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Nicholas J. Priebe is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Neuroscience, with a focus on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Molecular Biology. Additionally, they have contributed to Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Algebra and Number Theory.

Their main research topics include:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Retinal Development and Disorders
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Advanced Memory and Neural Computing

Priebe has published extensively, with contributions appearing frequently in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neuron
  • eNeuro
  • Cell Reports
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Collaborative work features several frequent coauthors, including:

  • Jagruti J. Pattadkal
  • Carrie Barr
  • Ronan O'Shea
  • Jason M. Samonds
  • Baowang Li

Among the recent publications by Priebe, key papers include:

  • Natural binocular depth discrimination behavior in mice explained by visual cortical activity, 2021, Current Biology
  • Voltage-Gated Intrinsic Conductances Shape the Input-Output Relationship of Cortical Neurons in Behaving Primate V1, 2020, Neuron
  • Feedforward mechanisms of cross-orientation interactions in mouse V1, 2021, Neuron
  • Interocular velocity cues elicit vergence eye movements in mice, 2020, Journal of Neurophysiology
  • Response sub-additivity and variability quenching in visual cortex, 2024, Nature reviews. Neuroscience

Best Publications

  • Stimulus onset quenches neural variability: a widespread cortical phenomenon

    Mark M. Churchland;Byron M. Yu;Byron M. Yu;John P. Cunningham;Leo P. Sugrue;Leo P. Sugrue

  • Contrast-Invariant Orientation Tuning in Cat Visual Cortex: Thalamocortical Input Tuning and Correlation-Based Intracortical Connectivity

    Todd W. Troyer;Anton E. Krukowski;Nicholas J. Priebe;Kenneth D. Miller

  • Inhibition, spike threshold, and stimulus selectivity in primary visual cortex.

    Nicholas J. Priebe;David Ferster

  • The neural representation of speed in macaque area MT/V5.

    Nicholas J. Priebe;Carlos R. Cassanello;Stephen G. Lisberger

  • Tuning for Spatiotemporal Frequency and Speed in Directionally Selective Neurons of Macaque Striate Cortex

    Nicholas J. Priebe;Stephen G. Lisberger;J. Anthony Movshon

  • Direction selectivity of excitation and inhibition in simple cells of the cat primary visual cortex.

    Nicholas J. Priebe;David L Ferster

  • The emergence of contrast-invariant orientation tuning in simple cells of cat visual cortex.

    Ian M. Finn;Nicholas J. Priebe;David L Ferster

  • The contribution of spike threshold to the dichotomy of cortical simple and complex cells.

    Nicholas J Priebe;Ferenc Mechler;Matteo Carandini;David Ferster

  • Sensory stimulation shifts visual cortex from synchronous to asynchronous states

    Andrew Y Y Tan;Yuzhi Chen;Benjamin Scholl;Eyal Seidemann

  • Emergence of orientation selectivity in the mammalian visual pathway

    Benjamin Scholl;Andrew Y. Y. Tan;Joseph Corey;Nicholas J. Priebe

  • Mechanisms of neuronal computation in mammalian visual cortex.

    Nicholas J Priebe;David Ferster

  • Mechanisms underlying cross-orientation suppression in cat visual cortex.

    Nicholas J. Priebe;David L Ferster

  • Constraints on the Source of Short-Term Motion Adaptation in Macaque Area MT. I. The Role of Input and Intrinsic Mechanisms

    Nicholas J. Priebe;Mark M. Churchland;Stephen G. Lisberger

  • Estimating Target Speed from the Population Response in Visual Area MT

    Nicholas J. Priebe;Stephen G. Lisberger

  • Orientation Selectivity of Synaptic Input to Neurons in Mouse and Cat Primary Visual Cortex

    Andrew Y. Y. Tan;Brandon D. Brown;Benjamin Scholl;Deepankar Mohanty

  • Binocular integration and disparity selectivity in mouse primary visual cortex

    Benjamin Scholl;Johannes Burge;Nicholas J. Priebe

  • Mechanisms of Orientation Selectivity in the Primary Visual Cortex

    Nicholas J Priebe

  • Local Integration Accounts for Weak Selectivity of Mouse Neocortical Parvalbumin Interneurons

    Benjamin Scholl;Benjamin Scholl;Jagruti J. Pattadkal;Geoffrey A. Dilly;Nicholas J. Priebe

  • Modular functional organization of cat anterior auditory field.

    Kazuo Imaizumi;Nicholas J. Priebe;Poppy A. C. Crum;Purvis H. Bedenbaugh;Purvis H. Bedenbaugh

  • Constraints on the source of short-term motion adaptation in macaque area MT. II. tuning of neural circuit mechanisms.

    Nicholas J. Priebe;Stephen G. Lisberger

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen G. Lisberger
Stephen G. Lisberger Duke University
David Ferster
David Ferster Northwestern University
Mark M. Churchland
Mark M. Churchland Columbia University
Christoph E. Schreiner
Christoph E. Schreiner University of California, San Francisco
Kenneth D. Miller
Kenneth D. Miller Columbia University
J. Anthony Movshon
J. Anthony Movshon New York University
Ilan Lampl
Ilan Lampl Weizmann Institute of Science
William T. Newsome
William T. Newsome Stanford University
Adrienne L. Fairhall
Adrienne L. Fairhall University of Washington
Anne K. Churchland
Anne K. Churchland University of California, Los Angeles

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