Anatomy and Physiology
1- Human Skull
http://www.face-and-emotion.com/dataface/anatomy/cranium.jsp
http://www.face-and-emotion.com/dataface/anatomy/skullviews.jsp
http://www.face-and-emotion.com/dataface/anatomy/landmarks.jsp
Cranial Bone:
http://www.face-and-emotion.com/dataface/anatomy/cranialbones.jsp
Facial Bone:
http://www.face-and-emotion.com/dataface/anatomy/facialbones.jsp
2- Nerves:
Facial Nerve:
http://www.face-and-emotion.com/dataface/anatomy/peripheralnerves.jsp
http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/grossAnatomy/h_n/cn/cn1/cn7.htm
Trigeminal Nerve:
http://www.face-and-emotion.com/dataface/anatomy/trigeminal.jsp
http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/grossAnatomy/h_n/cn/cn1/cn5.htm
3-Oculomotor Nerve:
CN II. Optic Nerve
http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/grossAnatomy/h_n/cn/cn1/cn2.htm
CN III. Oculomotor Nerve
http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/grossAnatomy/h_n/cn/cn1/cn3.htm
CN IV. Trochlear Nerve
http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/grossAnatomy/h_n/cn/cn1/cn4.htm
CN VI. Abducens Nerve
http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/grossAnatomy/h_n/cn/cn1/cn6.htm
4- Eye Muscles:
http://www.face-and-emotion.com/dataface/anatomy/eyemuscles.jsp
5- Retina:
PART 1: Anatomy of The Eye:
PART 2
Anatomy and Physiology of the retina
- Photoreceptors
- Light microscopy and ultrastructure of rods and cones
- Outer segment generation
- Visual pigments and visual transduction
- Phagocytosis of outer segments by pigment epithelium
- Different types of cones
- Morphology of the S-cones
- Densities of rods and cones in the human retina
- Rods and night vision
- Ultrastructure of rod and cone synaptic endings
- Outer plexiform layer
- Techniques that have been used to understand neural pathways in the retina
- Bipolar cells
- Horizontal cells
- S-Potentials and Horizontal cells. by Ido Perlman, Helga Kolb and Ralph Nelson
- History
- Morphology and Circuitry
- Physiological Types
- Rod and cone contributions and passive electrical models
- Ionic conductances
- Gap junctions and spatial characteristics
- Feedback
- Modulation of physiology
- Inner plexiform layer
- Bipolar cells, amacrine cells and ganglion cells interact in the IPL
- Ultrastructure of the neuropil
- Different morphological types of amacrine and ganglion cells
- Morphology and Circuitry of Ganglion cells
- General morphology
- Alpha and beta ganglion cell types of mammalian retinas
- Non alpha and non beta ganglion cell types in mammalian retinas
- Convergence of photoreceptors and second order neurons to cat retinal ganglion cells
- Identity of amacrine cell types inputting cat alpha and beta ganglion cells
- Primate ganglion cells
- Visual Responses of Ganglion cells. By Ralph Nelson
- Overview
- History of Electrical Recordings
- ON and OFF Responses
- Receptive field
- Centers and Surrounds
- Contrast Sensitivity functions and Difference of Gaussians
- X and Y receptive fields
- Directionally Selective Ganglion Cells
- Modeling Directional Selectivity
- Pharmacology of Directional Selectivity
- Color and Spectral Responses
- Color and Receptive Fields
- Tonic and phasic ganglion cells of primate retina
- Color properties of primate ganglion cells
- Rod signals in retinal ganglion cells
- Rod signals are delayed
- Detection of light quanta by retinal ganglion cells
- Receptive field alterations with rod vision
- Spatial distribution of ganglion cell fields
- Ganglion cell mosaics and spatial resolution
- Correlated firing of neighboring ganglion cells
- Neurotransmitter receptors and synaptic currents
- Ganglion cells that are involved in the circadian clock
- Melanopsin Ganglion Cells: A Bit of Fly in the Mammalian Eye. By Dustin Graham
- References
- Introduction
- History and discovery
- Melanopsin
- ipRGC form and function
- Phototransduction: a bit of fly in the mammalian eye
- Synaptic connectivity with classic rod/cone photoreceptors
- Central projections
- Behavioral aspects of ipRGC function
- Adaptation
- Intra-retinal signaling
- Glial cells of the retina
- Conclusions and questions
- References
- Muller Cells
- Astrocytes
- Microglial cells
- References
- Rabbit ganglion cells
- References
- Stratification of amacrine and ganglion cells in relationship to bipolar cell axons
- References
- Functional Roles
- References
- ON and OFF pathways of the retina are initiated at the photoreceptor to bipolar contacts
- References
- Inter-photoreceptor contacts at gap junctions
- References
PART 3:
Retinal circuits
- Circuitry for Rod Signals
- Rods
- Rod bipolar cells
- Rod amacrine cells
- AII amacrine cells
- A17 amacrine cells
- A18 amacrine cells
- Convergence in the rod pathway
- Cone pathways through the retina
- Circuitry for cone signals
- ON and OFF pathways
- Roles of Amacrine Cells
- General characteristics
- Amacrine cell circuitry as revealed by EM
- A2: a narrow-field, cone pathway amacrine cell
- AII: a bistratified rod amacrine cell
- A8: a bistratified cone amacrine cell
- A13: a small-field amacrine cell of the cone system
- A17: the wide-field reciprocal rod amacrine cell
- A19 and A20: ON-OFF wide-field amacrine cells
- A22: a putative substance P containing ON-OFF neuron of the cone system
- A18: the dopaminergic amacrine cell
- ACh amacrines: mirror symmetric starburst cells
- DAPI-3 cells in the rabbit retina
- AII Amacrine Cells. By Mahnoosh Farsaii and Victoria P. Connaughton.
