Visual Transduction And Non-Visual Light Perception

Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4939-6082-8
Verlag: Humana Press

Buch, Englisch, 509 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 1335 g

Reihe: Ophthalmology Research

This book reveals not only how the eye evolved into an organ of vision, but also describes how molecular mechanisms of key molecules operate in the phototransduction cascade. In this groundbreaking text, experts also explain mechanisms for sensing radiation outside of the visible wavelengths. Comprehensive and penetrating, the book brings together the mechanisms of the visual transduction cascade and is an invaluable text for everyone conducting research in the visual system.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barnstable, Colin J.

Tombran-Tink, Joyce

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Augenheilkunde, Optometrie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Zellbiologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Molekulare Medizin, Zellbiologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Evolution of the Visual System.- An Organ of Exquisite Perfection.- Photoreceptor Structure, Function, and Development.- Development of the Foveal Specialization.- An Update on the Regulation of Rod Photoreceptor Development.- The Retinal Pigment Epithelium and the Visual Cycle.- Photoreceptor—RPE Interactions.- Molecular Biology of IRBP and Its Role in the Visual Cycle.- Visual Signaling in the Outer Retina.- Regulation of Photoresponses by Phosphorylation.- The cGMP Signaling Pathway in Retinal Photoreceptors and the Central Role of Photoreceptor Phosphodiesterase (PDE6).- Rhodopsin Structure, function, and Involvement in Retinitis Pigmentosa.- Multiple Signaling Pathways Govern Calcium Homeostasis in Photoreceptor Inner Segments.- The Transduction Channels of Rod and Cone Photoreceptors.- Rhodopsins in Drosophila Color Vision.- INAD Signaling Complex of Drosophila Photoreceptors.- Visual Processing in the Inner Retina.- Visual Signal Processing in the Inner Retina.- Color Vision and Adaptive Processes.- Human Cone Spectral Sensitivities and Color Vision Deficiencies.- Luminous Efficiency Functions.- Cone Pigments and Vision in the Mouse.- Multifocal Oscillatory Potentials of the Human Retina.- Aging and Vision.- The Aging of the Retina.- Aging of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium.- Visual Transduction and Age-Related Changes in Lipofuscin.- Nonphotoreceptor Light Detection and Circadian Rhythms.- A Nonspecific System Provides Nonphotic Information for the Biological Clock.- The Circadian Clock: Physiology, Genes, and Disease.