/ edited by Raphael Pinaud, Liisa A. Tremere, and Peter De Weerd
New York
: Springer,
, c2006.
xv, 364 p. , ill. (some col.) , 25 cm.
e
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ch. 1Introduction: Plasticity in the visual system: from genes to circuits --Pt. IRetinal and thalamic plasticity --Ch. 2Synaptic plasticity and structural remodeling of rod and cone cells --Ch. 3Retinal remodeling: circuitry revisions triggered by photoreceptor degeneration --Ch. 4Retinal plasticity and interactive cellular remodeling in retinal detachment and reattachment --Ch. 5Experience-dependent rewiring of retinal circuitry: involvement of immediate early genes --Ch. 6Attentional activation of cortico-reticulo-thalamic pathways revealed by Fos imaging --Pt. IICortical plasticity --Ch. 7Neuromodulatory transmitters in sensory processing and plasticity in the primary visual cortex --Ch. 8Critical calcium-regulated biochemical and gene expression programs involved in experience-dependent plasticity --Ch. 9The molecular biology of sensory map plasticity in adult mammals --Ch. 10Plasticity of retinotopic maps in visual cortex of cats and monkeys after lesions of the retina or primary visual cortex --Ch. 11Intra-cortical inhibition in the regulation of receptive field properties and neural plasticity in the primary visual cortex --Ch. 12Plasticity in V1 induced by perceptual learning --Ch. 13Investigating higher order cognitive functions in the dorsal (magnocellular) stream of visual processing --Ch. 14Dopamine-dependent associative learning of workload-predicting cues in the temporal lobe of the monkey --Pt. IIITheoretical considerations --Ch. 15Linking visual development and learning to information processing: pre-attentive and attentive brain dynamics --Ch. 16Conclusion: a unified theoretical framework for plasticity in visual circuitry.