>click for abstracts         >click for pre-2000 papers             papers 2008       Lyckman A.W., Horng S., Leamey C.A., Tropea D., Watakabe A., Van Wart A., McCurry C., Yamamori T., Sur M. Gene expression patterns in visual cortex during the critical period: synaptic stabilization and reversal by visual deprivation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 105(27):9409-14. 2008. [PDF]       Schummers J., Yu H., Sur M. Tuned responses of astrocytes and their influence on hemodynamic signals in the visual cortex. Science 320(5883):1638-43, 2008. [PDF]       papers 2007       Wilson N.R., Ty M.T., Ingber D.E., Sur M. and Liu G. Synaptic Reorganization in Scaled Networks of Controlled Size. Journal of Neuroscience 27 (50):13581, 2007.[PDF]       Schummers J., Cronin B., Wimmer K., Stimberg M., Martin R., Obermayer K., Kording K. and Sur M. Dynamics of orientation tuning in cat V1 neurons depend on location within layers and orientation maps Frontiers in Neuroscience 1:145-159, 2007.[PDF]       Farley B.F., Yu H., Jin D.Z., and Sur M. Alteration of Visual Input Results in a Coordinated Reorganization of Multiple Visual Cortex Maps The Journal of Neuroscience 27:10299–10310, 2007. [PDF]       Leamey C.A., Merlin S., Lattouf P., Sawatari A., Zhou X., Demel N., Glendining K., Oohashi T., Sur M. and Fassler R. Ten_m3 Regulates Eye-Specific Patterning in the Mammalian Visual Pathway and is Required for Binocular Vision. PLoS Biology 5:2077-2092, 2007. [PDF]     Leamey C.A., Glendining K.A., Kreiman G., Kang N.D., Wang K.H., Fassler R., Sawatari A., Tonegawa S. and Sur M. Differential Gene Expression between Sensory Neocortical Areas: Potential Roles for Ten_m3 and Bcl6 in Patterning Visual and Somatosensory Pathways. Cerebral Cortex 2007. [PDF]       Newton J.R., Page D. and Sur M. Developmental studies on rewiring the brain: What they tell us about brain evolution. In: Evolution of Nervous Systems, ed. J.H. Kaas, Academic Press, Oxford, vol 3, pp 103-112, 2007. [PDF]       papers 2006       Horng, S.H. and M.Sur. Visual activity and cortical rewiring: activity-dependent plasticity of cortical networks. Progress in Brain Research 157:3-11, 2006. [PDF]       Newton J.R., Majewska A.K., Ellsworth C. and Sur M. Reprogramming cortex: the consequences of cross-modal plasticity during development. In: Reprogramming the Cerebral Cortex, ed., S. Lomber and J. Eggermont, Oxford University Press, pp 349-360, 2006. [PDF]       Dragoi V. and Sur M. Image Structure at the Center of Gaze during Free Viewing. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 18:737-748, 2006.[PDF]       Oray S., Majewska A., and Sur M. Effects of Synaptic Activity on Dendritic Spine Motility of Developing Cortical Layer V Pyramidal Neurons. Cerebral Cortex 16:730-741, 2006. [PDF]       Majewska A. and Sur M. Plasticity and specificity of cortical processing networks. Trends in Neuroscience 29:323-329, 2006. [PDF]     Tropea D., Kreiman G., Lyckman A., Mukherjee S., Yu H., Horng S., Sur M. Gene expression changes and molecular pathways mediating activity-dependent plasticity in visual cortex. Nature Neuroscience 9:660-668, 2006. [PDF]       Majewska A., Newton J. and Sur M. Remodeling of synaptic structure in sensory cortical areas in vivo. Journal of Neuroscience 26:3021-3029, 2006. [PDF]       Wang K.H., Majewska A., Schummers J., Farley B., Hu C., Sur M. and Tonegawa S. In Vivo Two-Photon Imaging Reveals a Role of Arc in Enhancing Orientation Specificity in Visual Cortex. Cell 126:389–402, 2006. [PDF]     papers 2005       Schummers, J., Marino, J. and Sur, M. Local networks in visual cortex and their influence on neuronal responses and dynamics. Journal of Physiology Paris 98:429-441, 2005. [PDF]       Sur, M. and Rubenstein, J.L. Patterning and plasticity of the cerebral cortex. Science 310:805-810, 2005. [PDF]       Schummers, J., Sharma, J. and Sur, M. Bottom-up and top-down dynamics in visual cortex. Progress in Brain Research 149:65-81, 2005. [PDF]       Jin, D.Z., Dragoi, V., Sur, M. and Seung, H.S. Tilt after effect and adaptation-induced