2023

2024

Leow YN, Barlowe A, Luo CT, Osako Y, Jazayeri M, Sur M. Sensory History Drives Adaptive Neural Geometry in LP/Pulvinar-Prefrontal Cortex Circuits. bioRxiv preprint [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.11.16.623977 ], 2024. [ link]
Park J, Sipe GO, Tang X, Ojha P, Fernandes G, Leow YN, Zhang C, Osako Y, Natesan A, Drummond GT, Jaenisch R, Sur M. Astrocytic modulation of population encoding in mouse visual cortex via GABA transporter 3 revealed by multiplexed CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing. bioRxiv preprint [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.11.06.622321 ], 2024. [ link]
Blumenthal NR, Petravicz JC, Breton-Provencher V, Hu M, Riemenschneider F, Sarem M, Sur M, Shastri VP. Stochastic Nanoroughness Inhibits and Reverses Glial Scarring In Vitro and In Vivo via a Mechanobiology Paradigm Involving Piezo-1. Advanced Functional Materials [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202411965], 2024. [ PDF]
Drummond GT, Natesan A, Celotto M, Shih J, Ojha P, Osako Y, Park J, Sipe GO, Jenks KR, Breton-Provencher V, Simpson PC, Panzeri S, Sur M. Cortical norepinephrine-astrocyte signaling critically mediates learned behavior. bioRxiv preprint [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.24.620009 ], 2024. [ link]
Osaki T, Wan Z, Haratani K, Jin Y, Campisi M, Barbie DA, Kamm RD, Sur M. miR126-mediated impaired vascular integrity in Rett syndrome. bioRxiv preprint [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.11.617929 ], 2024. [ link]
Rangel-Gomez M, Alberini CM, Deneen B, Drummond GT, Manninen T, Sur M, Vicentic A. Neuron–Glial Interactions: Implications for Plasticity, Behavior, and Cognition. Journal of Neuroscience [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1231-24.2024], 2024. [ PDF]
Franzesi GT, Gupta I, Hu M, Piatkevich K, Yildirim M, Zhao J, Eom M, Han S, Park D, Andaraarachchi H, Li Z, Greenhagen J, Islam AM, Vashishtha P, Yaqoob Z, Pak N, Wissner-Gross AD, Martin-Alarcon DA, Veinot JJ, So PTC, Kortshagen U, Yoon Y, Sur M, Boyden ES. In Vivo Optical Clearing of Mammalian Brain. bioRxiv preprint [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.05.611421 ], 2024. [ link]
Osaki T, Delepine C, Osako Y, Kranz D, Levin A, Nelson C, Fagiolini M, Sur M. Early differential impact of MeCP2 mutations on functional networks in Rett syndrome patient-derived human cerebral organoids. bioRxiv preprint [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.08.10.607464 ], 2024. [ link]
Ahrlund-Richter S, Osako Y, Jenks KR, Odom E, Huang H, Arnold DB, Sur M. Prefrontal Cortex subregions provide distinct visual and behavioral feedback modulation to the Primary Visual Cortex. bioRxiv preprint [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.08.06.606894], 2024. [ link]
Jenks KR, Cai Y, Nayan ME, Tsimring K, Li K, Zepeda JC, Heller GR, Delepine C, Shih J, Yuan S, Zhu Y, Wang Y, Duan Y, Fu AKY, Ku T, Yun DH, Chung K, Zhang C, Boyden ES, Mellios N, Sur M, Ip JPK. The noncoding circular RNA circHomer1 regulates developmental experience-dependent plasticity in mouse visual cortex. bioRxiv preprint [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.07.19.603416], 2024. [ link]
Jin L, Sullivan HA, Zhu M, Lavin TK, Matsuyama M, Fu X, Lea NE, Xu R, Hou Y, Rutigliani L, Pruner M, Babcock KR, Ip JPK, Hu M, Daigle TL, Zeng H, Sur M, Feng G, Wickersham IR. Long-term labeling and imaging of synaptically connected neuronal networks in vivo using double-deletion-mutant rabies viruses. Nature Neuroscience [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-023-01545-8], 2024. [ PDF]

