NPB Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior |
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| 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 |