changes in orientation tuning in visual cortex. Journal of Neurophysiology 94:4038-4050, 2005. [PDF]       Sur, M. Breathing life into biology. Nature 436:487, 2005. [PDF]       Yu, H., Farley, B.J., Jin, D.Z. and Sur, M. The Coordinated Mapping of Visual Space and Response Features in Visual Cortex. Neuron 47:267-280, 2005. [PDF]         **See commentary by Aniruddha Das: Cortical Maps: Where Theory Meets Experiments. Neuron 47: 168-171, 2005. [PDF]       Ellsworth, C.A., Lyckman, A.W., Feldheim D.A., Flanagan, J.G. and Sur, M. Ephrin-A2 and -A5 influence patterning of normal and novel retinal projections to the thalamus: Conserved mapping mechanisms in visual and auditory thalamic targets. The Journal of Comparative Neurology 488: 140-151, 2005. [PDF]       Lyckman, A.W., Fan, G., Rios, M., and Sur, M. Normal eye-specific patterning of retinal inputs to murine subcortical visual nuclei in the absence of brain-derived neurotrophic factor. Visual Neuroscience 22:27-36, 2005. [PDF]       Mariño, J., Schummers, J., Lyon, D.C., Schwabe, L., Beck, O., Wiesing, P., Obermayer, K. and Sur, M. Invariant computations in local cortical networks with balanced excitation and inhibition. Nature Neuroscience 8: 194-201, 2005. [PDF]     George, P., Lyckman, A., LaVan, D., Hedge, A., Leung, Y., Avasare, R.,Testa, C., Alexander, P., Langer, R. and Sur, M. Fabrication and biocompatibility of polypyrrole implants suitable for neural prosthetics. Biomaterials 26: 3511-3519, 2005. [PDF]       papers 2004       Oray, S., Majewska, A. and Sur, M. Dendritic spine dynamics are regulated by monocular deprivation and extracellular matrix degradation. Neuron 44: 1021-1030, 2004 [PDF]       Newton, J.R., Ellsworth, C., Miyakawa, T., Tonegawa, S. and Sur, M. Acceleration of visually cued conditioned fear through the auditory pathway. Nature Neuroscience 7: 968-973, 2004. [PDF]       Newton, J.R. and Sur, M. Rewiring cortex functional visual plasticity in the auditory cortex during development. In "Plasticity of the central auditory system and processing of complex acoustic signals" ed., J. Syka and M.M. Merzenich, 2004 [PDF]     Sur, M. Rewiring cortex: Cross-modal plasticity and its implications for cortical development and function. "Handbook of Multisensory Processing", B. Stein, ed., MIT Press, 2004. [PDF]       Newton, J.R. and Sur, M. Plasticity of cerebral cortex in development. Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, 2004.pdf [PDF]       papers 2003       Sharma, J., Dragoi, V., Tenenbaum, J.B., Miller, E.K. and Sur, M. V1 neurons signal acquisition of an internal representation of stimulus location. Science 300: 1758-1763, 2003. [PDF]       Leamey, C.A., Ho-Pao, C. and Sur, M. The role of calcineurin in activity dependent pattern formation in the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus of the ferret. Journal of Neurobiology 56: 153-162, 2003. [PDF]       Marino, J., Schummers, J. and Sur, M. Combinacion de nuevas tecnicas electrofisiologicas y de imagen en el estudio de la funcion de la coteza visual primaria. Revisitia de Nuerologica 36: 944-950, 2003. [PDF]       Sur, M., and Jayadeva. Cognitive science: sensation, perception and learning. Editorial, special issue on cognitive science, IETE Journal of Research 49: 73-75, 2003. [PDF]       Dragoi, V., Sharma, J. and Sur, M. Response plasticity in primary visual cortex and its role in vision and visuomotor behavior: Bottom up and top-down influences of orientation processing in adult visual cortex. IETE Journal of Research 49: 77-85, 2003. [PDF]     Dragoi, V. and Sur, M. Plasticity of orientation processing in adult visual cortex. "The Visual Neurosciences", L.M. Chalupa and J.S. Werner,eds., MIT Press, 1654-1664, 2003. [PDF]       Majewska, A. and Sur, M. Motility of dendritic spines in visual cortex in vivo: changes during the critical period and effects of visual deprivation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 100: 16024-16029, 2003. [PDF]       papers 2002       Schummers, J., Dragoi, V. and Sur, M. Cortical plasticity: Time for a change Current Biology 12: R168-R170, 2002. [PDF]       Dragoi, V., Sharma, J., MIller, E.K. and Sur, M. Dynamics of neuronal selectivity in primate visual cortex underlying local feature discrimination. Nature Neuroscience . 