2023

Cruz KG, Leow YN, Le NM, Adam E, Huda R, Sur M. Cortical-Subcortical Interactions in Goal-directed Behavior. Physiological Reviews 103: 347-389 [https://doi.org/0.1152/physrev. 00048.2021], 2023. [ PDF]
Delepine C, J. Shih, K. Li, P. Gaudeaux, M. Sur. Differential Effects of Astrocyte Manipulations on Learned Motor Behavior and Neuronal Ensembles in the Motor Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience 43: 2696-2713 [doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1982-22.2023], 2023. [ PDF]
Le NM, Yildirim M, Wang Y, Sugihara H, Jazayeri M, Sur M. Mixtures of strategies underlie rodent behavior during reversal learning. PLOS Computational Biology [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011430], 2023. [ PDF]
Zhou Z, Yip HM, Tsimring K, Sur M, Ip JPK, Tin C. Effective and efficient neural networks for spike inference from in vivo calcium imaging. Cell Reports Methods [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1231-24.2024], 2024. [ PDF]
Franzesi GT, Gupta I, Hu M, Piatkevich K, Yildirim M, Zhao J, Eom M, Han S, Park D, Andaraarachchi H, Li Z, Greenhagen J, Islam AM, Vashishtha P, Yaqoob Z, Pak N, Wissner-Gross AD, Martin-Alarcon DA, Veinot JJ, So PTC, Kortshagen U, Yoon Y, Sur M, Boyden ES. In Vivo Optical Clearing of Mammalian Brain. bioRxiv preprint [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.05.611421016/j.crmeth.2023.100462], 2023. [ link]
Krzisch MA, Wu H, Yuan B, Whitfield TW, Liu XS, Fu D, Garrett-Engele CM, Khalil AS, Lungjangwa T, Shih J, Chang AN, Warren S, Cacace A, Andrykovich KR, Rietjens RGJ, Wallace O, Sur M, Jain B, Jaenisch R. Fragile X syndrome patient-derived neurons developing in the mouse brain show FMR1 -dependent phenotypes. Biological Psychiatry [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2022.08.020], 2023. [ PDF]

2022

Yildirim M, Delepine C, Feldman D, Pham VA, Chou S, Ip JPK, Nott A, Tsai LH, Ming GL, So PTC, Sur M. Label-free three-photon imaging of intact human cerebral organoids for tracking early events in brain development and deficits in Rett syndrome. eLife [DOI: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.78079], 2022. [ PDF]
Adam EM, Johns T, Sur M. Dynamic control of visually guided locomotion through corticosubthalamic projections. Cell Reports [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111139], 2022. [ PDF]
Breton-Provencher V, Drummond GT, Feng J, Li Y, Sur M. Spatiotemporal dynamics of norepinephrine during learned behavior. Nature [https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04782-2], 2022. [ PDF]
Shovlin S, Delepine C, Swanson L, Bach S, Sahin M, Sur M, Kaufmann WE, Tropea D. Molecular Signatures of Response to Mecasermin in Children With Rett Syndrome. Frontiers in Neuroscience [doi: 10.3389/fnins.2022.868008], 2022. [PDF]
Wilson NR, Wang FL, Chen N, Yan SX, Daitch AL, Shi B, Sharma S, Sur M. A Platform for Spatiotemporal “Matrix” Stimulation in Brain Networks Reveals Novel Forms of Circuit Plasticity. Frontiers in Neural Circuits [doi: 10.3389/fncir.2021.792228], 2022. [PDF]
Bloem B, Huda R, Amemori K, Abate AS, Krishna G, Wilson AL, Carter CW, Sur M, Graybiel AM. Multiplexed action-outcome representation by striatal striosome-matrix compartments detected with a mouse cost-benefit foraging task. Nature Communications [https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28983-5], 2022. [PDF]
Leow YN, Zhou B, Sullivan HA, Barlowe AR, Wickersham IR, Sur M. Brain-wide mapping of inputs to the mouse lateral posterior (LP/Pulvinar) thalamus–anterior cingulate cortex network. Journal of Comparative Neurology [https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.25317], 2022. [PDF]

2021

Jenks KR, Tsimring K, Ip JPK, Zepeda JC, Sur M. Heterosynaptic Plasticity and the Experience-Dependent Refinement of Developing Neuronal Circuits. Frontiers in Neural Circuits [https://doi:10.3389/fncir.2021.803401], 2021. [PDF]
Desai M, Sharma J, Slusarczyk AL, Chapin AA, Ohlendorf R, Wisniowska A, Sur M, Jasanoff A. Hemodynamic molecular imaging of tumor-associated enzyme activity in the living brain. eLife [https:// doi. org/ 10. 7554/ eLife. 70237], 2021. [ PDF]
Rikhye RV, Yildirim M, Hu M, r M. Reliable Sensory Processing in Mouse Visual Cortex through Cooperative Interactions between Somatostatin and Parvalbumin Interneurons. J. Neurosci [http://doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aay5496], 2021. [PDF]
Zheng C, Park JK, Yildirim M, Boivin JR, Xue Y, Sur M, So PTC, Wadduwage DN. De-scattering with Excitation Patterning enables rapid wide-field imaging through scattering media. Science Advances [http://doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aay5496], 2021. [PDF]
Tang X, Jaenisch R, Sur M. The role of GABAergic signalling in neurodevelopmental disorders. Nat Rev Neurosci. [https://doi.org/10.1038/s41583-021-00443-x], 2021. [ PDF]
Breton-Provencher V, Drummond GT, Sur M. Locus Coeruleus Norepinephrine in Learned Behavior: Anatomical Modularity and Spatiotemporal Integration in Targets. Front Neural Circuits [https://doi.org/10.3389/fncir.2021.638007], 2021. [ PDF]
Kumar MG, Hu M, Ramanujan A, Sur M, Murthy HA. Functional parcellation of mouse visual cortex using statistical techniques reveals response dependent clustering of cortical processing areas. PLOS Computational Biology [https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0041027], 2021. [PDF]
Delepine C, Pham VA, Tsang HWS, Sur M. GSK3ß inhibitor CHIR 99021 modulates cerebral organoid development through dose-dependent regulation of apoptosis, proliferation, differentiation and migration. PLOS One [https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0041027], 2021 [PDF]
Khan I, Prabhakar A, Delepine C, Tsang H, Pham V, Sur M. A low-cost 3D printed microfluidic bioreactor and imaging chamber for live-organoid imaging. Biomicrofluidics [https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0041027], 2021. [PDF]
Sebastian J, Sur M, Murthy HA, Magimai-Doss M. Signal-to-signal neural networks for improved spike estimation from calcium imaging data. PLoS Computational Biology 17: e1007921 [https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007921], 2021. [PDF]
Sipe GO, Petravicz J, Rikhye RV, Garcia R, Mellios N, Sur M. Astrocyte glutamate uptake coordinates experience-dependent, eye-specific refinement in developing visual cortex. Glia [https://doi.org/10.1002/glia.23987], 2021. [PDF]

