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PREFACE
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1 INTRODUCTION
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2 IMPULSES,
SYNAPSES, AND CIRCUITS download
THE
MEMBRANE POTENTIAL
THE
IMPULSE
SYNAPTIC
TRANSMISSION
A TYPICAL
NEURAL PATHWAY
THE
VISUAL PATHWAY
VOLUNTARY
MOVEMENT
3 THE
EYE download
THE
EYEBALL
THE
RETINA
THE
RECEPTIVE FIELDS OF RETINAL GANGLION CELLS: THE OUTPUT OF THE EYE
THE
CONCEPT OF A RECEPTIVE FIELD
THE
OVERLAP OF RECEPTIVE FIELDS
DIMENSIONS
OF RECEPTIVE FIELDS
THE
PHOTORECEPTORS
BIPOLAR
CELLS AND HORIZONTAL CELLS
AMACRINE
CELLS
CONNECTIONS
BETWEEN BIPOLAR CELLS AND GANGLION CELLS
THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF CENTER-SURROUND FIELDS
CONCLUSION
4 THE
PRIMARY VISUAL CORTEX download
TOPOGRAPHIC
REPRESENTATION
RESPONSES
OF LATERAL GENICULATE CELLS
LEFT
AND RIGHT IN THE VISUAL PATHWAY
LAYERING
OF THE LATERAL GENICULATE
RESPONSES
OF CELLS IN THE CORTEX
SIMPLE
CELLS
COMPLEX
CELLS
DIRECTIONAL
SELECTIVITY
THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF MOVEMENT-SENSITIVE CELLS, COMMENTS
ON HOW WE SEE
END
STOPPING
THE
IMPLICATIONS OF SINGLE-CELL PHYSIOLOGY FOR PERCEPTION
BINOCULAR
CONVERGENCE
5 THE
ARCHITECTURE OF THE VISUAL CORTEX download
ANATOMY
OF THE VISUAL CORTEX
LAYERS
OF THE VISUAL CORTEX
ARCHITECTURE
OF THE CORTEX
EXPLORATION
OF THE CORTEX
VARIATIONS
IN COMPLEXITY
OCULAR-DOMINANCE
COLUMNS
ORIENTATION
COLUMNS
MAPS
OF THE CORTEX
6 MAGNIFICATION
AND MODULES download
THE SCATTER
AND DRIFT OF RECEPTIVE FIELDS
UNITS
OF FUNCTION IN THE CORTEX
DEFORMATION
OF THE CORTEX
7 THE
CORPUS CALLOSUM AND STEREOPSIS download
THE
CORPUS CALLOSUM
STUDIES
OF THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE CALLOSUM
STEREOPSIS
THE
PHYSIOLOGY OF STEREOPSIS
SOME
DIFFICULTIES POSED BY STEREOPSIS
STEREOBLINDNESS
8 COLOR
VISION download
THE
NATURE OF LIGHT
PIGMENTS
VISUAL
RECEPTORS
GENERAL
COMMENTS ON COLOR
THEORIES
OF COLOR VISION
THE
GENETICS OF VISUAL PIGMENTS
THE
HERING THEORY
COLOR
AND THE SPATIAL VARIABLE
THE
PHYSIOLOGY OF COLOR VISION: EARLY RESULTS
THE
NEURAL BASIS OF COLOR CONSTANCY
BLOBS
CONCLUSION
9 DEPRIVATION
AND DEVELOPMENT download
RECOVERY
THE
NATURE OF THE DEFECT
STRABISMUS
THE
ANATOMICAL CONSEQUENCES OF DEPRIVATION
NORMAL
DEVELOPMENT OF EYE-DOMINANCE COLUMNS
FURTHER
STUDIES IN NEURAL PLASTICITY
THE
ROLE OF PATTERNED ACTIVITY IN NEURAL DEVELOPMENT
THE
BROADER IMPLICATIONS OF DEPRIVATION RESULTS
10 PRESENT
AND FUTURE download
FURTHER
READING download
SOURCES
OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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