Scientists: David C. Lyon, Ph.D.

Research Focus

Working to understand: organization and function of the visual system to provide a framework for studies on visual disorders.

Scientific Focus: relating fine scale circuitry to visual perception in the mammalian visual cortex and thalamus.

Recent Publications

The Latest via PubMed

BOOK:
Lyon DC (2007) The evolution of visual cortex and visual systems. In: The Evolution of the Nervous System in Mammals, Vol. 3. Academic Press, Oxford, pp. 267-306.

PUBLICATIONS:
Stimberg M, Wimmer K, Martin R, Schwabe L, Mariño J, Schummers J, Lyon DC, Sur M, Obermayer K. The Operating Regime of Local Computations in Primary Visual Cortex. Cereb Cortex.2009 Feb 16. [Epub ahead of print]

Kaas JH, Lyon DC. Pulvinar contributions to the dorsal and ventral streams of visual processing in primates. Brain Res Rev. 2007 Oct;55(2):285-96. Epub 2007 Mar 12. Review.

Wickersham IR, Lyon DC, Barnard RJ, Mori T, Finke S, Conzelmann KK, Young JA, Callaway EM. Monosynaptic restriction of transsynaptic tracing from single, genetically targeted neurons. Neuron. 2007 Mar 1;53(5):639-47.

Nassi JJ, Lyon DC, Callaway EM. The parvocellular LGN provides a robust disynaptic input to the visual motion area MT. Neuron. 2006 Apr 20;50(2):319-27.

Mariño J, Schummers J, Lyon DC, Schwabe L, Beck O, Wiesing P, Obermayer K, Sur M. Invariant computations in local cortical networks with balanced excitation and inhibition. Nat Neurosci. 2005 Feb;8(2):194-201. Epub 2005 Jan 23.

Lyon DC, Jain N, Kaas JH. The visual pulvinar in tree shrews II. Projections of four nuclei to areas of visual cortex. J Comp Neurol. 2003 Dec 22;467(4):607-27.

Lyon DC, Xu X, Casagrande VA, Stefansic JD, Shima D, Kaas JH. Optical imaging reveals retinotopic organization of dorsal V3 in New World owl monkeys. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Nov 26;99(24):15735-42. Epub 2002 Nov 19.

Lyon DC, Kaas JH. (2002) Evidence for a modified V3 with dorsal and ventral halves in macaque monkeys. Neuron. 33(3):453-61.