2020

Huda R, Sipe GO, Breton-Provencher V, Cruz KC, Pho GN, Adam E, Gunter LM, Sullins A, Wickersham IR, Sur M. Distinct prefrontal top-down circuits differentially modulate sensorimotor behavior. Nature Communications [https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19772-z], 2020. [PDF]
Yildirim M, Hu M, Le NM, Sugihara H, So PTC, Sur M. Quantitative third-harmonic generation imaging of mouse visual cortex areas reveals correlations between functional maps and structural substrates. Biomedical Optics Express [https://doi.org.1364/BOE.396962], 2020. [PDF]
Bassett DS, Cullen KE, Eickhoff SB, Farah MJ, Goda Y, Haggard P, Hu H, Hurd YL, Josselyn SA, Khakh BS, Knoblich JA, Poirazi P, Poldrack RA, Prinz M, Roelfsema PR, Spires-Jones TL, Sur M, Ueda HR. Reflections on the past two decades of neuroscience. Nature Reviews Neuroscience [https://doi.org/10.1038/s41583-020-0363-6], 2020. [PDF]
Sharon RA, Narayanan SS, Sur M, Murthy H. Neural Speech Decoding During Audition,Imagination and Production. IEEE Access [https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3016], 2020. [PDF]
Whipple AJ, Breton-Provencher V, Jacobs HN, Chitta UK, Sur M, Sharp PA. Imprinted Maternally Expressed microRNAs Antagonize Paternally Driven Gene Programs in Neurons. Molecular Cell [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2020.01.020], 2020. [PDF]

2019

Silver DL, Rakic P, Grove EA, Haydar TF, Hensch TK, Huttner WB, Molnár Z, Rubenstein JL, Sestan N, Stryker MP, Sur M, Tosches MA, Walsh CA. (2019) Evolution and Ontogenetic Development of Cortical Structures – The Neocortex. Strüngmann Forum Reports, vol. 27. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-04324-3.
Stowell RD, Sipe GO, Dawes RP, Batchelor HN, Lordy KA, Whitelaw BS, Stoessel MB, Bidlack JM, Brown E, Sur M, Majewska AK. Noradrenergic signaling in the wakeful state inhibits microglial surveillance and synaptic plasticity in the mouse visual cortex. Nature Neuroscience [doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-019-0514-0], 2019. [PDF]
Tang X, Drotar J, Li K, Clairmont CD, Brumm AS, Sullins AJ, Wu H, Liu XS, Wang J, Gray NS, Sur M, Jaenisch R. Pharmacological enhancement of KCC2 gene expression exerts therapeutic effects on human Rett syndrome neurons and Mecp2 mutant mice. Science Translational Medicine [doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aau0164], 2019. [PDF]
Sebastian J, Kumar MG, Viraraghavan VS, Sur M, Murthy HA. Spike Estimation From Fluorescence Signals Using High-Resolution Property of Group Delay. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing [doi: 10.1109/TSP.2019.2908913], 2019. [PDF]
Zhou Y, Sharma J, Ke Q, Landman R, Yuan J, Chen H, Hayden DS, Fisher III JW, Jiang M, Menegas W, Aida T, Yan T, Zou Y, Xu D, Parmar S, Hyman JB, Fanucci-Kiss A, Meisner O, Wang D, Huang Y, Li Y, Bai Y, Ji W, Lai X, Li W, Huang L, Lu Z, Wang L, Anteraper SA, Sur M, Zhou H, Xiang AP, Desimone R, Feng G, Yang S. Atypical behaviour and connectivity in SHANK3-mutant macaques. Nature [doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1278-0], 2019. [PDF]
Breton-Provencher V, Sur M. Active control of arousal by a locus coeruleus GABAergic circuit. Nature Neuroscience [doi: 10.1038/s41593-018-0305-z], 2019. [PDF]
Banerjee A, Miller MT, Li K, Sur M. Towards a better diagnosis and treatment of Rett syndrome: a model synaptic disorder. Brain [doi: 10.1093/brain/awy323], 2019. [PDF]
Yildirim M, Sugihara H, So PTC, Sur M. Functional imaging of visual cortical layers and subplate in awake mice with optimized three-photon microscopy. Nature Communications [doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-08179-6], 2019. [PDF]

