Stephen Lomber
Professor
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(Joint Appointment with Psychology) |
The Importance of Experience on Brain Development, Cerebral Organization and Cortical Plasticity The work of our laboratory is guided by the question: "How does experience influence brain development and influence adaptive neuroplasticity? In order to answer this question we are presently pursuing three different avenues of investigation: 1) Cortical Processing and Organization in the Hearing Subject Additional Research Themes Include: Integration of Ascending, Lateral, and Feedback Signals in the Formation of Sensory Maps
2) Cortical Processing and Organization in the Congenitally Deaf
3) Cortical Processing and Organization in the Deaf Following Cochlear Implant
Subcortical Afferent Pathway Mediation of Extrastriate Cortex Function
Cortico-Tectal Interactions Mediating Visuomotor Control
Lomber, S.G. and Malhotra, S. (2008) Double dissociation of "what" and "where" processing in auditory cortex. Nature Neuroscience 11: 609-616. Hall, A.J. and Lomber, S.G., (2008) Auditory cortex projections target the peripheral field representation of primary visual cortex. Experimental Brain Research 190: 413-430. Ponce, C.R., Lomber, S.G. and Born, R.T. (2008) Integrating motion and depth via parallel pathways. Nature Neuroscience 11: 216-223. Malhotra, S., Stecker G.C., Middlebrooks J.C. and Lomber, S.G. (2008) Sound localization deficits during reversible deactivation of primary auditory cortex and/or the dorsal zone. Journal of Neurophysiology 99: 1628-1642 Recent Books: Lomber, S.G. and Galuske, R.A.W., Editors (2002) Virtual Lesions: Understanding Cortical Function with Reversible Deactivation. (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press). Lomber, S.G. and Eggermont, J.J., Editors (2006) Reprogramming the Cerebral Cortex: Plasticity Following Central and Peripheral Lesions (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press).
