Tomokazu Oshiro

 

Contact Information

  • Meliora 172
  • Brain & Cognitive Sciences
  • University of Rochester
  • Rochester, NY 14627-0268
  • (585) 275-1497 (office)

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Education

1998 PhD, University of Tokyo, Japan

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Research Overview

My interests include development of the thalamo-cortical and intra-cortical connections underlying the orientation/direction selectivity and ocular dominance in visual cortex.

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Selected Publications

  • Ohshiro, T and Weliky, M. Simple fall-off pattern of correlated neural activity in the developing lateral geniculate nucleus. Nature Neuroscience 9, 1541-1548 (2006).
  • Ohshiro, T and Weliky, M.  Subplate neurons foster inhibition. Neuron 51, 524-526 (2006) review.
  • Ohshiro T, Yagami T, Zhang C, Matsuzaki F. Role of cortical tumour-suppressor proteins in asymmetric division of Drosophila neuroblast. Nature 408, 593-596(2000).

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