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Douglas R. Wylie

Douglas R. Wylie

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Neuroscience

D-Index
46
Citations
6272
World Ranking
6777
National Ranking
399

Overview

Douglas R. Wylie is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with particular attention to visual perception and processing mechanisms, retinal development and disorders, animal behavior and reproduction, vestibular and auditory disorders, primate behavior and ecology, bat biology and ecology studies, and paleontology and evolutionary biology.

The main fields of study encompass neuroscience, supported by subfields such as cognitive neuroscience, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, molecular biology, neurology, and social psychology.

Wylie's publication record includes numerous papers in well-known scientific journals. Frequent venues for their work are:

  • The Journal of Comparative Neurology
  • Brain Behavior and Evolution
  • Journal of Comparative Physiology A
  • Current Biology
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Recent published papers include:

  • Sensory systems in birds: What we have learned from studying sensory specialists (2020, The Journal of Comparative Neurology)
  • A quantitative analysis of cerebellar anatomy in birds (2021, Brain Structure and Function)
  • Response properties of optic flow neurons in the accessory optic system of hummingbirds versus zebra finches and pigeons (2021, Journal of Neurophysiology)
  • Specializations in optic flow encoding in the pretectum of hummingbirds and zebra finches (2022, Current Biology)
  • Online repositories of photographs and videos provide insights into the evolution of skilled hindlimb movements in birds (2023, Communications Biology)

Frequent co-authors working alongside Wylie include Cristián Gutiérrez-Ibáñez, Andrew N. Iwaniuk, Douglas L. Altshuler, Andrea H. Gaede, and Felipe Cunha, reflecting collaborations across multiple studies.

Best Publications

  • More on climbing fiber signals and their consequence(s)

    J. I. Simpson;D. R. W. Wylie;C.I. De Zeeuw

  • Projections of individual purkinje cells of identified zones in the flocculus to the vestibular and cerebellar nuclei in the rabbit

    D. R. Wylie;C. I. De Zeeuw;C. I. De Zeeuw;P. L. Digiorgi;J. I. Simpson

  • Cerebellar Modules and Their Role as Operational Cerebellar Processing Units

    Richard Apps;Richard Hawkes;Sho Aoki;Sho Aoki;Fredrik Bengtsson

  • Phase Relations of Purkinje Cells in the Rabbit Flocculus During Compensatory Eye Movements

    C. I. De Zeeuw;D. R. Wylie;J. S. Stahl;J. I. Simpson

  • The processing of object and self-motion in the tectofugal and accessory optic pathways of birds

    B.J. Frost;D.R. Wylie;Y.-C. Wang

  • Responses of pigeon vestibulocerebellar neurons to optokinetic stimulation. II. The 3-dimensional reference frame of rotation neurons in the flocculus

    Douglas R. Wylie;Barrie J. Frost

  • Common reference frame for neural coding of translational and rotational optic flow

    D. R. W. Wylie;W. F. Bischof;B. J. Frost

  • A dissociation of motion and spatial-pattern vision in the avian telencephalon: implications for the evolution of "visual streams".

    Angela P. Nguyen;Marcia L. Spetch;Nathan A. Crowder;Ian R. Winship

  • Diversity in olfactory bulb size in birds reflects allometry, ecology, and phylogeny

    Jeremy R. Corfield;Jeremy R. Corfield;Kasandra Price;Andrew N. Iwaniuk;Cristian I. Gutierrez-Ibanez

  • The optic tectum of birds: mapping our way to understanding visual processing.

    Douglas R. W. Wylie;Cristian Gutierrez-Ibanez;Janelle M. P. Pakan;Andrew N. Iwaniuk

  • The pigeon optokinetic system: visual input in extraocular muscle coordinates.

    Douglas R. W. Wylie;Barrie J. Frost

  • Relative Wulst volume is correlated with orbit orientation and binocular visual field in birds

    Andrew N. Iwaniuk;Christopher P. Heesy;Margaret I. Hall;Douglas R. W. Wylie

  • Functional and anatomical organization of floccular zones: a preserved feature in vertebrates.

    Jan Voogd;Douglas R.W. Wylie

  • Spatiotemporal properties of fast and slow neurons in the pretectal nucleus lentiformis mesencephali in pigeons.

    Douglas R. W. Wylie;Nathan A. Crowder

  • Association between dendritic lamellar bodies and complex spike synchrony in the olivocerebellar system

    C. I. De Zeeuw;C. I. De Zeeuw;S.K.E. Koekkoek;S.K.E. Koekkoek;D.R.W. Wylie;D.R.W. Wylie;J. I. Simpson

  • Comparative Morphology of the Avian Cerebellum: I. Degree of Foliation

    Andrew N. Iwaniuk;Peter L. Hurd;Douglas R.W. Wylie

  • RESPONSES OF NEURONS IN THE NUCLEUS OF THE BASAL OPTIC ROOT TO TRANSLATIONAL AND ROTATIONAL FLOWFIELDS

    Douglas R. W. Wylie;Barrie J. Frost

  • The evolution of stereopsis and the Wulst in caprimulgiform birds: a comparative analysis

    Andrew N. Iwaniuk;Douglas R. W. Wylie

  • The visual response properties of neurons in the nucleus of the basal optic root of the pigeon: a quantitative analysis

    D. R. Wylie;B. J. Frost

  • Eye shape and retinal topography in owls (Aves: Strigiformes).

    Thomas J Lisney;Andrew N Iwaniuk;Mischa V Bandet;Douglas R Wylie

  • CANADIAN LABORATORIES / LABORATOIRES CANADIENS The Optic Tectum of Birds: Mapping Our Way to Understanding Visual Processing

    Douglas R. W. Wylie;Cristian Gutierrez-Ibanez;Janelle M. P. Pakan;Andrew N. Iwaniuk

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew N. Iwaniuk
Andrew N. Iwaniuk University of Lethbridge
Christopher R. Madan
Christopher R. Madan University of Nottingham
Marcia L. Spetch
Marcia L. Spetch University of Alberta
Richard Hawkes
Richard Hawkes University of Calgary
Roy V. Sillitoe
Roy V. Sillitoe Baylor College of Medicine
Kazuo Okanoya
Kazuo Okanoya University of Tokyo
Toshikazu Hasegawa
Toshikazu Hasegawa University of Tokyo
Bridget M. Lumb
Bridget M. Lumb University of Bristol
Walter Wilczynski
Walter Wilczynski Georgia State University
Seppo Rytkönen
Seppo Rytkönen University of Oulu

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