{"product_id":"the-retina-john-e-dowling-9780674061545","title":"The Retina: An Approachable Part of the Brain","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Dowling's \u003ci\u003eThe Retina, \u003c\/i\u003epublished in 1987, quickly became the most widely recognized introduction to the structure and function of retinal cells. In this Revised Edition, Dowling draws on twenty-five years of new research to produce an interdisciplinary synthesis focused on how retinal function contributes to our understanding of brain mechanisms. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe retina is a part of the brain pushed out into the eye during development. It retains many characteristics of other brain regions and hence has yielded significant insights on brain mechanisms. Visual processing begins there as a result of neuronal interactions in two synaptic layers that initiate an analysis of space, color, and movement. In humans, visual signals from 126 million photoreceptors funnel down to one million ganglion cells that convey at least a dozen representations of a visual scene to higher brain regions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Revised Edition calls attention to general principles applicable to all vertebrate retinas, while showing how the visual needs of different animals are reflected in their retinal variations. It includes completely new chapters on color vision and retinal degenerations and genetics, as well as sections on retinal development and visual pigment biochemistry, and presents the latest knowledge and theories on how the retina is organized anatomically, physiologically, and pharmacologically. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe clarity of writing and illustration that made \u003ci\u003eThe Retina \u003c\/i\u003ea book of choice for a quarter century among graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, vision researchers, and teachers of upper-level courses on vision is retained in Dowling's new easy-to-read Revised Edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John E. Dowling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674061543\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674061545\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Belknap Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.80h x 8.50w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2012 pg. 217","brand":"John E. Dowling","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48447757123839,"sku":"9780674061545","price":114.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d924d7fa-a0b8-4830-85a8-776a3f716263.jpg?v=1777234601","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-retina-john-e-dowling-9780674061545","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}