What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
His scientific interests lie mostly in Neuroscience, Retinal waves, Retina, Sensory system and Premovement neuronal activity.
His Neuroscience study is mostly concerned with Brain mapping, Visual system, Somatosensory system, Neuroplasticity and Cerebral cortex.
Michael C. Crair has included themes like Synaptic plasticity, Postsynaptic potential, Thalamus, Neurotransmission and Long-term potentiation in his Somatosensory system study.
His Retinal waves study deals with Nervous system intersecting with Neurogenesis, Synaptogenesis and Visual field.
His work carried out in the field of Retina brings together such families of science as Anatomy and Cell biology.
The various areas that Michael C. Crair examines in his Premovement neuronal activity study include Biological neural network, Retinal ganglion cell, Acetylcholine receptor and Retinal ganglion.
His most cited work include:
- A critical period for long-term potentiation at thalamocortical synapses (622 citations)
- The Role of Visual Experience in the Development of Columns in Cat Visual Cortex (503 citations)
- Silent Synapses during Development of Thalamocortical Inputs (454 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His primary scientific interests are in Neuroscience, Retina, Superior colliculus, Visual cortex and Retinal waves.
His study in Cortex, Retinal ganglion cell, Sensory system, Lateral geniculate nucleus and Premovement neuronal activity is done as part of Neuroscience.
In his study, Somatosensory system, Neurotransmission and Long-term potentiation is inextricably linked to Thalamus, which falls within the broad field of Cortex.
His Retina research incorporates themes from Synapse, Binocular vision and Cell biology.
His Visual cortex research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Neuroplasticity, Anatomy and Visual field.
His Retinal waves research includes elements of Acetylcholine receptor, Receptive field and Brain mapping.
He most often published in these fields:
- Neuroscience (92.13%)
- Retina (38.20%)
- Superior colliculus (29.21%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?
- Neuroscience (92.13%)
- Visual cortex (21.35%)
- Mesoscopic physics (5.62%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
His main research concerns Neuroscience, Visual cortex, Mesoscopic physics, Cortex and Retina.
In general Neuroscience, his work in Central nervous system, Auditory system and Neuroplasticity is often linked to Calcium imaging and Plasticity linking many areas of study.
His Visual cortex study also includes fields such as
- Chandelier cell that intertwine with fields like Ocular dominance,
- Parvalbumin which is related to area like Developmental cognitive neuroscience and Excitatory postsynaptic potential.
His studies deal with areas such as Superior colliculus, Premovement neuronal activity and Thalamus as well as Cortex.
His Superior colliculus study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Lateral geniculate nucleus, Retinal waves, Conditional gene knockout, Sensory system and Axon.
His Retina research integrates issues from Progenitor cell, Muller glia, Stem cell and Cell biology.
Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Restoration of vision after de novo genesis of rod photoreceptors in mammalian retinas (97 citations)
- Homeostatic Control of Spontaneous Activity in the Developing Auditory System. (60 citations)
- Simultaneous mesoscopic and two-photon imaging of neuronal activity in cortical circuits. (23 citations)
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