Matteo Carandini 2924778 223275537 2008-07-03T10:45:39Z Rjwilmsi 203434 gen + birth/death date fixes per [[Wikipedia:DATE#Dates_of_birth_and_death|MOS]] using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] '''Matteo Carandini''' (born [[1967]]) is a contemporary [[neuroscientist]] who studies the [[visual system]]. After holding positions in [[Zurich]] (1999-2002) and in [[San Francisco]] (2002-2008), he is currently a Professor at [[University College London]]. His studies focus on the [[lateral geniculate nucleus]] and on the [[visual cortex]] (V1). In the 1990s, working with [[David Heeger]] and [[J Anthony Movshon]] he refined and provided evidence for Heeger's [[normalization model]] of V1 responses. Together with [[David Ferster]] he discovered that prolonged visual stimulation causes a tonic hyperpolarization in V1 [[neurons]]. More recent work concerns the characterization of fast adaptive mechanisms in the responses of the early [[visual system]], a comparison with the properties of natural images and a test of the resulting models in the responses to complex natural stimuli. ==Most cited papers== *Anderson, JS; Carandini, M; Ferster, D "Orientation Tuning Of Input Conductance, Excitation, and Inhibition In Cat Primary Visual Cortex" Journal Of Neurophysiology, 84 (2): 909-926 Aug 2000. *Carandini, M; Ferster, D. "Title: Membrane Potential And Firing Rate In Cat Primary Visual Cortex Journal Of Neuroscience, 20 (1): 470-484 Jan 1 2000. *Carandini, M; Heeger, DJ; Movshon, JA"Linearity And Normalization In Simple Cells Of The Macaque Primary Visual Cortex" Journal Of Neuroscience, 17 (21): 8621-8644 Nov 1 1997. *Carandini, M; Ferster, D "A Tonic Hyperpolarization Underlying Contrast Adaptation In Cat Visual Cortex." Science, 276 (5314): 949-952 May 9 1997. *Carandini, M; Heeger, Dj. "Summation And Division By Neurons In Primate Visual-Cortex". Science, 264 (5163): 1333-1336 May 27 1994. ==External links== *[http://www.carandinilab.net Home page ] *[http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=author%3A%22m+carandini%22& Bibliography] {{DEFAULTSORT:Carandini, Matteo}} [[Category:1967 births|Carandini, Matteo]] [[Category:Carandini family]] [[Category:Living people|Carandini, Matteo]] [[Category:Neuroscientists|Carandini, Matteo]] {{neuro-stub}} {{scientist-stub}}