| Development of the Primate Visual System Throughout Life | p. 1 |
| Modem Theories of Aging and their Application to Ocular Senescence | p. 11 |
| Animal Models of Life-span Development | p. 21 |
| Ontogenetic Clues to the Phylogeny of the Visual System | p. 33 |
| Are Visual Hierarchies in the Brains of the Beholders? Constancy and Variability in the Visual System of Birds and Mammals | p. 51 |
| The Centrifugal Visual System: What Can Comparative Studies Tell Us About Its Evolution and Possible Function? | p. 61 |
| Blockade of Proteolytic Activity Retards Retrograde Degeneration of Axotomized Retinal Ganglion Cells and Enhances Axonal Regeneration in Organ Cultures | p. 77 |
| Organization and Development of Sparsely Distributed Wide-field Amacrine Cells in the Rabbit Retina | p. 95 |
| Aging and Spatial Contrast Sensitivity: Underlying Mechanisms and Implications for Everyday Life | p. 119 |
| Life-span Changes in the Visual Acuity and Retina of Birds | p. 137 |
| Plasticity of Synaptic Connections in the Adult Vertebrate Retina | p. 149 |
| New Aspects of Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms in Learning Processes | p. 171 |
| Maturation and Plasticity of Neuropeptides in the Visual System | p. 185 |
| Development and Plasticity of the Tectofugal Visual Pathway in the Zebra Finch | p. 199 |
| Spatio-temporal Properties of the Pattern ERG and VEP: Effect of Ageing | p. 209 |
| Methods and Models for Specifying Sites and Mechanisms of Sensitivity Regulation in the Aging Visual System | p. 219 |
| Structural Organization and Development of Identified Projection Neurons in Primary Visual Cortex | p. 233 |
| Developmental Status of Intrinsic Connections in Visual Cortex of Newborn Humans | p. 247 |
| Development of the Visual Cortex Deprived Prenatally of Retinal Cues | p. 255 |
| Sensorial and Sensorimotor Phenomena in Strabismus | p. 269 |
| Age, Sex and Light Damage in the Avian Retina: A Model System | p. 283 |
| The Damaging Effects of Light on the Eye and Implications for Understanding Changes in Vision across the Life Span | p. 295 |
| Cellular and Molecular Aspects of Neuronal Differentiation | p. 311 |
| VGF: A Tissue Specific Protein and a Marker of NGF-Induced Neuronal Differentiation | p. 319 |
| Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) Prevents the Effects of Monocular Deprivation in the Rat | p. 333 |
| Evidence for a Role of NGF in the Visual System | p. 347 |
| Ipsilateral Projections During Development and Regeneration of the Optic Nerve of the Cichlid Fish Haplochromis burtoni | p. 357 |
| Abnormal Organization of the Human Retina in a Genetic Disorder (Bloch-Sulzberger Syndrome) | p. 361 |
| Visual System in Some Systemic Diseases | p. 365 |
| Effects of Intraocular Activity Blockade on the Morphology of Developing LGN Neurons in the Cat | p. 369 |
| Development of Orientation-specific Neuronal Responses in Ferret Primary Visual Cortex | p. 375 |
| Development of the Tyrosine Hydroxylase Immunoreactive Cell Population in the Rabbit Retina | p. 379 |
| Emergence of Visual Cortical Areas: Patterns of Development of Neuropeptide-Y Immunoreactivity and Somatostatin-immunoreactivity in the Cat | p. 385 |
| Individual Differences in Contrast Sensitivity Functions of Human Adults and Infants: A Brief Review | p. 391 |
| A Neural Network Model for Stripe Formation in Primate Visual Cortex | p. 397 |
| Stereo Matching Using Relaxation Labeling Based on Edge and Orientation Features | p. 403 |
| Contributors | p. 407 |
| Index | p. 411 |
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