RICE UNIVERSITY
Spatiotemporal Response of the Photoreceptor Network
by
Andrew Barrow
A Thesis Submitted
in Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
Doctor of Philosophy
Approved, Thesis Committee:
Samuel Mio-Sin Wu, Ph,D.
amjlle and Raymond Hankamer Chair of
Ophthalmology
Professor OfNeuroscience
Professor Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Robert Raphael, M.S., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Bioengineering
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Ji6Xn Clark, M.S., Ph.D.
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Joint appointment, Bioengineering
Rice University
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Ruth Heidelberger, M.D., Ph,D.
Professor, Neurobiology
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UT-HSff Houston
ioengineering
Rice University
Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
December, 2009