Self-organizing Neural Maps: The Retinotectal Map and Mechanisms of Neural Development
From Retina to Tectum

An innovative, multidisciplinary volume on the formation and development of neural maps

John T. Schmidt (Author)

9780128185797

Paperback, published 15 October 2019

472 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 3 cm, 0.72 kg

Approx.452 pages

1. Overview and Basics of the Retinotectal Projection2. Early Work Supports, but Also Contradicts, Rigid Chemoaffinity3. The search for chemoaffinity molecules - verification of molecular gradients4. Plasticity after surgical ablations shows the limits of chemoaffinity5. Natural Plasticity - Analysis of the effects of divergent retinal and tectal growth on the projection6. Specification and developmental genetics of Eph/ephrin gradients7. Growth of retinal axons along the visual pathway8. Genetic Analysis of the molecular gradients defining map formation9. Activity mechanisms shape central retinal projections10. Activity: Molecular signaling to growth mechanisms

Subject Areas: Child & developmental psychology [JMC]