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R. Clay Reid is affiliated with the Allen Institute for Brain Science in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant work in several subfields, including cognitive neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and biophysics. Additional areas of study include structural biology and neurology.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of subjects related to brain function and imaging techniques. Key topics include neural dynamics and brain function, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, advanced fluorescence microscopy techniques, cell image analysis techniques, advanced electron microscopy techniques and applications, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, and neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms.

R. Clay Reid's recent notable publications include:

  • Survey of spiking in the mouse visual system reveals functional hierarchy, 2021, Nature
  • Reconstruction of neocortex: Organelles, compartments, cells, circuits, and activity, 2022, Cell
  • The Mind of a Mouse, 2020, Cell
  • Relationship between simultaneously recorded spiking activity and fluorescence signal in GCaMP6 transgenic mice, 2021, eLife
  • A hybrid open-top light-sheet microscope for versatile multi-scale imaging of cleared tissues, 2022, Nature Methods

Frequent co-authors collaborating with R. Clay Reid include Russel Torres, Nuno Maçarico da Costa, JoAnn Buchanan, Daniel J. Bumbarger, and Casey M Schneider-Mizell.

Reid has published extensively in several venues, with a high number of publications appearing in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), eLife, and Nature Communications.

Best Publications

  • Functional imaging with cellular resolution reveals precise micro-architecture in visual cortex

    Kenichi Ohki;Sooyoung Chung;Yeang H. Ch'ng;Prakash Kara

  • Transgenic mice for intersectional targeting of neural sensors and effectors with high specificity and performance.

    Linda Madisen;Aleena R. Garner;Daisuke Shimaoka;Amy S. Chuong

  • Network anatomy and in vivo physiology of visual cortical neurons

    Davi D. Bock;Wei Chung Allen Lee;Aaron M. Kerlin;Mark L. Andermann

  • Specificity of monosynaptic connections from thalamus to visual cortex

    R C Reid;J M Alonso

  • The koniocellular pathway in primate vision.

    Stewart H. C. Hendry;R. Clay Reid

  • Broadly Tuned Response Properties of Diverse Inhibitory Neuron Subtypes in Mouse Visual Cortex

    Aaron M. Kerlin;Mark L. Andermann;Vladimir K. Berezovskii;R. Clay Reid

  • Direct activation of sparse, distributed populations of cortical neurons by electrical microstimulation

    Mark H. Histed;Vincent Bonin;R. Clay Reid

  • Efficient Coding of Natural Scenes in the Lateral Geniculate Nucleus: Experimental Test of a Computational Theory

    Yang Dan;Joseph J. Atick;R. Clay Reid

  • Survey of spiking in the mouse visual system reveals functional hierarchy

    Joshua H. Siegle;Xiaoxuan Jia;Séverine Durand;Sam Gale

  • Anatomy and function of an excitatory network in the visual cortex

    Wei-Chung Allen Lee;Vincent Bonin;Vincent Bonin;Michael Reed;Brett J. Graham

  • Temporal Coding of Visual Information in the Thalamus

    Pamela Reinagel;R. Clay Reid

  • Low Response Variability in Simultaneously Recorded Retinal, Thalamic, and Cortical Neurons

    Prakash Kara;Pamela Reinagel;R.Clay Reid

  • Functional Specialization of Mouse Higher Visual Cortical Areas

    Mark L. Andermann;Aaron M. Kerlin;Demetris K. Roumis;Lindsey L. Glickfeld

  • Predicting Every Spike: A Model for the Responses of Visual Neurons

    Justin Keat;Pamela Reinagel;R.Clay Reid;Markus Meister

  • Highly ordered arrangement of single neurons in orientation pinwheels

    Kenichi Ohki;Sooyoung Chung;Sooyoung Chung;Prakash Kara;Prakash Kara;Mark Hübener

  • Removable cranial windows for long-term imaging in awake mice

    Glenn J Goldey;Demetris K Roumis;Lindsey L Glickfeld;Aaron M Kerlin

  • Synaptic Integration in Striate Cortical Simple Cells

    Judith A. Hirsch;José-Manuel Alonso;R. Clay Reid;Luis M. Martinez

  • Homeostatic Regulation of Eye-Specific Responses in Visual Cortex during Ocular Dominance Plasticity

    Thomas D. Mrsic-Flogel;Sonja B. Hofer;Kenichi Ohki;R. Clay Reid

  • Rules of connectivity between geniculate cells and simple cells in cat primary visual cortex.

    Jose-Manuel Alonso;Jose-Manuel Alonso;W. Martin Usrey;W. Martin Usrey;R. Clay Reid;R. Clay Reid

  • Role of Subplate Neurons in Functional Maturation of Visual Cortical Columns

    Patrick O. Kanold;Prakash Kara;R. Clay Reid;Carla J. Shatz

Frequent Co-Authors

W. Martin Usrey
W. Martin Usrey University of California, Davis
Christof Koch
Christof Koch Allen Institute for Brain Science
Jose-Manuel Alonso
Jose-Manuel Alonso State University of New York College of Optometry
Hongkui Zeng
Hongkui Zeng Allen Institute for Brain Science
Mark L. Andermann
Mark L. Andermann Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Stefan Mihalas
Stefan Mihalas Allen Institute for Brain Science
Yang Dan
Yang Dan University of California, Berkeley
Andreas S. Tolias
Andreas S. Tolias Baylor College of Medicine
Jeff W. Lichtman
Jeff W. Lichtman Harvard University
Julie A. Harris
Julie A. Harris University of California, San Francisco

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