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Kathleen S. Rockland

Kathleen S. Rockland

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Neuroscience

D-Index
57
Citations
13476
World Ranking
4314
National Ranking
1956

Overview

Kathleen S. Rockland is affiliated with Boston University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of neuroscience. Their research encompasses multiple subfields including cognitive neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, developmental neuroscience, neurology, and molecular biology, with a total of 54 publications focused on neuroscience overall.

The scientist's primary areas of study include neural dynamics and brain function, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, functional brain connectivity studies, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, visual perception and processing mechanisms, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, and memory and neural mechanisms.

Rockland has published numerous papers in notable journals, with a focus on brain structure and function. Their recent publications include:

  • What we can learn from the complex architecture of single axons, 2020, Brain Structure and Function
  • The angular gyrus: a special issue on its complex anatomy and function, 2022, Brain Structure and Function

Frequent co-authors in Rockland's research include Zoltán Molnár, Javier DeFelipe, Stephanie J. Forkel, Tim B. Dyrby, and Kurt G. Schilling. Collaboration with these researchers appears consistently across multiple publications, indicating ongoing research partnerships.

The scientist's work has been published predominantly in the following venues:

  • Brain Structure and Function
  • The Journal of Comparative Neurology
  • Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
  • Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Their research covers a broad range of topics that contribute to understanding the brain's organization and function through various experimental and theoretical approaches. These topics include:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Functional brain connectivity studies
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • EEG and brain-computer interfaces
  • Memory and neural mechanisms

Best Publications

  • Petilla terminology: nomenclature of features of GABAergic interneurons of the cerebral cortex

    Giorgio A. Ascoli;Lidia Alonso-Nanclares;Stewart A. Anderson;German Barrionuevo

  • Laminar origins and terminations of cortical connections of the occipital lobe in the rhesus monkey.

    Kathleen S. Rockland;Deepak N. Pandya

  • New insights into the classification and nomenclature of cortical GABAergic interneurons

    Javier DeFelipe;Pedro L. López-Cruz;Ruth Benavides-Piccione;Ruth Benavides-Piccione;Concha Bielza

  • Intrinsic laminar lattice connections in primate visual cortex

    Kathleen S. Rockland;Jennifer S. Lund

  • Multisensory convergence in calcarine visual areas in macaque monkey

    Kathleen S. Rockland;Hisayuki Ojima

  • Widespread periodic intrinsic connections in the tree shrew visual cortex

    Kathleen S. Rockland;Jennifer S. Lund

  • Mapping Social Behavior-Induced Brain Activation at Cellular Resolution in the Mouse

    Yongsoo Kim;Kannan Umadevi Venkataraju;Kith Pradhan;Carolin Mende

  • Terminal arbors of individual “Feedback” axons projecting from area V2 to V1 in the macaque monkey: A study using immunohistochemistry of anterogradely transported Phaseolus vulgaris-leucoagglutinin

    Kathleen S. Rockland;Agnes Virga

  • Direct Temporal-Occipital Feedback Connections to Striate Cortex (V1) in the Macaque Monkey

    Kathleen S. Rockland;Gary W. Van Hoesen

  • Anatomical banding of intrinsic connections in striate cortex of tree shrews (Tupaia glis)

    K. S. Rockland;J. S. Lund;A. L. Humphrey

  • Divergent feedback connections from areas V4 and TEO in the macaque

    Kathleen S. Rockland;Kadharbatcha S. Saleem;Keiji Tanaka

  • Cortical connections of the occipital lobe in the rhesus monkey: interconnections between areas 17, 18, 19 and the superior temporal sulcus.

    Kathleen S. Rockland;Kathleen S. Rockland;Deepak N. Pandya;Deepak N. Pandya

  • Long-distance corticocortical GABAergic neurons in the adult monkey white and gray matter

    Ryohei Tomioka;Kathleen S. Rockland;Kathleen S. Rockland

  • Comparative Analysis of Layer-Specific Genes in Mammalian Neocortex

    Akiya Watakabe;Noritaka Ichinohe;Sonoko Ohsawa;Tsutomu Hashikawa

  • Some Temporal and Parietal Cortical Connections Converge in CA1 of the Primate Hippocampus

    Kathleen S. Rockland;Gary W. Van Hoesen

  • GABAergic projections from the hippocampus to the retrosplenial cortex in the rat.

    Toshio Miyashita;Kathleen S. Rockland;Kathleen S. Rockland

  • Organization of individual cortical axons projecting from area V1 (area 17) to V2 (area 18) in the macaque monkey.

    Kathleen S. Rockland;Agnes Virga

  • Expression of COUP-TFII Nuclear Receptor in Restricted GABAergic Neuronal Populations in the Adult Rat Hippocampus

    Pablo Fuentealba;Thomas Klausberger;Theofanis Karayannis;Wai Yee Suen

  • Two types of corticopulvinar terminations: Round (type 2) and elongate (type 1)

    Kathleen S. Rockland

  • The genome sequence of the spontaneously hypertensive rat: Analysis and functional significance

    Santosh S Atanur;Inanç Birol;Victor Guryev;Martin Hirst

  • Some thoughts on cortical minicolumns.

    Kathleen S. Rockland;Noritaka Ichinohe

  • Anatomical organization of primary visual cortex (area 17) in the ferret.

    Kathleen S. Rockland

Frequent Co-Authors

Javier DeFelipe
Javier DeFelipe Technical University of Madrid
Deepak N. Pandya
Deepak N. Pandya Boston University
Tamás F. Freund
Tamás F. Freund Institute of Experimental Medicine
Patrick R. Hof
Patrick R. Hof Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Rafael Yuste
Rafael Yuste Columbia University
Tsutomu Hashikawa
Tsutomu Hashikawa RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Alex M. Thomson
Alex M. Thomson University College London
Gary W. Van Hoesen
Gary W. Van Hoesen University of Iowa
Peter Somogyi
Peter Somogyi University of Oxford

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