Development and Organization of the Retina offers an invaluable survey of contemporary research issues and methods dealing with the retina and retinal projections. The book's 19 chapters report on investigations into two areas: research into the organization of the mature retina and work on developmental issues.

1. Development of Vision and the Pre-Visual System.- 2. Cellular and Molecular Aspects of Photoreceptor Differentiation.- 3. Embryonic Patterning of Cone Subtypes in the Mammalian Retina.- 4. Development of Cone Distribution Patterns in Mammals.- 5. Genesis of Topographic and Cellular Diversity in the Primate Retina.- 6. Development of ON and OFF Retinal Ganglion Cell Mosaics.- 7. Getting to Grips with Neuronal Diversity: What Is a Neuronal Type.- 8. Glio-Neuronal Interactions in Retinal Development.- 9. Comparative Anatomy and Function of Mammalian Horizontal Cells.- 10. Parallel Pathways of Primate Vision: Sampling of Information in the Fourier Space by M and P Cells.- 11. Transient and Persistent Na+, Ca2+, and Mixed-Cation Currents in Retinal Ganglion Cells.- 12. Synaptic Transmission between Retinal Neurons.- 13. Scaling the Retina, Micro and Macro.- 14. Retinal Ganglion Cell Axonal Transport: Moving down the Road to Functional Connections.- 15. Developmental Changes in the Spontaneous Bursting Patterns of ON and OFF Retinal Ganglion Cells.- 16. The Diseased Retinal Ganglion Cell and Its Propensity to Survive and Regenerate an Axon with Functional Significance.- 17. The Role of Activity-Dependent Mechanisms in Pattern Formation in the Retinogeniculate Pathway.- 18. Functional Consequences of Eliminating Prenatal Binocular Interactions.- 19. Role of Serotonin in the Development of the Retinotectal Projection.

`The book gives an excellent and comprehensive overview of a major active ophthalmogical research field. The book can be highly recommended for those who might be interested in a five-hour update on the current status within retinal development and organization.' Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica, 77:4 (August 1999)