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Vincent P. Ferrera

Vincent P. Ferrera

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Neuroscience

D-Index
41
Citations
6480
World Ranking
7876
National Ranking
3385

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1997 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Vincent P. Ferrera is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States and has contributed to the fields of Neuroscience and Psychology. Their research primarily focuses on areas such as Cognitive Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist's main topics of work encompass Child and Animal Learning Development, Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications, Neural dynamics and brain function, Memory and Neural Mechanisms, Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications, Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills, and Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Vincent P. Ferrera include:

  • Combining brain perturbation and neuroimaging in non-human primates, 2021, NeuroImage
  • Safety evaluation of a clinical focused ultrasound system for neuronavigation guided blood-brain barrier opening in non-human primates, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Long term study of motivational and cognitive effects of low-intensity focused ultrasound neuromodulation in the dorsal striatum of nonhuman primates, 2022, Brain stimulation
  • Alteration of functional connectivity in the cortex and major brain networks of non-human primates following focused ultrasound exposure in the dorsal striatum, 2023, Brain stimulation
  • Transitive inference after minimal training in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta), 2021, Journal of Experimental Psychology Animal Learning and Cognition

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Vincent P. Ferrera are:

  • Greg Jensen
  • Fabián Muñoz
  • H. S. Terrace
  • Elisa E. Konofagou
  • Dong Liu

The scientist has published multiple papers in several venues, with the most frequent publication outlets including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Brain stimulation
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition/Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Scientific Meeting and Exhibition

In 1997, Vincent P. Ferrera was recognized as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Their scholarly work entails a diverse range of studies predominantly centered on learning development and neural mechanisms, often employing advanced imaging and focused ultrasound techniques in non-human primate models.

Best Publications

  • A psychophysically motivated model for two-dimensional motion perception.

    Hugh R. Wilson;Vincent P. Ferrera;Christopher Yo

  • A neural representation of categorization uncertainty in the human brain.

    Jack Grinband;Joy Hirsch;Vincent P. Ferrera

  • Detection of time-varying signals in event-related fMRI designs.

    Jack Grinband;Tor D. Wager;Martin A. Lindquist;Vincent P. Ferrera

  • The dorsal medial frontal cortex is sensitive to time on task, not response conflict or error likelihood.

    Jack Grinband;Judith Savitskaya;Tor D. Wager;Tobias Teichert

  • Responses of neurons in the parietal and temporal visual pathways during a motion task.

    V. P. Ferrera;K. K. Rudolph;J. H. R. Maunsell

  • Mixed parvocellular and magnocellular geniculate signals in visual area V4.

    Vincent P. Ferrera;Tara A. Nealey;John H. R. Maunsell

  • Responses in macaque visual area V4 following inactivation of the parvocellular and magnocellular LGN pathways

    Vincent P. Ferrera;Tara A. Nealey;John H. R. Maunsell

  • Long-Term Safety of Repeated Blood-Brain Barrier Opening via Focused Ultrasound with Microbubbles in Non-Human Primates Performing a Cognitive Task

    Matthew E. Downs;Amanda Buch;Carlos Sierra;Maria Eleni Karakatsani

  • Perceived direction of moving two-dimensional patterns.

    Vincent P. Ferrera;Hugh R. Wilson

  • Noninvasive, transient and selective blood-brain barrier opening in non-human primates in vivo.

    Fabrice Marquet;Yao-Sheng Tung;Tobias Teichert;Vincent P. Ferrera

  • Attention and target selection for smooth pursuit eye movements

    VP Ferrera;SG Lisberger

  • Vector Averaging for Smooth Pursuit Eye Movements Initiated by Two Moving Targets in Monkeys

    Stephen G. Lisberger;Vincent P. Ferrera

  • Feasibility of noninvasive cavitation-guided blood-brain barrier opening using focused ultrasound and microbubbles in nonhuman primates

    Yao-Sheng Tung;Fabrice Marquet;Tobias Teichert;Vincent Ferrera

  • Efficient Blood-Brain Barrier Opening in Primates with Neuronavigation-Guided Ultrasound and Real-Time Acoustic Mapping.

    Shih-Ying Wu;Christian Aurup;Carlos Jose Sierra Sanchez;Julien Louis Philippe Grondin

  • Functional evolution of new and expanded attention networks in humans

    Gaurav H. Patel;Gaurav H. Patel;Danica Yang;Emery C. Jamerson;Lawrence H. Snyder

  • Estimating invisible target speed from neuronal activity in monkey frontal eye field.

    Andrei Barborica;Vincent P. Ferrera

  • Neuronal Responses in Visual Areas MT and MST During Smooth Pursuit Target Selection

    Vincent P. Ferrera;Stephen G. Lisberger

  • Blood-Brain Barrier Opening in Behaving Non-Human Primates via Focused Ultrasound with Systemically Administered Microbubbles.

    Matthew E. Downs;Amanda Buch;Maria Eleni Karakatsani;Elisa E. Konofagou

  • Frontal eye field neurons signal changes in decision criteria

    Vincent P Ferrera;Marianna Yanike;Carlos Cassanello

  • Transcranial cavitation detection in primates during blood-brain barrier opening-a performance assessment study

    Shih-Ying Wu;Yao-Sheng Tung;Fabrice Marquet;Matthew Eric Downs

Frequent Co-Authors

Herbert S. Terrace
Herbert S. Terrace Columbia University
Joy Hirsch
Joy Hirsch Yale University
Tao Sun
Tao Sun University of Virginia
Stephen G. Lisberger
Stephen G. Lisberger Duke University
John H. R. Maunsell
John H. R. Maunsell University of Chicago
Tor D. Wager
Tor D. Wager Dartmouth College
Mojgan Hodaie
Mojgan Hodaie University of Toronto
Nathan McDannold
Nathan McDannold Brigham and Women's Hospital
Stéphane Lehéricy
Stéphane Lehéricy Sorbonne University
Franco Pestilli
Franco Pestilli The University of Texas at Austin

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