Evolution of the eye and visual system
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Bibliographic Information
Evolution of the eye and visual system
（Vision and visual dysfunction / general editor, John R. Cronly-Dillon, v. 2）
Macmillan Press, Scientific & Medical, 1991
Available at 71 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A 16 volume thematic encyclopedia on vision covering all research aspects of this mutidisciplinary field by 300 contributors from around the world. Each volume is extensively referenced, illustrated and indexed. The articles relate the current state of our knowledge and areas of continuing advancement and will be updated in additional volumes every 5 years. It is aimed at libraries in all universities, relevant departments and other institutions conducting research into vision, medical schools and relevant major industrial concerns such as pharmaceutical, optics and robotics companies.
Table of Contents
- Evolution of visual behaviour in animals
- evolution of the eye - from the light sensitive cephalic organ of nemertoid worms to the vertebrate eye
- the eye of Copelia - tectile and visual scanning as primitive means of form perception
- the response to light in prokaryotes and protozoa
- evolution of the compond eye and visual systems of arthropods
- evolution of the eye and visual system of molluscs
- evolution of visual pigments and photoreceptors
- evolution of the vertebrate retina (including - phylogenetic differences in the morphology and function of retinal ganglion and other nerve cells and their possible relationship to differences in visual behaviour)
- morphological and functional evolution of pretectum, dorsal thalamus and visual cortex
- nucleus isthmi or parabigeminal nucleus
- nucleus rotundus and pulvinar
- visual tracking and the cerebral control of gaze
- response to visual shadows. Lateral inhibition and contrast sensitivity and the subsequent development of movement and directional sensitivity
- the detection of visual form
- evolution of colour vision
- evolution of depth perception (binocular vision and stereopsis)
- the phylogenetic segregation of movement, colour and pattern systems within the brain.
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