2018

Kaschube M, Nelson III CA, Benasich AA, Buzsáki G, Gressens P, Hensch TK, Hübener M, Kobor MS, Singer W, Sur M. (2018) Emergent Brain Dynamics – Early Childhood. MIT Press, pp. 101-123. [PDF]
Huda R, Goard MJ, Pho GN, Sur M. Neural mechanisms of sensorimotor transformation and action selection. European Journal of Neuroscience [doi: 10.1111/ejn.14069], 2018. [PDF]
Pho GN, Goard MJ, Woodson J, Crawford B, Sur M. Task-dependent representations of stimulus and choice in mouse parietal cortex. Nature Communications 9:2596 [doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-05012-y], 2018. [PDF]
El-Boustani S, Ip JPK, Breton-Provencher V, Knott GW, Okuno H, Bito H, Sur M. Locally coordinated synaptic plasticity of visual cortex neurons in vivo. Science 360:1349-1354 [doi: 10.1126/science.aao0862], 2018. [PDF]
Ip JP, Mellios N, Sur M. Rett Syndrome: genetic, molecular and functional insights into multi-stage dysfunction. Nature Reviews Neuroscience 19:368-382 [doi: 10.1038/s41583-018-0006-3], 2018. [PDF]
Okada S, Bartelle BB, Li N, Breton-Provencher V, Lee JJ, Rodriguez E, Melican J, Sur M, Jasanoff A. Calcium-dependent molecular fMRI using a magnetic nanosensor. Nature Nanotechnology 13:473-477 [doi: 10.1038/s41565-018-0092-4], 2018. [PDF]
Ip JP, Nagakura I, Petravicz J, Wiemer EAC, Sur M. Major vault protein, a candidate gene in 16p11.2 microdeletion syndrome, is required for the homeostatic regulation of visual cortical plasticity. The Journal of Neuroscience 38:3890-3900 [doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2034-17.2018], 2018. [PDF]

2017

Sebastian J, Kumar MGM, Sreekar YS, Rikhye RV, Sur M, Murthy HA. GDspike: An accurate spike estimation algorithm from noisy calcium fluorescence signals. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, pp. 1043-1047. doi:10.1109/ICASSP.2017.7952315, 2017. [PDF]
Philips RT, Sur M, Chakravarthy VS. The influence of astrocytes on the width of the orientation hypercolumn: A computational perspective. PLoS Computational Biology 13(10): e1005785. DOI 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005785, 2017. [PDF]
Bloem B, Huda R, Sur M, Graybiel AM. Two-photon imaging in mice shows striosomes and matrix have overlapping but differential reinforcement-related responses. eLife 6: e32353, 2017 doi: 10.7554/eLife.32353, 2017. [PDF]
Li Y, Muffat J, Omer A, Bosch I, Lancaster MA, Sur M, Gehrke L, Knoblich JA, Jaenisch R. Induction of expansion and folding in human cerebral organoids. Cell Stem Cell 20:385-396 doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2016.11.017, 2017. [PDF]
Bosch M, Castro J, Sur M, Hayashi Y. Photomarking relocalization technique for correlated two-photon and electron microcopy imaging of single stimulated synapses. Methods in Molecular Biology 1538: 185-214 [doi:1007/978-1-4939-6688-2_14], 2017. [PDF]
Mellios N, Feldman DA, Sheridan SD, Ip JPK, Kwok S, Amoah SK, Rosen B, Rodriguez BA, Crawford B, Swaminathan R, Chou S, Li Y, Ziats M, Ernst C, Jaenisch R, Haggarty SJ, Sur M. MeCP2-regulated miRNAs control early human neurogenesis through differential effects on ERK and AKT signaling. Molecular Psychiatry doi: 10.1038/mp.2017.86, 2017. [PDF]

2016

Chen N, Sugihara H, Kim J, Fu Z, Barak B, Sur M, Feng G, Han W. Direct modulation of GFAP-expressing glia in the arcuate nucleus bi-directionally regulates feeding. eLife. 2016; 5. [PDF]
Sugihara H, Chen N, Sur M. Cell-specific modulation of plasticity and cortical state by cholinergic inputs to the visual cortex. Journal of physiology, Paris. 2016; [PDF]
Banerjee A, Rikhye RV, Breton-Provencher V, Tang X, Li C, Li K, Runyan CA, Fu Z, Jaenisch R, Sur M. Jointly reduced inhibition and excitation underlies circuit-wide changes in cortical processing in Rett syndrome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Nov 1. pii: 201615330. [PDF]
Goard MJ, Pho GN, Woodson J, Sur M. Distinct roles of visual, parietal, and frontal motor cortices in memory-guided sensorimotor decisions. eLife 2016;5:e13764. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.13764 [PDF]
Feldman D, Banerjee A, Sur M. Developmental Dynamics of Rett Syndrome. Neural Plast. 2016;2016:6154080. doi: 10.1155/2016/6154080. [PDF]
Tropea D, Molinos I, Petit E, Bellini S, Nagakura I, O’Tuathaigh C, Schorova L, Mitchell KJ, Waddington J, Sur M, Gill M, Corvin AP. Disrupted in schizophrenia 1 (DISC1) L100P mutants have impaired activity-dependent plasticity in vivo and in vitro. Transl Psychiatry. 2016 Jan 12;6:e712. doi: 10.1038/tp.2015.206. [PDF]

