cells (M. Tachibana). Amacrine cells: morphology, physiology and transmitters (R.H. Masland). Interplexiform cells (IPCs): the sixth retinal neuron (Dopaminergic IPCs in the fish retina) (Y. Hashimoto, Y. Shimoda, S. Hidaka). Retinal ganglion cells: functional roles, respective field properties, and channels (R.W. Rodieck). Functional organization. The ganglion cell receptive field (P. Sterling). Electrical coupling of retinal neurons (E. Miyachi, S. Hidaka, M. Murakami). Mammalian rod and cone pathways (H. Wässle). Color vision. Color processing in lower vertebrates (J. Toyoda, K. Shimbo). Origins of spectral opponency in primate retina (D.M. Dacey). Non-neural cells. Muller cells: Dynamic components of the retina (D.G. Puro). Retinal pigmet epithelium (M. Tamai). Development and regeneration. Development and regeneration of the retina (T. Saito).