Abstract

The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute is a private non-profit organization dedicated to research in vision and visual disorders. The research program at Smith-Kettlewell includes studies of oculomotor processing, binocularity, measurement and computational modeling of human ocular alignment, motion processing, visual development in human infants, amblyopia. non-invasive procedures for measuring human retinal function, computational studies of texture and symmetry processing development of retinal functions, optic neuritis, vision in the aging eye, and the genetics of ARM and of strabismus. Continued support is requested for the Electronics Services Module (hardware design implementation and maintenance) and for the Computer Software Services Module (software evaluation, development and maintenance). Support is also requested for a new Histology Services Module to meet the needs of the growing number of investigators here in the neurosciences. These services are an integral part of the resources of this institution, providing assistance to both on-going and pilot projects, and encouraging the collaborative arrangements that have long been a defining characteristic of research at Smith-Kettlewell.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Eye Institute (NEI)
Type
Center Core Grants (P30)
Project #
5P30EY006883-12
Application #
2444313
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (SRC (01))
Project Start
1986-07-01
Project End
2001-06-30
Budget Start
1997-07-01
Budget End
1998-06-30
Support Year
12
Fiscal Year
1997
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
San Francisco
State
CA
Country
United States
Zip Code
94115

  Publications

Kasamatsu, Takuji; Miller, Rich; Zhu, Zhao et al. (2010) Collinear facilitation is independent of receptive-field expansion at low contrast. Exp Brain Res 201:453-65
Song, Joo-Hyun; McPeek, Robert M (2010) Roles of narrow- and broad-spiking dorsal premotor area neurons in reach target selection and movement production. J Neurophysiol 103:2124-38
Ales, Justin M; Yates, Jacob L; Norcia, Anthony M (2010) V1 is not uniquely identified by polarity reversals of responses to upper and lower visual field stimuli. Neuroimage 52:1401-9
McKee, Suzanne P; Taylor, Douglas G (2010) The precision of binocular and monocular depth judgments in natural settings. J Vis 10:5
Song, Joo-Hyun; McPeek, Robert M (2009) Eye-hand coordination during target selection in a pop-out visual search. J Neurophysiol 102:2681-92
Petrov, Yury; McKee, Suzanne P (2009) The time course of contrast masking reveals two distinct mechanisms of human surround suppression. J Vis 9:21.1-11
Verghese, Preeti; McKee, Suzanne P (2002) Predicting future motion. J Vis 2:413-23
Kasamatsu, T; Polat, U; Pettet, M W et al. (2001) Colinear facilitation promotes reliability of single-cell responses in cat striate cortex. Exp Brain Res 138:163-72
Hood, D C; Bearse Jr, M A; Sutter, E E et al. (2001) The optic nerve head component of the monkey's (Macaca mulatta) multifocal electroretinogram (mERG). Vision Res 41:2029-41
Kitano, M; Kasamatsu, T; Norcia, A M et al. (1995) Spatially distributed responses induced by contrast reversal in cat visual cortex. Exp Brain Res 104:297-309

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