2015

Sahin, M. and M. Sur. Genes, circuits and precision therapies for autism and related neurodevelopmental disorders. Science 350: 926 doi: 10.1126/science.aab3897, 2015. [PDF]
Rikhye, R.V. and M. Sur. Spatial correlations in natural scenes modulate response reliability in mouse visual cortex. Journal of Neuroscience 35: 14661-14680, 2015. [PDF]
Chen N, Sugihara S, Sur M., An acetylcholine-activated microcircuit drives temporal dynamics of cortical activity., Nature Neuroscience adv. online pub. 27 Apr 2015; doi:10.1038/nn.4002. [PDF]
Sur M., Cortical Development: Transplantation and Rewiring Studies., In: James D. Wright (editor-in-chief), International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, Second Edition, VOL 5: Oxford: Elsevier. pp. 30–34. [PDF]
S Bavamanian, N Mellios, J Lalonde, DM Fass, J Wang, SD Sheridan, JM Madison, Fen Zhou, EH Rueckert, D Barker, RH Perlis, M Sur, SJ Haggarty, Dysregulation of miR-34a links neuronal development to genetic risk factors for bipolar disorder., Molecular Psychiatry adv. online pub., 27 January 2015; doi:10.1038/mp.2014.176. [PDF]
Sharma J, Sugihara H, Katz Y, Schummers J, Tenenbaum J, Sur M., Spatial Attention and Temporal Expectation Under Timed Uncertainty Predictably Modulate Neuronal Responses in Monkey V1., Cereb Cortex. 2015 Sep;25(9):2894-906. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhu086 [PDF]

2014

El-Boustani S, Sur M., Response-dependent dynamics of cell-specific inhibition in cortical networks in vivo., Nature Communications 11 December 2014; doi:10.1038/ncomms6689. [PDF]
Cassady JP, D’Alessio AC, Sarkar S, Dani VS, Zi Peng Fan, Ganz K, Roessler R, Sur M, Young RA, Jaenisch R, Direct Lineage Conversion of Adult Mouse Liver Cells and B Lymphocytes to Neural Stem Cells., Stem Cell Reports December 9, 2014; Vol. 3:948–956. [PDF]
Landman R, Sharma J, Sur M, Desimone R., Effect of distracting faces on visual selective attention in the monkey., PNAS Early Edition 2014 December 3; doi: 10.1073/pnas.1420167111. [PDF]
Perea G, Sur M, Araque A, Neuron-glia networks: integral gear of brain function., Front in Cell Neurosci. 8:378, November 2014. [PDF]
Swiech L, Heidenreich M, Banerjee A, Habib N, Li Y, Trombetta J, Sur M, Zhang F., In vivo interrogation of gene function in the mammalian brain using CRISPR-Cas9., Nat Biotech. 19 October 2014, doi:10.1038/nbt.3055. [PDF]
Nagakura, I., A. Van Wart, J. Petravicz, D. Tropea, M. Sur, STAT1 Regulates the Homeostatic Component of Visual Cortical Plasticity via an AMPA Receptor-Mediated Mechanism, The Journal of Neuroscience, 30 July 2014, 34(31): 10256-10263; doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0189-14.2014 [PDF]
Caggiano V, Sur M, Bizzi E., Rostro-caudal inhibition of hindlimb movements in the spinal cord of mice., PLoS One. 2014 Jun 25;9(6):e100865. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100865. eCollection 2014. PMID: 24963653 [PDF]
Castro J, Garcia RI, Kwok S, Banerjee A, Petravicz J, Woodson J, Mellios N, Tropea D, and Sur M., Functional recovery with recombinant human IGF1 treatment in a mouse model of Rett Syndrome., PNAS Published online before print June 23, 2014, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1311685111. [PDF]
Mellios N, Woodson J, Garcia RI, Crawford B, Sharma J, Sheridan SD, Haggarty SJ, and Sur M., ß2-Adrenergic receptor agonist ameliorates phenotypes and corrects microRNA-mediated IGF1 deficits in a mouse model of Rett syndrome., PNAS Published online before print June 23, 2014, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1309426111. [PDF]
Sharma J and Sur M, The Ferret as a Model for Visual System Development and Plasticity, In: Biology and Diseases of the Ferret, Editors JG Fox and RP Marini, John Wiley and Sons, pp 711-734, 2014. [PDF]
Bosch M, Castro J, Saneyoshi T, Matsuno H, Sur M, Hayashi Y., Structural and molecular remodeling of dendritic spine substructures during long-term potentiation., 2014 Apr 16;82(2):444-59. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.03.021. PMID: 24742465 [PDF]
El-Boustani S, Wilson NR, Runyan CA, Sur M., El-Boustani et al. reply., Nature. 2014 Apr 3;508(7494):E3-4. doi: 10.1038/nature13130. PMID: 24695315 [PDF]
Khwaja OS, Ho E, Barnes KV, O’Leary HM, Pereira LM, Finkelstein Y, Nelson CA 3rd, Vogel-Farley V, DeGregorio G, Holm IA, Khatwa U, Kapur K, Alexander ME, Finnegan DM, Cantwell NG, Walco AC, Rappaport L, Gregas M, Fichorova RN, Shannon MW, Sur M, Kaufmann WE., Safety, pharmacokinetics, and preliminary assessment of efficacy of mecasermin (recombinant human IGF-1) for the treatment of Rett syndrome., Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Mar 25;111(12):4596-601. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1311141111. Epub 2014 Mar 12. PMID: 24623853 [PDF]
Perea G, Yang A, Boyden E, and Sur M, Optogenetic astrocyte activation modulates response selectivity of visual cortex neurons in vivo. , Nature Communications 5: 3262, doi: 10.1038/ ncomms4262, 2014. [PDF]

