Concepts and Challenges in Retinal Biology, Volume 131 (Progress in Brain Research)
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| Rating | : | 4.93 (689 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0444514848 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 772 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-30 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
K. W. said A decent update on retinal research. This is a collection of review articles written by some of the leaders of retinal research. These articles are helpful mainly to vision scientists. While it touches on diverse topiocs, it is NOT a comprehensive overview of the state of the art, as it only covers the work that's recently done in the labs of the ~50 authors. Therefore, if you need a general introduction to retinal biology, get Rodieck's "The First Steps of Seeing" or Dowling's "The Retina" instead.
They also remind us of how much more needs to be done before we understand fully the interrelationship between retinal neurons, the complex interactions between neurons and glial cells, and the mechanisms that govern retinal development.A final chapter contributed by John Dowling provides an overview of past accomplishments, and offers some future perspectives on retinal research in the 21st century.. Containing contributions from more than 50 of John's colleagues, representing a Who's Who of the vision research community, this work not only provides a memento of the occasion, but will hopefully serve as a basic reference for future researchers in retinal biology.The volume is divided somewhat arbitrarily into seven areas of retinal research containing chapters that present in so