In this research article, Whitmire and colleagues have been able to utilize optogenetic modulation of thalamic firing modes combined with optical imaging of cortex in the rat vibrissa system to directly test the role of thalamic state in shaping cortical response properties. Abstract: Sensory stimulation drives complex interactions across neural … More New Research Article – Thalamic state control of cortical paired-pulse dynamics

Clarissa gives keynote student lecture at Yerkes Research Symposium where she received her Stuart Zola graduate fellowship award. See previous article: https://stanley.gatech.edu/2016/07/clarissa-whitmire-awarded-the-2016-stuart-zola-graduate-fellowship-in-neuroscience/

Sunday Nov 13th 2016 8am-12pm FF14 149.12 – The role of VPm thalamus in whisker related tactile perception *C. WAIBLINGER1,2,3, C. J. WHITMIRE1, A. J. SEDERBERG1, G. B. STANLEY1, C. SCHWARZ2,3; 1Wallace H Coulter Dept. of Biomed. Engin., Georgia Tech. and Emory, Atlanta, GA; 2Systems Neurophysiol., Werner Reichardt Ctr. for Integrative … More SFN 2016 Poster Presentations

In this Perspective, Whitmire and Stanley build links between rapid sensory adaptation at multiple scales of neural circuitry through investigations of differential adaptation effects across brain structures, cell types, and functional classes of neurons. Abstract: Adaptation is fundamental to life. All organisms adapt over timescales that span from evolution to … More New Perspective Article – Rapid Sensory Adaptation Redux: A Circuit Perspective

Richard Carnegie, now a junior in high school, reached out to our laboratory last spring when he became interested in neuro-engineering. While working with us in the summer of 2016, he learned to design parts and build them with a 3-D printer, design and conduct his own experiments using equipment from Backyard Brains, and … More High School Student Richard Carnegie Does Summer Internship