Michael C Crair PhD
William Ziegler III Professor of Neurobiology and Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science; Director, Graduate Studies
Departments & Organizations
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Neuroscience
Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program
Neurobiology: Kavli Institute for Neuroscience
Crair Lab
Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Research Interests
Neural circuit development; synapse formation; visual system development; cortex development more...
Education
- AB, University of California at Berkeley, 1985
- M.A., University of California at Berkeley, 1987
- Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1991
Selected Publications
- Ackman J, Burbridge T and Crair, MC. “Retinal Waves Coordinate Patterned Activity Throughout the Developing Visual System”, Nature, 2012 Oct 11;490(7419):219-25. doi: 10.1038/nature11529.
- Zhang J, Ackman J, Xu H P, and Crair, MC. "Visual Map Development Depends on the Temporal Pattern of Binocular Activity in Mice". Nature Neuroscience 2011 doi:10.1038/nn.3007. PMID:22179110.
- Xu HP, Furman M, Mineur YS, Chen H, King SL, Zenisek D, Zhou ZJ, Butts DA,Tian N, Picciotto MR and Crair MC, “An Instructive Role for Patterned Spontaneous Retinal Activity in Mouse Visual Map Development”, Neuron, 2011 70:1115-27. PMID:21689598.
