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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1988 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

David M. Berson is affiliated with Brown University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable contributions to subfields including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Ophthalmology, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The main topics covered in their work include Retinal Development and Disorders, Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research, Circadian Rhythm and Melatonin, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Neuroscience and Neural Engineering, Neural Dynamics and Brain Function, and Retinal Diseases and Treatments.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by David M. Berson include the following:

  • Rapid multi-directed cholinergic transmission in the central nervous system, 2021, Nature Communications
  • A circuit suppressing retinal drive to the optokinetic system during fast image motion, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Luxotonic signals in human prefrontal cortex as a possible substrate for effects of light on mood and cognition, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Hierarchical retinal computations rely on hybrid chemical-electrical signaling, 2023, Cell Reports
  • Organization and emergence of a mixed GABA-glycine retinal circuit that provides inhibition to mouse ON-sustained alpha retinal ganglion cells, 2021, Cell Reports

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Gautam B. Awatramani
  • Tiffany Zhao
  • Megan L. Leyrer
  • Santhosh Sethuramanujam
  • Shai Sabbah

The scientist has published frequently in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cell Reports
  • Nature Communications
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

David M. Berson's work covers a broad spectrum of neuroscience topics, with an emphasis on retinal biology and neural signaling mechanisms. Their investigations into cholinergic transmission, retinal circuits, and the impact of light on mood and cognition contribute to ongoing research in visual and neural system functions.

Recognized by the scientific community, they have been awarded fellowships including:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2008
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1988

Best Publications

  • Phototransduction by retinal ganglion cells that set the circadian clock.

    David M. Berson;Felice A. Dunn;Motoharu Takao

  • Melanopsin-Containing Retinal Ganglion Cells: Architecture, Projections, and Intrinsic Photosensitivity

    S. Hattar;H.-W. Liao;M. Takao;D. M. Berson

  • Measuring and using light in the melanopsin age

    Robert J. Lucas;Stuart N. Peirson;David M. Berson;Timothy M. Brown

  • Central projections of melanopsin-expressing retinal ganglion cells in the mouse

    Samer Hattar;Monica Kumar;Alexander Park;Patrick Tong

  • Diminished pupillary light reflex at high irradiances in melanopsin-knockout mice

    R. J. Lucas;S. Hattar;M. Takao;D. M. Berson

  • Melanopsin cells are the principal conduits for rod–cone input to non-image-forming vision

    Ali D. Güler;Jennifer L. Ecker;Gurprit S. Lall;Shafiqul Haq

  • Melanopsin-expressing retinal ganglion-cell photoreceptors: cellular diversity and role in pattern vision

    Jennifer L. Ecker;Olivia N. Dumitrescu;Kwoon Y. Wong;Nazia M. Alam

  • Strange vision : ganglion cells as circadian photoreceptors

    David M. Berson

  • Induction of photosensitivity by heterologous expression of melanopsin

    Xudong Qiu;Tida Kumbalasiri;Stephanie M. Carlson;Kwoon Y. Wong

  • Light Affects Mood and Learning through Distinct Retina-Brain Pathways

    Diego Carlos Fernandez;P. Michelle Fogerson;Lorenzo Lazzerini Ospri;Michael B. Thomsen

  • Intraretinal signaling by ganglion cell photoreceptors to dopaminergic amacrine neurons

    Dao Qi Zhang;Kwoon Y. Wong;Patricia J. Sollars;David M. Berson

  • Synaptic influences on rat ganglion‐cell photoreceptors

    Kwoon Y. Wong;Felice A. Dunn;Dustin M. Graham;David M. Berson

  • Morphology and mosaics of melanopsin‐expressing retinal ganglion cell types in mice

    David M. Berson;Ana Maria Castrucci;Ana Maria Castrucci;Ignacio Provencio

  • Photoreceptor Adaptation in Intrinsically Photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cells

    Kwoon Y. Wong;Felice A. Dunn;David M. Berson

  • Form and Function of the M4 Cell, an Intrinsically Photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cell Type Contributing to Geniculocortical Vision

    M. E. Estevez;P. M. Fogerson;M. C. Ilardi;B. G. Borghuis

  • Histochemical identification and afferent connections of subdivisions in the lateralis posterior-pulvinar complex and related thalamic nuclei in the cat

    Ann M. Graybiel;D.M. Berson

  • Phototransduction in ganglion-cell photoreceptors.

    David M. Berson

  • Intrinsic physiological properties of cat retinal ganglion cells

    Brendan J. O'Brien;Tomoki Isayama;Randal Richardson;David M. Berson

  • Melanopsin ganglion cells use a membrane-associated rhabdomeric phototransduction cascade.

    Dustin M. Graham;Kwoon Y. Wong;Peter Shapiro;Courtney Frederick

  • Parallel thalamic zones in the LP-pulvinar complex of the cat identified by their afferent and efferent connections

    David M. Berson;Ann M. Graybiel

Frequent Co-Authors

Samer Hattar
Samer Hattar National Institutes of Health
Robert J. Lucas
Robert J. Lucas University of Manchester
Andrew D. Huberman
Andrew D. Huberman Stanford University
Yulong Li
Yulong Li Peking University
Jerome N. Sanes
Jerome N. Sanes Brown University
J. Michael McIntosh
J. Michael McIntosh University of Utah
Gary E. Pickard
Gary E. Pickard University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Jonathan B. Demb
Jonathan B. Demb Yale University
Glen T. Prusky
Glen T. Prusky Cornell University

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