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Lance M. Optican is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine with specific subfields including Neurology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Ophthalmology.

The scientist's work covers topics such as Vestibular and auditory disorders, Ophthalmology and Eye Disorders, and Glaucoma and retinal disorders.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Lance M. Optican include:

  • "Dysfunctional mode switching between fixation and saccades: collaborative insights into two unusual clinical disorders," 2021, published in Journal of Computational Neuroscience
  • "Preface," 2022, published in Progress in Brain Research

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations comprise:

  • Richard Leigh
  • Janet C. Rucker
  • John-Ross Rizzo
  • Todd E. Hudson
  • Anja K. E. Horn

Their studies have been published in venues including the Journal of Computational Neuroscience and Progress in Brain Research, each featuring one of their works.

Best Publications

  • Cerebellar-dependent adaptive control of primate saccadic system

    L. M. Optican;D. A. Robinson

  • Temporal encoding of two-dimensional patterns by single units in primate inferior temporal cortex. I. Response characteristics.

    B. J. Richmond;L. M. Optican;M. Podell;H. Spitzer

  • Unix-based multiple-process system, for real-time data acquisition and control

    A.V. Hays;B.J. Richmond;L.M. Optican

  • Temporal encoding of two-dimensional patterns by single units in primate inferior temporal cortex. III: Information theoretic analysis

    L. M. Optican;B. J. Richmond

  • Saccade-vergence interactions in humans

    D. S. Zee;E. J. Fitzgibbon;L. M. Optican

  • Temporal encoding of two-dimensional patterns by single units in primate inferior temporal cortex. II: Quantification of response waveform

    B. J. Richmond;L. M. Optican

  • Model of the Control of Saccades by Superior Colliculus and Cerebellum

    Christian Quaia;Christian Quaia;Philippe Lefèvre;Philippe Lefèvre;Lance M. Optican

  • Slow saccades in spinocerebellar degeneration.

    David S. Zee;Lance M. Optican;Jay D. Cook;David A. Robinson

  • Short-latency ocular following responses of monkey. I. Dependence on temporospatial properties of visual input

    F. A. Miles;K. Kawano;L. M. Optican

  • Temporal encoding of two-dimensional patterns by single units in primate primary visual cortex. I. Stimulus-response relations.

    B. J. Richmond;L. M. Optican;H. Spitzer

  • Temporal encoding of two-dimensional patterns by single units in primate primary visual cortex. II. Information transmission

    B. J. Richmond;L. M. Optican

  • What clinical disorders tell us about the neural control of saccadic eye movements

    Stefano Ramat;R. John Leigh;David S. Zee;Lance M. Optican

  • Superior colliculus neurons mediate the dynamic characteristics of saccades.

    D. M. Waitzman;T. P. Ma;L. M. Optican;R. H. Wurtz

  • Role of inferior temporal neurons in visual memory. I. Temporal encoding of information about visual images, recalled images, and behavioral context.

    E. N. Eskandar;B. J. Richmond;L. M. Optican

  • Frequency-selective adaptation: evidence for channels in the vestibulo- ocular reflex?

    SG Lisberger;FA Miles;LM Optican

  • Commutative Saccadic Generator Is Sufficient to Control a 3-D Ocular Plant With Pulleys

    Christian Quaia;Lance M. Optican

  • Concurrent processing and complexity of temporally encoded neuronal messages in visual perception.

    John W. McClurkin;Lance M. Optican;Barry J. Richmond;Timothy J. Gawne

  • Detection, classification, and superposition resolution of action potentials in multiunit single-channel recordings by an on-line real-time neural network

    R. Chandra;L.M. Optican

  • Adaptive response to ocular muscle weakness in human pursuit and saccadic eye movements

    L. M. Optican;D. S. Zee;F. C. Chu

  • Visually induced adaptive changes in primate saccadic oculomotor control signals.

    L. M. Optican;F. A. Miles

  • Optokinetic response in monkey: underlying mechanisms and their sensitivity to long-term adaptive changes in vestibuloocular reflex.

    S G Lisberger;F A Miles;L M Optican;B B Eighmy

  • Superior colliculus neurons provide the saccadic motor error signal

    D. M. Waitzman;T. P. Ma;L. M. Optican;R. H. Wurtz

Frequent Co-Authors

David S. Zee
David S. Zee Johns Hopkins University
Barry J. Richmond
Barry J. Richmond National Institutes of Health
Bruce G. Cumming
Bruce G. Cumming National Institutes of Health
Robert H. Wurtz
Robert H. Wurtz National Institutes of Health
Philippe Lefèvre
Philippe Lefèvre Université Catholique de Louvain
Frederick A. Miles
Frederick A. Miles National Institutes of Health
Lori L. Beason-Held
Lori L. Beason-Held National Institutes of Health
Stephen G. Lisberger
Stephen G. Lisberger Duke University
Emad N. Eskandar
Emad N. Eskandar Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Antonio Federico
Antonio Federico University of Siena

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