Adler's Physiology of the Eye. Edition No. 12

Table of Contents

SECTION 1: FOCUSING OF AN IMAGE ON THE RETINA 1. Optics 2. Optical Aberrations and Wavefront Sensing 3. Accommodation SECTION 2: PHYSIOLOGY OF OPTICAL MEDIA 4. Cornea and Sclera 5. The Lens 6. Vitreous SECTION 3: DIRECTION OF GAZE 7. The Extraocular Muscles 8. Neural Control of Eye Movements 9. Three-Dimensional Eye Movements: Kinematics, Control, and Perceptual Consequences SECTION 4: NUTRITION OF THE EYE 10. Production and Flow of Aqueous Humor 11. Ocular Circulation 12. Metabolic Interactions Between Neurons and Glial Cells 13. Function of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium SECTION 5: PROTECTION OF THE EYE 14. Functions of the Orbit and Eyelids 15. Formation and Function of the Tear Film 16. Sensory Innervation of the Eye 17. Outward-Directed Transport SECTION 6: PHOTORECEPTION 18. Biochemical Cascade of Phototransduction 19. Photoresponses of Rods and Cones 20. Light Adaptation in Photoreceptors SECTION 7: VISUAL PROCESSING IN THE RETINA 21. The Synaptic Organization of the Retina 22. Signal Processing in the Outer Retina 23. Visual Processing in the Inner Retina 24. Electroretinogram SECTION 8: NON-PERCEPTIVE VISION 25. Regulation of Light through the Pupil 26. Ganglion Cell Photoreceptors SECTION 9: VISUAL PROCESSING IN THE BRAIN 27. Overview of the Central Visual Pathways 28. Optic Nerve 29. Processing in the Lateral Geniculate Nucleus 30. Primary Visual Cortex 31. Extrastriate Visual Cortex SECTION 10: VISUAL PERCEPTION 32. Visual Processing of Spatial Form 33. Visual Acuity 34. Color Vision 35. The Visual Field 36. Binocular Vision 37. Temporal Properties of Vision SECTION 11: DEVELOPMENT AND DEPRIVATION OF VISION 38. Development of Vision in Infancy 39. Development of Retinogeniculate Projections 40. Developmental Visual Deprivation 41. The Effects of Visual Deprivation after Infancy

Authors

Leonard A Levin Distinguished James McGill Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Neurology & Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Paul L. Kaufman Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Ernst H. Barany Professor of Ocular Pharmacology, Department Chair Emeritus, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, School of Medicine & Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. Mary Elizabeth Hartnett Michael F. Marmor, M.D., Professor of Retinal Science and Disease, Vitreoretinal Surgery and Diseases, Director of Pediatric Retina, Principal Investigator, Harnett Laboratory of Angiogenesis, Byers Eye Institute at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA.