NPB Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior

Arnold J. Sillman
Professor and Acting Chair
187 Briggs Hall
530.752.3207
ajsillman (at) ucdavis (dot) edu

Degrees:
A.B., Zoology, University of California, Los Angeles, 1963
M.A., Zoology, University of California, Los Angeles, 1965
Ph.D., Zoology, University of California, Los Angeles, 1968

Teaching Interests:
Systemic physiology; comparative physiology of sensory systems; the vertebrate eye.

Research Interests:
Physiology, biochemistry, and biology of vertebrate vision with special emphasis on retinal photoreceptors and visual pigments. Microspectrophotometry.

Selected Publications:
Sillman, A. J., Govardovski, V. I., Rohlich, P., Southard, J. A. and Loew E. R. 1997. The photoreceptors and visual pigments of the garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis): a microspectrophotometric, scanning electron microscopic and immunocytochemical study. J. Comp. Physiol. A. 181:89-101.

Sillman, AJ, GA Letsinger, S. Patel, ER Loew, and AP Klimley. 1996. Visual pigments and photoreceptors in two species of shark, Triakis semifasciata and Mustelus henlei. J. Exp. Zool., 276:1-10.
Sillman, AJ, ME Sorsky, and ER Loew. 1995. The visual pigments of wild white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus). Can. J. Zool., 73:805-809.

Sillman AJ, SJ Ronan, and ER Loew. 1993. Scanning electron microscopy and microspectrophotometry of the photoreceptors of ictalurid catfishes. Journal of Comparative Physiology (A) 173:801-807.

Sillman AJ and WJ Weidner. 1993. Low levels of inorganic mercury damage the corneal endothelium. Experimental Eye Research 57:549-555.

Loew ER and AJ Sillman. 1993. Age-related changes in the visual pigments of the white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus). Canadian Journal of Zoology 71:1552-1557.