2001
Cellular Basis for the Response to Second-Order Motion Cues in Y Retinal Ganglion Cells
Demb J, Zaghloul K, Sterling P. Cellular Basis for the Response to Second-Order Motion Cues in Y Retinal Ganglion Cells. Neuron 2001, 32: 711-721. PMID: 11719210, DOI: 10.1016/s0896-6273(01)00484-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGanglion cellsEPSP/IPSP sequencesY cellsOFF ganglion cellsY ganglion cellsRetinal ganglion cellsSecond-order motion cuesSecond-order motion stimuliDendritic fieldsInhibitory effectCell inhibitionCellular basisMotion stimuliCortical cellsSecond-order motionCellsPerceive motionResponseTetrodotoxinCortexRetina
1997
Brain activity in visual cortex predicts individual differences in reading performance
Demb J, Boynton G, Heeger D. Brain activity in visual cortex predicts individual differences in reading performance. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1997, 94: 13363-13366. PMID: 9371851, PMCID: PMC24314, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.24.13363.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain activityIndividual differencesSpecific visual pathwaysM pathwayCortical visual areasPrimary visual cortexFunctional magnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imagingPathway abnormalitiesVisual cortexVisual pathwayResonance imagingVisual areasMagnocellular pathwayReading abilityPathway inputSignificant correlationReduced activityDyslexicsDyslexiaPathwayStrong relationshipActivityAbnormalitiesCortexSemantic Repetition Priming for Verbal and Pictorial Knowledge: A Functional MRI Study of Left Inferior Prefrontal Cortex
Wagner A, Desmond J, Demb J, Glover G, Gabrieli J. Semantic Repetition Priming for Verbal and Pictorial Knowledge: A Functional MRI Study of Left Inferior Prefrontal Cortex. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 1997, 9: 714-726. PMID: 23964594, DOI: 10.1162/jocn.1997.9.6.714.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLeft inferior prefrontal cortexInferior prefrontal cortexSemantic processingPrefrontal cortexSingle word processingFunctional neuroimaging studiesPrefrontal cortical activationFunctional MRI studyLIPC activationRepetition primingPerceptual formExecutive systemTask performanceNeuroimaging studiesSemantic repetitionTest instructionsCortical activationConceptual knowledgeDecreased activationWordsLine retrievalPictorial knowledgeProcessingCortexMRI studies