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Martha E. Bickford is affiliated with the University of Louisville in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant emphasis on cellular and molecular neuroscience as well as cognitive neuroscience. They have contributed to studies in molecular biology and sensory systems.

The scholar has investigated a range of topics, including neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, retinal development and disorders, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, neural dynamics and brain function, memory and neural mechanisms, and olfactory and sensory function studies.

Recent publications by Martha E. Bickford include the following works:

  • Unraveling circuits of visual perception and cognition through the superior colliculus, 2021, published in Neuron
  • Synaptic properties of the feedback connections from the thalamic reticular nucleus to the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus, 2020, published in Journal of Neurophysiology
  • The organization of cholinergic projections in the visual thalamus of the mouse, 2021, published in The Journal of Comparative Neurology
  • The parabigeminal nucleus is a source of "retinogeniculate replacement terminals" in mice that lack retinofugal input, 2022, published in The Journal of Comparative Neurology
  • Synaptic properties of mouse tecto-parabigeminal pathways, 2023, published in Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

The venues where Martha E. Bickford has most frequently published include:

  • The Journal of Comparative Neurology
  • Neuron
  • Journal of Neurophysiology
  • Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
  • Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Neuroscience

Frequent co-authors in Martha E. Bickford's research include:

  • William Guido
  • Sean P. Masterson
  • Kyle L. Whyland
  • Arkadiusz S. Slusarczyk
  • Govin Govindaiah

Best Publications

  • Immunocytochemistry and distribution of parabrachial terminals in the lateral geniculate nucleus of the cat: a comparison with corticogeniculate terminals.

    Alev Erişir;Susan C. Van Horn;Martha E. Bickford;S. Murray Sherman

  • Unraveling circuits of visual perception and cognition through the superior colliculus

    Michele A. Basso;Martha E. Bickford;Jianhua Cang

  • Retinal and Tectal "Driver-Like" Inputs Converge in the Shell of the Mouse Dorsal Lateral Geniculate Nucleus.

    Martha E. Bickford;Na Zhou;Thomas E. Krahe;Gubbi Govindaiah

  • Pulvinar projections to the striatum and amygdala in the tree shrew.

    Jonathan D. Day-Brown;Haiyang Wei;Ranida D. Chomsung;Heywood M. Petry

  • Synaptic development of the mouse dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus.

    Martha E. Bickford;Arkadiusz Slusarczyk;Emily K. Dilger;Thomas E. Krahe

  • Evidence that cholinergic axons from the parabrachial region of the brainstem are the exclusive source of nitric oxide in the lateral geniculate nucleus of the cat.

    M. E. Bickford;A. E. Günlük;W. Guido;S. Murray Sherman

  • A GABAergic projection from the pretectum to the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus in the cat

    J.B. Cucchiaro;M.E. Bickford;S.M. Sherman

  • The mouse pulvinar nucleus: Organization of the tectorecipient zones.

    N A Zhou;Phillip S Maire;Sean P Masterson;Martha E Bickford

  • Two distinct types of corticothalamic EPSPs and their contribution to short-term synaptic plasticity.

    Jianli Li;William Guido;Martha E. Bickford

  • Thalamic Circuit Diversity: Modulation of the Driver/Modulator Framework

    Martha E Bickford

  • GABAergic projection from the basal forebrain to the visual sector of the thalamic reticular nucleus in the cat

    M. E. Bickford;A. E. Günlük;S. C. van Horn;S. M. Sherman

  • Neurofilament Proteins in Y-Cells of the Cat Lateral Geniculate Nucleus: Normal Expression and Alteration with Visual Deprivation

    Martha E. Bickford;William Guido;Dwayne W. Godwin

  • Synaptic targets of thalamic reticular nucleus terminals in the visual thalamus of the cat.

    Siting Wang;Martha E. Bickford;Susan C. van Horn;Alev Erisir

  • Collateral projections of predorsal bundle cells of the superior colliculus in the rat

    Martha E. Bickford;William C. Hall

  • The Mouse Pulvinar Nucleus Links the Lateral Extrastriate Cortex, Striatum, and Amygdala

    Na Zhou;Sean P. Masterson;James K. Damron;William Guido

  • Neurotransmitters contained in the subcortical extraretinal inputs to the monkey lateral geniculate nucleus.

    M E Bickford;E Ramcharan;D W Godwin;A Erişir

  • Comparison of the ultrastructure of cortical and retinal terminals in the rat dorsal lateral geniculate and lateral posterior nuclei.

    Jianli Li;Siting Wang;Martha E. Bickford

  • Cortical function: a view from the thalamus.

    Michele A. Basso;Daniel Uhlrich;Martha E. Bickford

  • The nigral projection to predorsal bundle cells in the superior colliculus of the rat.

    M. E. Bickford;W. C. Hall

  • Relative distribution of synapses in the pulvinar nucleus of the cat: implications regarding the "driver/modulator" theory of thalamic function.

    Siting Wang;Michael A. Eisenback;Martha E. Bickford

  • Ultrastructure and synaptic targets of tectothalamic terminals in the cat lateral posterior nucleus

    Larry R. Kelly;Jianli Li;W. Breckinridge Carden;Martha E. Bickford

  • Ultrastructural examination of diffuse and specific tectopulvinar projections in the tree shrew.

    Ranida D. Chomsung;Heywood M. Petry;Martha E. Bickford

Frequent Co-Authors

William Guido
William Guido University of Louisville
S. Murray Sherman
S. Murray Sherman University of Chicago
Alev Erisir
Alev Erisir University of Virginia
Brett R. Schofield
Brett R. Schofield Northeast Ohio Medical University
William C. Hall
William C. Hall Duke University
Michele A. Basso
Michele A. Basso University of California, Los Angeles
Jon H. Kaas
Jon H. Kaas Vanderbilt University
Paul J. May
Paul J. May University of Mississippi Medical Center
Karen L. Gamble
Karen L. Gamble University of Alabama at Birmingham
Gerald W. Zamponi
Gerald W. Zamponi University of Calgary

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