Retinal Development

Name: Retinal Development
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ISBN: 9780521837989

ISBN-10: 0521837987

ISBN-13: 9780521837989

Edition: 2006

Authors: Evelyne Sernagor, Stephen J. Eglen, Bill Harris, Rachel Wong

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This advanced text takes a developmental approach to the presentation of our current understanding of how vertebrates construct a retina. Written by experts in the field, each of the seventeen chapters covers a specific step in the process, focusing on the underlying molecular, cellular, and physiological mechanisms. There is also a special section on emerging technologies, including genomics, zebrafish genetics, and stem cell biology that are starting to yield important new insights into retinal development. Primarily aimed at professionals, both biologists and clinicians working with the retina, this book provides a concise and up-to-date view of what is known about vertebrate retinal…

Book details

List price: $199.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 9/14/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.134
Language: English

Bill Harris has lived in the New York area for more than 50 years. He worked for the New York Times for 25 years and has been a licensed New York City tour guide since 1976.



List of contributors


Foreword



Preface


Acknowledgements



Introduction - from eye field to eyesight




Formation of the eye field




Retinal neurogenesis




Cell migration




Cell determination




Neurotransmitters and neurotrophins




Comparison of development of the primate fovea centralis with peripheral retina




Optic nerve formation




Glial cells in the developing retina




Retinal mosaics




Programmed cell death




Dendritic growth




Synaptogenesis and early neural activity




Emergence of light responses



New perspectives



Regeneration: transdifferentiation and stem cells




Genomics




Zebrafish models of retinal development and disease



Index