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Harvey A. Swadlow is affiliated with the University of Connecticut in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Neuroscience with a focus on cognitive and cellular and molecular neuroscience. The scientist's work intersects several specialized areas including cognitive neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, electrical and electronic engineering, and molecular biology.

The main topics of research covered by Swadlow include:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Advanced memory and neural computing
  • Neuroscience and neural engineering
  • Neurobiology and insect physiology research
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research

The scientist has published numerous papers in several prominent venues, most notably:

  • Journal of Neuroscience (3 publications)
  • eLife (1 publication)
  • Current Biology (1 publication)

Recent papers by Harvey A. Swadlow include:

  • "Three rules govern thalamocortical connectivity of fast-spike inhibitory interneurons in the visual cortex," 2020, eLife
  • "Modeling the Short-Term Dynamics of in Vivo Excitatory Spike Transmission," 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
  • "Visual Corticotectal Neurons in Awake Rabbits: Receptive Fields and Driving Monosynaptic Thalamocortical Inputs," 2024, Journal of Neuroscience
  • "Retinal direction of motion is reliably transmitted to visual cortex through highly selective thalamocortical connections," 2024, Current Biology
  • "Fast-Spike Interneurons in Visual Cortical Layer 5: Heterogeneous Response Properties Are Related to Thalamocortical Connectivity," 2024, Journal of Neuroscience

Swadlow collaborates frequently with several researchers throughout their career. Notable coauthors include:

  • Yulia Bereshpolova
  • José-Manuel Alonso
  • Chuyi Su
  • Rosangela F Mendes-Platt
  • Xiaojuan Hei

Best Publications

  • The impact of 'bursting' thalamic impulses at a neocortical synapse

    Harvey A. Swadlow;Alexander G. Gusev;Alexander G. Gusev

  • Fast-spike Interneurons and Feedforward Inhibition in Awake Sensory Neocortex

    Harvey A. Swadlow

  • Task difficulty modulates the activity of specific neuronal populations in primary visual cortex.

    Yao Chen;Susana Martinez-Conde;Stephen L Macknik;Yulia Bereshpolova

  • Efferent neurons and suspected interneurons in S-1 vibrissa cortex of the awake rabbit : receptive fields and axonal properties

    Harvey A Swadlow

  • Modulation of Impulse Conduction Along the Axonal Tree

    Harvey A. Swadlow;Jeffery D. Kocsis;Stephen G. Waxman

  • Activation of a Cortical Column by a Thalamocortical Impulse

    Harvey A. Swadlow;Alexander G. Gusev;Alexander G. Gusev;Tatiana Bezdudnaya

  • Population receptive fields of ON and OFF thalamic inputs to an orientation column in visual cortex

    Jianzhong Jin;Yushi Wang;Harvey A Swadlow;Harvey A Swadlow;Jose M Alonso;Jose M Alonso

  • Efferent neurons and suspected interneurons in motor cortex of the awake rabbit: axonal properties, sensory receptive fields, and subthreshold synaptic inputs

    Swadlow Ha

  • Sharp, Local Synchrony Among Putative Feed-Forward Inhibitory Interneurons of Rabbit Somatosensory Cortex

    Harvey A. Swadlow;Irina N. Beloozerova;Mikhail G. Sirota

  • Receptive-field construction in cortical inhibitory interneurons.

    Harvey A. Swadlow;Alexander G. Gusev;Alexander G. Gusev

  • Influence of VPM afferents on putative inhibitory interneurons in S1 of the awake rabbit: evidence from cross-correlation, microstimulation, and latencies to peripheral sensory stimulation

    H. A. Swadlow

  • On and off domains of geniculate afferents in cat primary visual cortex

    Jianzhong Z Jin;Chong Weng;Chun-I Yeh;Chun-I Yeh;Joshua A Gordon;Joshua A Gordon

  • Physiological properties of individual cerebral axons studied in vivo for as long as one year

    H. A. Swadlow

  • Activity of Different Classes of Neurons of the Motor Cortex during Locomotion

    Irina N. Beloozerova;Mikhail G. Sirota;Harvey A. Swadlow

  • Variations in conduction velocity and excitability following single and multiple impulses of visual callosal axons in the rabbit

    Harvey A. Swadlow;Stephen G. Waxman

  • The conduction properties of axons in central white matter

    Stephen G. Waxman;Stephen G. Waxman;Harvey A. Swadlow;Harvey A. Swadlow

  • Thalamic burst mode and inattention in the awake LGNd.

    Tatiana Bezdudnaya;Monica Cano;Yulia Bereshpolova;Carl R. Stoelzel

  • Ultrastructure of visual callosal axons in the rabbit

    Stephen G. Waxman;Harvey A. Swadlow

  • Thalamocortical control of feed–forward inhibition in awake somatosensory ‘barrel’ cortex

    Harvey A . Swadlow

  • Activity of Different Classes of Neurons of the Motor Cortex during Postural Corrections

    Irina N. Beloozerova;Mikhail G. Sirota;Harvey A. Swadlow;Grigori N. Orlovsky

  • Rabbit cingulate cortex: cytoarchitecture, physiological border with visual cortex, and afferent cortical connections of visual, motor, postsubicular, and intracingulate origin.

    Brent A. Vogt;Robert W. Sikes;Harvey A. Swadlow;Theodore G. Weyand

Frequent Co-Authors

Jose-Manuel Alonso
Jose-Manuel Alonso State University of New York College of Optometry
Stephen G. Waxman
Stephen G. Waxman Yale University
Susana Martinez-Conde
Susana Martinez-Conde SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Stephen L. Macknik
Stephen L. Macknik SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Gaute T. Einevoll
Gaute T. Einevoll Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Barry B. Lee
Barry B. Lee Max Planck Society
Edward S. Ruthazer
Edward S. Ruthazer Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Pierre Jolicoeur
Pierre Jolicoeur University of Montreal
Charles L. Cox
Charles L. Cox Michigan State University
Brent A. Vogt
Brent A. Vogt Boston University

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