Mechanisms of Vertebrate Vision

5th Symposium: June 12-14, 1969

Receptor mechanisms I
Chair: Robert Doty

Tsuneo Tomita, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
Light-induced potential and conductance changes in vertebrate photoreceptors

Thomas G. Smith, Jr., National Institutes of Health
Receptor potential mechanisms in Limulus photoreceptors

Receptor mechanisms II
Chair: Werner K. Noell

Kenneth T. Brown, University of California Medical Center
The late receptor potential of vertebrate cones and rods

William A. Hagins, National Institute of Health
Excitatory mechanisms of vertebrate rods

Receptor mechanisms III
Chair: Robert M. Boynton

Paul A. Liebman, University of Pennsylvania
Microspectrophotometry

Richard A. Cone, Harvard University
The rhodopsin cycle

Richard W. Young, The Center for Health Sciences
Outer-segment renewal

Mechanisms of retinal interaction
Chair: John Lott Brown

John E. Dowling, Johns Hopkins University
Synaptic organization of the vertebrate retina

Frank S. Werblin, University of California, Berkeley
Intracellular recording

Coding and higher centers
Chair: Jerome Y. Lettvin

Horace B. Barlow, University of California, Berkeley
Retinal feature detectors and adaptation

Torsten N. Wiesel & David Hubel, Harvard Medical School
Functional organization of the monkey visual cortex

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Organizing Committee:
Robert M. Boynton
Richard A. Cone
J. E. Dowling