2013

Sur M, Nagakura I, Chen N, and Sugihara H. , Mechanisms of plasticity in the developing and adult visual cortex. , Progress in Brain Research 207: 243-254, 2013. [PDF]
Nagakura I, Mellios N, Sur M., Mechanisms of visual cortex plasticity during development., In: The New Visual Neurosciences, Editors J. Werner and L.Chalupa, MIT Press, pp 1359-1368, 2013. [PDF]
Li Y, Wang H, Muffat J, Cheng AW, Orlando DA, Lovén J, Kwok S, Feldman DA, Bateup HS, Gao Q, Hockemeyer D, Mitalipova M, Lewis CA, Vander Heiden MG, Sur M, Young RA, Jaenisch R., Global Transcriptional and Translational Repression in Human-Embryonic-Stem-Cell-Derived Rett Syndrome Neurons., Cell Stem Cell 13, 446–458, October 3, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.stem.2013.09.001. [PDF]
Banerjee A, Romero-Lorenzo E, Sur M., MeCP2: Making sense of missense in Rett syndrome., Cell Res. (2013) 23:1244-1246. doi:10.1038/cr.2013.109. pub online Aug 13, 2013. [PDF]
Runyan CA, Sur M., Response Selectivity Is Correlated to Dendritic Structure in Parvalbumin-Expressing Inhibitory Neurons in Visual Cortex, J Neurosci 33(28): 11724–11733 (2013). [PDF]
Wilson NR, Schummers J, Runyan CA, Yan SX, Chen RE, Deng Y, Sur M., Two-way communication with neural networks in vivo using directed light., Nature Protocols 8: 1184–1203 (2013). [PDF]
Castro J, Mellios N, Sur M., Mechanisms and therapeutic challenges in autism spectrum disorders: insights from Rett syndrome., Curr Opin Neurol. 2013 Apr;26(2):154-9. doi: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e32835f19a7. [PDF]
Roy D, Tjandra Y, Mergenthaler K, Petravicz J, Runyan CA, Wilson NR, Sur M, Obermayer K., Afferent specificity, feature specific connectivity influence orientation selectivity: A computational study in mouse primary visual cortex., arXiv:1301.0996 [q-bio.NC]. [PDF]

2012

Chen N, Sugihara H, Sharma J, Perea G, Petravicz J, Le C, Sur M., Nucleus basalis enabled stimulus specific plasticity in the visual cortex is mediated by astrocytes., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1206557109), 2012. [PDF]
Anguera MC, Sadreyev R, Zhang Z, Szanto A, Payer B, Sheridan SD, Kwok S, Haggarty SJ, Sur M, Alvarez J, Gimelbrant A, Mitalipova M, Kirby JE, Lee JT., Molecular signatures of human induced pluripotent stem cells highlight sex differences and cancer genes., Cell Stem Cell 11: 75-90, 2012. [PDF]
Wilson NR, Runyan CA, Wang FL, Sur M., Division and subtraction by distinct cortical inhibitory networks in vivo., Nature 488: 343-348, 2012; doi:10.1038/nature11347. [PDF]
Gorlin S, Meng M, Sharma J, Sugihara H, Sur M, Sinha P., Imaging prior information in the brain., Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 May 15; 109:20, 7935-7940. [PDF]
Mellios N, Sur M., The emerging role of microRNAs in schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorders., Front. Psychiatry 2012 April; 3:39. [PDF]
Merlin S, Horng S, Marotte LR, Sur M, Sawatari A, Leamey CA., Deletion of Ten-m3 Induces the Formation of Eye Dominance Domains in Mouse Visual Cortex., Cerebral Cortex 2012 April 11; doi:10.1093/cercor/bhs030. [PDF]
Banerjee A, Castro J, Sur M., Rett syndrome: genes, synapses, circuits and therapeutics., Front. Psychiatry 2012 March; 3:34. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2012.00034. [PDF]
Jarosiewicz B, Schummers J, Malik WQ, Brown EN, Sur M., Functional Biases in Visual Cortex Neurons with Identified Projections to Higher Cortical Targets., Current Biology 2012 February 21; 22: 269–277. [PDF]

