Vision is our primary sensory modality and we are naturally curious as to how the visual system assembles. The visual system is in many ways remarkably simple, a repeating assemblage of neurons and support cells that parse the visual field through precision and redundancy. Through this simplicity th
Development and Aging of the Vertebrate Visual System
โ Scribed by Dietrich E. Lorke
- Publisher
- S Karger Pub
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 115
- Series
- Neuroembryology and Aging
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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