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Neurophysiological Aspects of Color Vision in Primates [electronic resource] : Comparative Studies on Simian Retinal Ganglion Cells and the Human Visual System / by Eberhart Zrenner.

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"To explain all nature is too difficult a task for anyone man or even for anyone age. Tis much better to do a little with certainty, and leave the rest for others that come after you, than to explain all things ..." Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) This book describes and discusses some new as...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Zrenner, Eberhart
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1983.
Series:Studies of brain function ; 9.
Subjects:
Medicine.
Neurosciences.
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Color Vision Theories. Historical Aspects
  • 1.2 Electrophysiological Studies Related to Color Vision
  • 2 Methods
  • 2.1 Methods of Single Cell Recording in Rhesus Monkeys
  • 2.2 Identification of Cone Inputs in Retinal Ganglion Cells
  • 3 Types of Retinal Ganglion Cells and Their Distribution
  • 3.1 Introductory Remarks
  • 3.2 The Concept of Color-Opponency
  • 3.3 The Various Types of Color-Opponent Cells
  • 3.4 Variations in Color-Opponency
  • 3.5 Spectrally Non-Opponent Ganglion Cells
  • 3.6 Distribution of Classes of Ganglion Cells Across the Retina
  • 3.7 A Simplified Classification Procedure
  • 3.8 Résumé: Some Implications for the Understanding of the Visual System's Function
  • 4 Special Properties of Blue-Sensitive Ganglion Cells
  • 4.1 Some Recent Electrophysiological and Psychophysical Data on the Blue-Sensitive Cone System
  • 4.2 Chromatic Adaptation and Spectral Sensitivity
  • 4.3 Paradoxical Phenomena Occurring During Light and Dark Adaptation in Blue-Sensitive Ganglion Cells
  • 4.4 A Model Describing the Interaction Between Cone Mechanisms in Blue-Sensitive, Color-Opponent Ganglion Cells
  • 4.5 Résumé: What is Special About the Blue Cone Mechanism?
  • 5 Temporal Properties of Color-Opponent Ganglion Cells.
  • Flicker-Stimulation; Testing the "Channel" Hypothesis
  • 5.1 Critical Flicker Frequencies (CFF) in Tonic and Phasic Ganglion Cells
  • 5.2 Influence of Stimulation Frequency on the Spectral Sensitivity Function: Loss of Color-Opponency at Higher Flicker Rates
  • 5.3 The Basic Mechanism: Phase-Shift Between Center and Surround Responses
  • 5.4 Latency of Center and Surround Responses
  • 5.5 The Processing of Luminous and Chromatic Flicker
  • 5.6 Stimulus Duration Changes the Action Spectrum
  • 5.7 Résumé: Possible Implication of the Transition Between Antagonism and Synergism in Color-Opponent Ganglion Cells
  • 6 The Spectral Properties of the Human Visual System as Revealed by Visually Evoked Cortical Potentials (VECP) and Psychophysical Investigations
  • 6.1 Methods as Applied in Human Observers
  • 6.2 Rods and Cones
  • 6.3 Fundamental Cone Functions
  • 6.4 Color-Opponency in the VECP and in Psychophysical Measurements
  • 6.5 The Influence of Flicker Frequency on Spectral Sensitivity
  • 6.6 Conclusion: To What Extent Can Visually Evoked Cortical Potentials Reveal the Function of Individual Receptor Mechanisms?
  • Epilogue
  • Summary
  • References.

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