2011

Yu H, Majewska AK, Sur M, Rapid experience-dependent plasticity of synapse function and structure in ferret visual cortex in vivo., Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Dec 12. [PDF]
Mower AF, Kwok S, Yu H, Majewska AK, Okamoto KI, Hayashi Y, Sur M, Experience-dependent regulation of CaMKII activity within single visual cortex synapses in vivo., Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Dec 12. [PDF]
Mellios N, Sugihara H, Castro J, Banerjee A, Le C, Kumar A, Crawford B, Strathmann J, Tropea D, Levine SS, Edbauer D, Sur M., miR-132, an experience-dependent microRNA, is essential for visual cortex plasticity., Nature Neuroscience 2011. doi:10.1038/nn.2909. [PDF]
Mao R, Schummers J, Knoblich U, Lacey CJ, Van Wart A, Cobos I, Kim C, Huguenard JR, Rubenstein JL, Sur M., Influence of a Subtype of Inhibitory Interneuron on Stimulus-Specific Responses in Visual Cortex., Cereb Cortex. 2011 Jun 24. PMID: 21666125 [PDF]
Cramer SC, Sur M, Dobkin BH, O’Brien C, Sanger TD, Trojanowski JQ, Rumsey JM, Hicks R, Cameron J, Chen D, Chen WG, Cohen LG, deCharms C, Duffy CJ, Eden GF, Fetz EE, Filart R, Freund M, Grant SJ, Haber S, Kalivas PW, Kolb B, Kramer AF, Lynch M, Mayberg HS, McQuillen PS, Nitkin R, Pascual-Leone A, Reuter-Lorenz P, Schiff N, Sharma S, Shekim L, Stryker M, Sullivan EV, Vinogradov S, Harnessing neuroplasticity for clinical applications , Brain (2011) 134(6): 1591-1609 first published online April 10, 2011 doi:10.1093/brain/awr039 [PDF]
Tropea D, Sur M, Majewska AK , Experience-dependent plasticity in visual cortex: Dendritic spines and visual responsiveness, Commun Integr Biol. 2011 Mar-Apr; 4(2): 216–219. doi: 10.4161/cib.4.2.14505 [PDF]
Malik WQ, Schummers J, Sur M, Brown EN, Denoising Two-Photon Calcium Imaging Data., PLoS ONE 2011 6(6):e20490. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020490 [PDF]
Wilson NR, Sur M, Determinants of Synaptic and Circuit Plasticity in the Cerebral Cortex., In: Cerebral Plasticity: New Perspectives (Chalupa LM, ed, The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA), pp 75-88, 2011. [PDF]

2010

Runyan CA, Schummers J, Van Wart A, Kuhlman SJ, Wilson NR, Huang ZJ, Sur M, Response Features of Parvalbumin-Expressing Interneurons Suggest Precise Roles for Subtypes of Inhibition in Visual Cortex., Neuron 2010 Sep 9, 67(5):847-857. [PDF]
Tropea D, Majewska AK, Garcia R, and Sur M, Structural Dynamics of Synapses in Vivo Correlate with Functional Changes during Experience-Dependent Plasticity in Visual Cortex, J. Neurosci. 2010 30: 11086-11095; doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1661-10.2010 [PDF]
Yu, H, Schummers J, Sur M, The influence of astrocyte activation on hemodynamic signals for functional brain imaging., In: Imaging the Brain with Optical Methods (Roe AW, ed, Springer NY), pp 45-64, 2010. [PDF]
Stevenson IH, Cronin B, Sur M, Kording KP, Sensory Adaptation and Short Term Plasticity as Bayesian Correction for a Changing Brain. , PLoS ONE 2010 5(8): e12436. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012436. [PDF]
McCurry CL, Shepherd JD, Tropea D, Wang KH, Bear MF, Sur M., Loss of Arc renders the visual cortex impervious to the effects of sensory experience or deprivation., Nat Neurosci. 2010 Apr;13(4):450-7. [PDF]
Cronin, B., Stevenson, I.H.., Sur, M., Kording, K.P., Hierarchical Bayesian modeling and Markov chain Monte Carlo sampling for tuning curve analysis., J Neurophysiol. 2010 Jan; 103(1):591-602. [PDF]

