Vertebrate Photoreceptors

Functional Molecular Bases

Takahisa Furukawa, James B. Hurley, Satoru Kawamura

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Springer Verlag, Japan
30 April 2014

Evolution; Neurosciences; Cellular biology (cytology); Zoology: Vertebrates

This book provides a series of comprehensive views on various important aspects of vertebrate photoreceptors. The vertebrate retina is a tissue that provides unique experimental advantages to neuroscientists. Photoreceptor neurons are abundant in this tissue and they are readily identifiable and easily isolated. These features make them an outstanding model for studying neuronal mechanisms of signal transduction, adaptation, synaptic transmission, development, differentiation, diseases and regeneration. Thanks to recent advances in genetic analysis, it also is possible to link biochemical and physiological investigations to understand the molecular mechanisms of vertebrate photoreceptors within a functioning retina in a living animal.

Photoreceptors are the most deeply studied sensory receptor cells, but readers will find that many important questions remain. We still do not know how photoreceptors, visual pigments and their signaling pathways evolved, how they were generatedand how they are maintained. This book will make clear what is known and what is not known. The chapters are selected from fields of studies that have contributed to a broad understanding of the birth, development, structure, function and death of photoreceptor neurons. The underlying common word in all of the chapters that is used to describe these mechanisms is “molecule”. Only with this word can we understand how these highly specific neurons function and survive. It is challenging for even the foremost researchers to cover all aspects of the subject. Understanding photoreceptors from several different points of view that share a molecular perspective will provide readers with a useful interdisciplinary perspective.

Edited by: Takahisa Furukawa, James B. Hurley, Satoru Kawamura
Imprint: Springer Verlag, Japan
Country of Publication: Japan
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 7.276kg
ISBN: 9784431548799
ISBN 10: 4431548793
Pages: 349
Publication Date: 30 April 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Takahisa Furukawa MD. Ph. D., Professor Protein Institute, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan. James B. Hurley, Ph. D., Professor Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, USA. Satoru Kawamura, Ph. D., Professor Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.