- Introduction
- Morphology and Distribution
- Synaptic connectivity
- Physiological responses
- Midget Pathways of the primate retina underly resolution
- General characteristics
- Visual acuity starts with cone spacing and midget circuitry
- Cone to midget bipolar cell connections
- Midget ganglion cells
- S-cone pathways
- Blue cones
- S-cone bipolar cell
- S-cone horizontal cell
- S-cone ganglion cell
- Feedback Loops
- General characteristics
- Feedback in the outer retina
- Interplexiform cells
- Dopaminergic cells in mammals
- Centrifugal fibers in mammalian retinas
- References
- Hypothetical wiring diagrams of the S-cone pathways
- References
- Circuits underlying red and green color opponency in the human retina
- References
- Role in duplex vision
- References
- Midget system amacrine cell
- References
- Center-surround receptive fields
- References
- Summary
- References
PART 4:
Neurotransmitters in the Retina
- General characteristics
- The neurotransmitter of neurons of the vertical pathways through the retina is glutamate
- Gamma aminobutyric acid
- Glycine
- Dopamine is present in amacrine cells in the mammalian retina
- Acetylcholine
- Serotonin
- Adenosine may be a retinal neurotransmitter
- Substance P occurs in an amacrine type and a ganglion cell type
- Other neuropeptides
- NADPH-diaphorase staining and the possibility that there are nitric oxide containing neurons in the retina
- Amacrine cell populations and mosaics arrangements are revealed by neurotransmitter immunocytochemistry
- References
PART 5:
Bipolar cell pathways in the vertebrate retina. by Ralph Nelson and Vikki P. Connaughton
- Introduction
- Different glutamate receptor types
- ON and OFF stratification
- Electrical properties
- Behavioral and clinical implications
- Visual processing under pharmacological blockade
- Summary and conclusions
- References
PART 6:
Development of cell types and synaptic connections in the retina. by Josh Morgan and Rachel Wong.
- Introduction
- Sequence of circuit assembly in the vertebrate retina
- Structural assembly
- Development of pre- and postsynaptic processes
- Functional assembly
- Development of synaptic connectivity
- Spontaneous activity
- Light responses
- Summary
PART 7:
Color Vision. by Peter Gouras
- Introduction
- The Photoreceptors
- Chromatic and Achromatic Contrast
- Chromatic versus Achromatic Contrast
- Horizontal Cells
- Bipolar and Ganglion Cells
- Divariant Blue/Yellow Color Vision
- Color Constancy and Double Opponency
- Trivariant Color Vision
- The Cone Mosaic of Trivariant Color Vision
- A parallel system of achromatic ganglion cells
- The Lateral Geniculate Nucleus (LGN)
- Striate Cortex
- Pure Spectral Contrast
- Simple, Complex and Hypercomplex Double Opponent Cells
- The Stabilized Retinal Image
- Color Vision Beyond Striate Cortex
- Redness at short wavelengths
- Hering's Theory of Color Vision
- The Future
- References
PART 8:
Psychophysics of Vision. by Michael Kalloniatis and Charles Luu
- Principles of Psychophysics
- Introduction
- Measurement of Light
- Psychophysical Measurements
- Visual Acuity
- Introduction
- Types of acuity tasks
- Visual acuity limitations
- Raleigh's criteria
- Dimension of the retinal mosaic
- Factors affecting visual acuities
- Contrast Sensitivity
- Temporal Resolution
- Temporal summation
- Critical flicker frequency (CFF)
- Light and Dark Adaptation
- Dark adaptation
- Factors affecting dark adaptation
- The Perception of Colour
- Overview
- Colour specification
- discrimination
- Theories of Colour Vision
- Colour Vision Deficiencies
- The Perception of Space
- Retinal disparity
- The Horopter
- The Perception of Depth
- Aniseikonia
- References
- Monocular Cues
- Binocular Cues
- Clinical test to measure stereopsis
- References
- Using the CIE diagram to develop diagnostic colour vision test
- References
- Light adaptation
- References
- Temporal contrast sensitivity
- References
- Spatial Summation
- References
- Adaptative Psychophysical Methods
- References
PART 9:
Primary Visual Cortex. by Matthew Schmolesky
- PART 10:
Regeneration in the visual system of adult mammals. by Yves Sauve and Frederic Gaillard
- Introduction
- Reconstruction of Primary Visual Pathways
- Requirements for recovery of function following lesions of CNS pathways
- Promoting the survival of axotomized RGCs
- Promoting the growth of axotomized RGC axons
- Guidance of regenerating RGC axons towards their appropriate target
- Arborization and synapse formation by RGC axons regenerating into their CNS targets
- Generation of action potentials in target neurons
- Restoration of retinotopy
- Preservation of local and downstream circuitry
- Evidence for some level of recovery of function in the PN-bridged retinofugal pathways
- Visual Function Assessment
- References
- PARY 11:
The Electroretinogram: ERG. by Ido Perlman
PART 12:
The Electroretinogram: Clinical Applications. by Donnell Creel
- Introduction
- The electroretinogram ERG
- ERG recording electrodes
- Light stimulation for ERGs
- ERG recording methods
- Oscillatory potentials OPs
- ERGs in retinitis pigmentosa-like diseases
- The ERG in cone dystrophies
- ERGS in retinal vascular disease
- Foreign bodies and trauma
- Drug toxicities
- Systemic disorders and the ERG
- The multifocal ERG mfERG
- The electrooculogram EOG
- References
PART 13:
Age-Related Macular Degeneration. by Gregory S. Hageman, Karen Gehrs, Lincoln V. Johnson and Don Anderson
PART 14:
Facts and figures concerning the Human Retina.
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