Abstract
The vertebrate retina, lining the pigment epithelium along the back of the eye, is a part of the central nervous system and in all species is constructed according to the same basic plan (Fig. 1).
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Dowling, JE (1987): The Vertebrate Retina: An Approachable Part of the Brain. Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press
Dowling JE, Dubin MW (1984): The vertebrate retina. In: Handbook of Physiology, The Nervous System, Vol. III, Sensory Processes, Darian-Smith I, ed. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins
Kaneko A (1979): Physiology of the retina. Ann Rev Neurosci 2: 169–191
Rodieck RW (1973): The Vertebrate Retina. San Francisco: WH Freeman
Schmitt FO, Worden FG, eds. (1979): The Neurosciences: Fourth Study Pro gram. Cambridge: MIT Press
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Dowling, J.E. (1988). Retina, Vertebrate. In: Sensory System I. Readings from the Encyclopedia of Neuroscience . Birkhäuser, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6647-6_25
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