5: 883-891, 2002. [PDF]       Schummers, J., Marino, J. and Sur, M. Synaptic integration by V1 neurons depends on location within the orientation map. Neuron 36: 969-978, 2002. [PDF]         **see commentary by Edward M. Callaway: Orientation tuning--a crooked path to the straight and narrow. Neuron 5:783-785, 2002. [PDF]       Leamey, C.A. and Sur, M. The thalamus: A new proposal. Neuron 34: 507-508, 2002. [PDF]       Lyckman, A. and Sur, M. The role of afferent activity in the development of cortical specification. "Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation, Vol. 39 ", C. Hohmann, ed., Springer-Verlag, pp. 139-156, 2002.[PDF]       Somers, D., Dragoi, V. and Sur, M. Orientation selectivity and its modulation by local and long-range connections in visual cortex. "The Cat Primary Visual Cortex", A. Peters and B. Payne, eds., Academic Press, pp 471-520, 2002.       Dragoi, V., Rivadulla, C. and Sur, M. Contributions of ascending thalamic and local intracortical connections to visual cortical function. "Virtual Lesions: Understanding perception and behavior with reversible deactivactivation techniques", S. Lomber and R. Galuske, eds., Oxford University Press, pp. 41-60, 2002.[PDF]       papers 2001       Dragoi, V., Turcu, C. and Sur, M. Stability of cortical responses and the statistics of natural scenes. Neuron 32: 1181-1192, 2001. [PDF]       Hohnke, C.D., and Sur, M. Neural activity and the development of brain circuits. In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, London: Nature Publishing Group, vol. 13, pp. 19-27, 2001. [PDF]       Lyckman, A., Jhaveri,S., Feldheim,D., Vanderhaeghen, P., Flanagan, J. and Sur, M. Enhanced plasticity of retinothalamic projections in an ephrin-A2/A5 double mutant. J. Neuroscience 21(19): 7684-7690, 2001. [PDF]       Sur, M. Cortical development: Transplantation and rewiring studies. In: International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences 4: 2837-2842, 2001. [PDF]       Leamey, C., Ho-Pao., C. and Sur, M. Disruption of retinogeniculate pattern formation by inhibition of soluble guanylyl cyclase. J. Neuroscience 21(11): 3871-3880, 2001. [PDF]       Dragoi, V., Rivadulla, C. and Sur, M. Foci of orientation plasticity in visual cortex. Nature 411: 80-86, 2001. [PDF]       Rivadulla, C., J. Sharma and Sur, M. Specific roles of NMDA and AMPA receptors in direction-selective and spatial phase-selective responses in visual cortex. J. Neuroscience 21: 1710-1719, 2001. [PDF]       Leamey, C. and Sur, M. Development and plasticity of cortical areas and networks. Nature Reviews Neurosci. 2:251-262, 2001. [PDF]       Weng, J., McClelland, J., Pentland,A., Sporns,O., Stockman,I., Sur, M. and Thelen, E.. Autonomous mental development by robots and animals. Science 291: 599-600, 2001.       papers 2000       Hohnke, C.D., Oray, S. and Sur, M. Activity-dependent patterning of retinogeniculate axons proceeds with a constant contribution from AMPA and NMDA receptors. J. Neuroscience 20: 8051-8060, 2000. [PDF]       Dragoi, V., Sharma, J. and Sur, M. Adaptation-induced plasticity of orientation tuning in primary visual cortex. Neuron 28:287-298, 2000. [PDF]       Angelucci, A., Sharma, J. and Sur, M. Modifiability of neocortical connections and function during development. In: "The Mutable Brain", J.H. Kaas, ed, Harwood Academic Publishers, pp 351-392, 2000.       Dragoi, V., and Sur, M. Dynamic properties of recurrent inhibition in primary visual cortex: Contrast and orientation dependence of contextual effects. J. Neurophysiol. 83: 1019-1030, 2000. [PDF]       Von Melchner, L., Pallas, S.L. and Sur, M. Visual behavior mediated by retinal projections directed to the auditory pathway. Nature 404:871-876, 2000. [PDF]       Sharma, J., Angelucci, A. and Sur, M. Induction of visual orientation modules in auditory cortex. Nature 404:841-847, 2000. [PDF]