Development and plasticity of the visual system

Part 1 Pattern formation in development the homeobox, Sharp compartments in insect and vertebrate development, Jacobson theories of pattern formation in morphogenesis, Meinhardt cell recognition and pattern formation - with particular reference to the developing visual system of vertebrates, Rutishauser the formation of topographically ordered connections during development and regeneration of the vertebrate visual system, Stuermer oncogenes and development, Hunt. Part 2 Cell and molecular factors affecting cell shape and the positioning of cells in developing nervous tissue the role of contractile proteins in the mechanism of synaptic plasticity, Eifkova factors affecting the pattern of dendritic branching, Berry cell surface interactions and cell locomotion, Letourneau axon growth and regeneration, Lasek radial glia in the development of order in the nervous system, Rakic the role of glia in regeneration of the goldfish retinotectal system, Guilian. Part 3 Regulatory factors in the formation of nerve connections trophic regulation of synapses, Lichtman postsynaptic regulation of sprouting, Freeman, regulation of sprouting in the developing and regenerating visual system, Schneider synaptic rearrangement in the developing and regenerating visual system, Paton the role of experience and synaptic competition in the formation of binocular connections, Sillito the cytoskeleton and functionally driven plasticity in the developing striate cortex, Cronly-Dillon neurotransmitters and visual contical plasticity, Pettigrew retinal transplants, Lund. Part 4 Morphological and functional development of vertebrate visual system morphological and functional development of the vertebrate retina, Hughes morphological and functional development of the geniculo-striate pathway in normal and albino animals, Price development of neurotransmitter systems in vertebrate visual system, Parnavelas development of human stereopsis, Julesz amblyopia, Hess homochrony of the development events in the mammalian visual system, Dreher.