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Part 1 Pattern formation in development; the homeobox, Sharp;compartments in insect and vertebrate development, Jacobson; theoriesof pattern formation in morphogenesis, Meinhardt; cell recognition andpattern formation - with particular reference to the developing visualsystem of vertebrates, Rutishauser; the formation of topographicallyordered connections during development and regeneration of thevertebrate visual system, Stuermer; oncogenes and development, Hunt.Part 2 Cell and molecular factors affecting cell shape and thepositioning of cells in developing nervous tissue; the role ofcontractile proteins in the mechanism of synaptic plasticity, Eifkova;factors affecting the pattern of dendritic branching, Berry; cellsurface interactions and cell locomotion, Letourneau; axon growth andregeneration, Lasek; radial glia in the development of order in thenervous system, Rakic; the role of glia in regeneration of the goldfishretinotectal system, Guilian. Part 3 Regulatory factors in theformation of nerve connections; trophic regulation of synapses,Lichtman; postsynaptic regulation of sprouting, Freeman, regulation ofsprouting in the developing and regenerating visual system, Schneider;synaptic rearrangement in the developing and regenerating visualsystem, Paton; the role of experience and synaptic competition in theformation of binocular connections, Sillito; the cytoskeleton andfunctionally driven plasticity in the developing striate cortex,Cronly-Dillon; neurotransmitters and visual contical plasticity,Pettigrew; retinal transplants, Lund. Part 4 Morphological andfunctional development of vertebrate visual system; morphological andfunctional development of the vertebrate retina, Hughes; morphologicaland functional development of the geniculo-striate pathway in normaland albino animals, Price; development of neurotransmitter systems invertebrate visual system, Parnavelas; development of human stereopsis,Julesz; amblyopia, Hess; homochrony of the development events in themammalian visual system, Dreher.