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  • 1998 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Ricardo Gattass is affiliated with the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Neuroscience, with work spanning various subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Ophthalmology, and Social Psychology.

The scientist's publications contribute notably to topics such as Neural dynamics and brain function, Visual perception and processing mechanisms, Retinal Development and Disorders, Motor Control and Adaptation, Primate Behavior and Ecology, Neuroscience and Neural Engineering, and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Ricardo Gattass include:

  • Cortical maps as a fundamental neural substrate for visual representation, 2023, Progress in Neurobiology
  • Genetic variability of the sws1 cone opsin gene among New World monkeys, 2020, American Journal of Primatology
  • Effects of MT lesions on visuomotor performance in macaques, 2020, Progress in Neurobiology
  • The role of feedback projections in feature tuning and neuronal excitability in the early primate visual system, 2021, Brain Structure and Function
  • Time course of dorsolateral geniculate nucleus plasticity in adult monkeys with laser-induced retinal lesions, 2022, The Journal of Comparative Neurology

Frequent co-authors in their research include Juliana G. M. Soares, Bruss Lima, Mario Fiorani, Mariana F. Farias, and Andrei Mayer.

Gattass's work has been published in several scientific venues with multiple contributions to:

  • The Journal of Comparative Neurology
  • Progress in Neurobiology
  • Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
  • American Journal of Primatology
  • Frontiers in Mammal Science

In recognition of their contributions to science, Ricardo Gattass was awarded the title Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 1998.

Best Publications

  • Visuotopic organization and extent of V3 and V4 of the macaque

    R. Gattass;A. P. B. Sousa;C. G. Gross

  • Visual Topography of V2 in the Macaque

    R. Gattass;C. G. Gross;J. H. Sandell

  • Topographical organization of cortical afferents to extrastriate visual area PO in the macaque: a dual tracer study.

    C. L. Colby;R. Gattass;C. R. Olson;C. G. Gross

  • Visual topography of striate projection zone (MT) in posterior superior temporal sulcus of the macaque.

    Ricardo Gattass;Charles G. Gross

  • Cortical Connections of Area V4 in the Macaque

    Leslie G. Ungerleider;Thelma W. Galkin;Robert Desimone;Robert Desimone;Ricardo Gattass

  • Responses of cells in monkey visual cortex during perceptual filling-in of an artificial scotoma.

    P De Weerd;R Gattass;R Desimone;L G Ungerleider

  • The modular organization of projections from areas V1 and V2 to areas V4 and TEO in macaques

    Hiroyuki Nakamura;Ricardo Gattass;Robert Desimone;Leslie G. Ungerleider

  • Dynamic surrounds of receptive fields in primate striate cortex: a physiological basis for perceptual completion?

    M Fiorani Júnior;M G Rosa;R Gattass;C E Rocha-Miranda

  • Pattern recognition mechanisms

    Carlos Chagas;Ricardo Gattass;Charles Gross;Pontificia Accademia delle scienze

  • Visual cortical projections and chemoarchitecture of macaque monkey pulvinar

    Michelle M. Adams;Patrick R. Hof;Ricardo Gattass;Maree J. Webster

  • A Conserved Pattern of Differential Expansion of Cortical Areas in Simian Primates

    Tristan Chaplin;Hsin-Hao Yu;Juliana Gm Soares;Ricardo Gattass

  • Parallel Evolution of Cortical Areas Involved in Skilled Hand Use

    Jeffrey Padberg;Joao G Franca;Dylan F Cooke;Juliana Gm Soares

  • Cortical visual areas in monkeys: location, topography, connections, columns, plasticity and cortical dynamics

    Ricardo Gattass;Sheila Nascimento-Silva;Juliana G M Soares;Bruss Lima

  • Contributions of stimulus valence and arousal to visual activation during emotional perception

    J Mourão-Miranda;E Volchan;J Moll;R de Oliveira-Souza

  • Cortical Visual Areas of the Macaque: Possible Substrates for Pattern Recognition Mechanisms

    R. Gattass;A. P. B. Sousa;E. Covey

  • Neurofilament protein is differentially distributed in subpopulations of corticocortical projection neurons in the macaque monkey visual pathways

    Patrick R. Hof;Leslie G. Ungerleider;Maree J. Webster;Ricardo Gattass

  • Cortical afferents of visual area MT in the Cebus monkey: possible homologies between new and old world monkeys

    Marcello G. P. Rosa;Juliana G. M. Soares;Mario Fiorani;Ricardo Gattass

  • Topographic organization of cortical input to striate cortex in the Cebus monkey: a fluorescent tracer study.

    Aglai P. B. Sousa;Maria Carmen G. P. Piñon;Ricardo Gattass;Marcello G. P. Rosa

  • Visual area MT in the Cebus monkey: location, visuotopic organization, and variability.

    Mario Fiorani;Ricardo Gattass;Marcello G. P. Rosa;Aglai P. B. Sousa

  • Representation of the visual field in the second visual area in the Cebus monkey.

    Marcello G. P. Rosa;Aglai P. B. Sousa;Ricardo Gattass

  • Subcortical connections of area V4 in the macaque

    Ricardo Gattass;Thelma W. Galkin;Robert Desimone;Leslie G. Ungerleider

  • Cortical connections of area V4 in the macaque

    Leslie G. Ungerleider;Renata A. P. Monteiro;Ricardo Gattass;Robert Desimone

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcello G. P. Rosa
Marcello G. P. Rosa Monash University
Leslie G. Ungerleider
Leslie G. Ungerleider National Institutes of Health
Charles G. Gross
Charles G. Gross Princeton University
Luiz Pessoa
Luiz Pessoa University of Maryland, College Park
Patrick R. Hof
Patrick R. Hof Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Thomas D. Albright
Thomas D. Albright Salk Institute for Biological Studies
John H. Morrison
John H. Morrison University of California, Davis
Rosalia Mendez-Otero
Rosalia Mendez-Otero Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Janaina Mourao-Miranda
Janaina Mourao-Miranda University College London

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