NPB Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior

Martin Usrey
Assistant Professor
Center for Neuroscience
1544 Newton Court
530.754.5468
wmusrey (at) ucdavis (dot) edu

Degrees:
B.A., University of California, San Diego - Animal Physiology; Anthropology , 1987
M.S., San Diego State University - Physiology, 1989
Ph.D., Duke University - Neurobiology, 1994

Teaching Interests:
Systems neuroscience. Neurobiology of vision. Synaptic mechanisms. Neural development.

Research Interests:
Functional properties of synaptic circuits in the visual system. Integration of synaptic inputs to visual neurons. Development of visual circuits. Construction of visual receptive fields.

Selected Publications:
Usrey WM, Alonso J-M, and Reid RC. 2000. Synaptic interactions between thalamic inputs to simple cells in cat visual cortex. Journal of Neuroscience 20:5461-5467.

Usrey WM and RC Reid. 1999. Synchronous activity in the visual system. Annual Review of Physiology 61:435-456.

Usrey WM, JB Reppas, and RC Reid. 1998. Paired-spike interactions and synaptic efficacy of retinal inputs to thalamus. Nature 395:384-387.

Affiliation:
Center for Neuroscience