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Self-organizing Neural Maps: The Retinotectal Map and Mechanisms of Neural Development
From Retina to Tectum
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eBook - ePub
Self-organizing Neural Maps: The Retinotectal Map and Mechanisms of Neural Development
From Retina to Tectum
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Self-organizing Neural Maps: From Retina to Tectum describes the underlying processes that determine how retinal fibers self-organize into an orderly visual map. The formation of neural maps is a fundamental organizing concept in neurodevelopment that can shed light on developmental mechanisms and the functions of genes elsewhere. The book presents a summary of research in the retinotectal field with an ultimate goal of synthesizing how underlying mechanisms in neural development harmoniously come together to create life. A broad spectrum of neuroscientists and biomedical scientists with differing backgrounds and varied expertise will find this book useful.
- Describes the mechanisms relating to the developmental wiring of the retinotectal system
- Brings together the state-of-the-art research in axon guidance and neuronal activity mechanisms in map formation
- Focuses on topographical maps and inclusion of multiple animal models, from fish to mammals
- Explores the molecular guidance and activity dependent cue components involved in neurodevelopment
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Table of contents
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: Overview and basics of the retinotectal system
- Chapter 2: Early work supports chemoaffinity with one contradictory result
- Chapter 3: The search for chemoaffinity molecules in molecular gradients
- Chapter 4: Plasticity after surgical interventions: Size disparity experiments
- Chapter 5: Growth of the retina and tectum: Implications for the retinotectal map
- Chapter 6: Specification of the retina and tectum
- Chapter 7: Development of the visual pathways
- Chapter 8: Genetic analysis of molecular gradients defining map formation
- Chapter 9: Activity-driven synaptic stabilization
- Chapter 10: Activity: Molecular signaling to growth mechanisms
- Summary of mechanisms generating the retinotectal map
- Index