Development and plasticity of the visual system in animal (hamsters, monkeys) and human (congenital blindness, cortical blindness) models; neural mechanisms of motion and depth perception; fetal alcohol syndrome in monkeys.
Techniques involved: neuroanatomical tracers, psychophysics, electrophysiology, molecular biology, fMRI, PET, MEG
Research Keywords & Expertise
Alcohol
Cannabis
Histology
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Perception
Retina
Vision
blindness
visual system
endocannabinoids
Brain plasticity and d...
Lateral geniculate nuc...
Monkeys
Short Biography
Development and plasticity of the visual system in animal (hamsters, monkeys) and human (congenital blindness, cortical blindness) models; neural mechanisms of motion and depth perception; fetal alcohol syndrome in monkeys.
Techniques involved: neuroanatomical tracers, psychophysics, electrophysiology, molecular biology, fMRI, PET, MEG