Editors:
- Thorough explication of the phototransduction cascade
- Comprehensive and multidisciplinary
- Covers developmental, structural and molecular mechanisms
- Leads to a more exhaustive understanding of ocular diseases and therapies
Part of the book series: Ophthalmology Research (OPHRES)
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Evolution of the Visual System
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Photoreceptor Structure, Function, and Development
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The Retinal Pigment Epithelium and the Visual Cycle
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Visual Signaling in the Outer Retina
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Visual Processing in the Inner Retina
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Aging and Vision
About this book
Remarkable advances have contributed to revolutionizing the study of vertebrate vision. The first step to identifying objects and establishing spatial relationships is the visual transduction cascade, a process that underpins a wide range of ocular diseases and therapies. Toward that, The Visual Transduction Cascade: Basic and Clinical Principles reveals not only how the eye evolved into an organ of vision, but also describes how molecular mechanisms of key molecules (such as transducins, phosphodiesterases, and CyclicGMP metabolizing enzymes) operate in the phototransduction cascade. In this groundbreaking text, experts also explain mechanisms for sensing radiation outside of the visible wavelengths -- a good example of the limitations of the human sensory systems. Comprehensive and penetrating, The Visual Transduction Cascade: Basic and Clinical Principles brings together the developmental, structural, and molecular mechanisms of the visual transduction cascade and is an invaluable text for everyone conducting research in the visual system.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Ophthalmology, Department of Neural and Behavioral Sciences, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, USA
Joyce Tombran-Tink, Colin J. Barnstable
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Visual Transduction And Non-Visual Light Perception
Editors: Joyce Tombran-Tink, Colin J. Barnstable
Series Title: Ophthalmology Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-374-5
Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Humana Press 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-58829-957-4Published: 25 August 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-6082-8Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-59745-374-5Published: 11 August 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 509
Topics: Ophthalmology, Cell Biology, Molecular Medicine