Affecting over a hundred million individuals worldwide retinal diseases are among the leading causes of irreversible visual impairment and blindness and appropriate study models especially animal models are essential to furthering our understanding of the etiology pathology and progression of these endemic diseases. In Animal Models for Retinal Diseases recognized experts in the field highlight valuable techniques as well as animal models for the prominent retinal diseases in order to aid in the evaluation development and improvement of therapeutic strategies. Beginning with an overview of the morphology of the retina visual behavior and genetics and genomics approaches for retinal research the book continues by covering animal models for the research of specific human retinal diseases e.g. retinal degeneration age-related macular degeneration retinopathy of prematurity diabetic retinopathy glaucoma retinal ischemia and retinal inflammation. As a volume in the successful Neuromethods series the chapters provide authoritative reviews of the most commonly used approaches in the field. Vital and easy to use Animal Models for Retinal Diseases serves to support the important future research of ocular investigators ophthalmologists and neuroscientists currently delving into this fascinating field of study.