Development of Order in the Visual System

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Synapse Regulation in the Developing Visual System

   • M. Constantine-Paton, J. J. Norden

   Pages 1-14

3. The Development of the Map from the Nucleus Isthmi: The Influence of Visual Experience on the Formation of Orderly Connections in the Visual System

   • Susan Boymel Udin

   Pages 15-34

4. The Ordered Structure of the Crystalline Lens

   • J. R. Kuszak, B. A. Bertram, J. L. Rae

   Pages 35-60

5. The Main Intrinsic Polypeptide and Intercellular Communication in the Ocular Lens

   • Paul G. FitzGerald

   Pages 61-95

6. Building an Ommatidium: Geometry and Genes

   • Donald F. Ready, Andrew Tomlinson, Richard M. Lebovitz

   Pages 97-125

7. A Minimum Diameter Limit for Retinal Rod Outer Segment Disks

   • Joseph M. Corless

   Pages 127-142

8. The Role of Hormone-Stimulated cAMP Metabolism in Visual Cortical Plasticity

   • Chiye Aoki, Philip Siekevitz

   Pages 143-155

9. Development of Stereopsis in Infants

   • Bela Julesz

   Pages 157-175

10. Redevelopment of Fixation and Scanning Eye Movements Following the Loss of Foveal Function

    • S. G. Whittaker, R. W. Cummings

    Pages 177-191

11. Abnormal Early Visual Experience and Visual Function in Monkeys

    • M. L. J. Crawford

    Pages 193-210

12. Visual System Plasticity in Human Amblyopia

    • Kenneth J. Ciuffreda

    Pages 211-244

13. Back Matter

    Pages 245-249

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The eye has fascinated scientists from the earliest days of biological in­ vestigation. The diversity of its parts and the precision of their interaction make it a favorite model system for a variety of developmental studies. The eye is a particularly valuable experimental system not only because its tissues provide examples of fundamental processes, but also because it is a prominent and easily accessible structure at very early embryonic ages. In order to provide an open forum for investigators working on all aspects of ocular development, a series of symposia on ocular and visual devel­ opment was initiated in 1973. A major objective of the symposia has been to foster communication between the basic research worker and the clinical community. It is our feeling that much can be learned on both sides from this interaction. The idea for an informal meeting allowing maximum ex­ change of ideas originated with Dr. Leon Candeub, who supplied the nec­ essary driving force that made the series a reality. Each symposium has concentrated on a different aspect of ocular development. Speakers have been selected to approach related topics from different perspectives.

• Development
• System
• influence
• regulation
• tissue

• Department of Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA

  S. Robert Hilfer, Joel B. Sheffield

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