2009

Page DT, Kuti OJ, Sur M., Computerized assessment of social approach behavior in mouse., Front Behav Neurosci. 2009 Nov 30;3:48. [PDF]
Malik, W., Schummers, J., Sur, M., Brown, E., , A Statistical Model for Multiphoton Calcium Imaging of the Brain., 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, September 2-6, 2009 [PDF]
Horng, S., Kreiman, G., Ellsworth, C., Page, D., Blank, M., Millen, K., Sur, M. , Differential gene expression in the developing lateral geniculate nucleus and medial geniculate nucleus reveals novel roles for Zic4 and Foxp2 in visual and auditory pathway development. , Journal of Neuroscience 29(43): 13672-13683, 2009. [PDF]
Neville, H., Sur, M. , Introduction to Plasticity., In “The Cognitive Neurosciences, 4th Edition,” ed. M.S. Gazzaniga, MIT Press, pp. 89-91, 2009. [PDF]
Horng, S., Sur, M. , Patterning and Plasticity of Maps in the Mammalian Visual Pathway. , In “The Cognitive Neurosciences, 4th Edition,” ed. M.S. Gazzaniga, MIT Press, pp. 91-107, 2009. [PDF]
Stimberg, M., K. Wimmer, R. Martin, L. Schwabe, J. Marino, J. Schummers, D. Lyon, M. Sur and K. Obermayer. , The operating regime of local computations in primary visual cortex. , Cerebral Cortex (advanced access e-publication Feb 16), 2009. [PDF]
Mao, R., D.T. Page, J. Holtzman, I. Merzlyak, C. Kim, L. H. Tecott, P.H. Janak, J.L.R. Rubenstein, and M. Sur. , Reduced conditioned fear response in mice that lack /Dlx1/ and show subtype-specific loss of interneurons. , Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders 1:224-236. 2009. [PDF]
Leamey, C.A., A. Van Wart and M. Sur. , Intrinsic patterning and experience-dependent mechanisms that generate eye-specific projections and binocular circuits in the visual pathway. , Current Opinion in Neurobiology 19:181-187. 2009. [PDF]
Tropea D., Giacometti E., Wilson N.R., Beard C., McCurry C., Fu D.D., Flannery R., Jaenisch R., Sur M. , Partial reversal of Rett Syndrome-like symptoms in MeCP2 mutant mice. , Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 106:2029-2034. 2009. [PDF]
Wimmer K., Stimberg M., Martin R., Schwabe L., Mariño J., Schummers J., Lyon D.C., Sur M., Obermayer K. , Dependence of orientation tuning on recurrent excitation and inhibition in a network model of V1. , In Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 21. (D. Koller, D. Schuurmans, Y. Bengio, and L. Bottou, editors, MIT Press), pp 1769–1776, 2009. [PDF]
Page D.T., Kuti O.J., Prestia C., Sur M. , Haploinsufficiency for Pten and Serotonin transporter cooperatively influences brain size and social behavior., Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 106:1989-1994. 2009. [PDF]

2008

Tropea D., Van Wart A., Sur M. , Molecular mechanisms of experience-dependent plasticity in visual cortex, Phil Trans R Soc B 364:341-355, 2009. Published online 31 October 2008 [PDF]
Sur M. , The Emerging Nature of Nurture, Science 322:1636. 2008. [PDF]
Lyckman A.W., Horng S., Leamey C.A., Tropea D., Watakabe A., Van Wart A., McCurry C., Yamamori T., Sur M. , Gene expression patterns in visual cortex during the critical period: synaptic stabilization and reversal by visual deprivation., Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 105(27):9409-14. 2008. [PDF]
Leamey C.A., Glendining K.A., Kreiman G., Kang N.D., Wang K.H., Fassler R., Sawatari A., Tonegawa S. and Sur M., Differential Gene Expression between Sensory Neocortical Areas: Potential Roles for Ten_m3 and Bcl6 in Patterning Visual and Somatosensory Pathways., Cerebral Cortex 2008. [PDF]
Schummers J., Yu H., Sur M. , Tuned responses of astrocytes and their influence on hemodynamic signals in the visual cortex. , Science 320(5883):1638-43, 2008. [ PDF]
See also: Welberg, L., Astrocytes: More than meets the eye, Nature Reviews Neuroscience 9, 586, 2008. [PDF]
and: Swaminathan, N., Mysterious Brain Cells Linked to Blood Flow, Scientific American July 20, 2008. [PDF]
and: Wolf, F., and Kirchhoff, F., Imaging Astrocyte Activity, Science 320: 1597-1599. [PDF]

2007

Wilson N.R., Ty M.T., Ingber D.E., Sur M. and Liu G. , Synaptic Reorganization in Scaled Networks of Controlled Size., Journal of Neuroscience 27 (50):13581, 2007. [PDF]
Schummers J., Cronin B., Wimmer K., Stimberg M., Martin R., Obermayer K., Kording K. and Sur M., Dynamics of orientation tuning in cat V1 neurons depend on location within layers and orientation maps, Frontiers in Neuroscience 1:145-159, 2007. [PDF]
Farley B.F., Yu H., Jin D.Z., and Sur M., Alteration of Visual Input Results in a Coordinated Reorganization of Multiple Visual Cortex Maps, The Journal of Neuroscience 27:10299–10310, 2007. [PDF]
Leamey C.A., Merlin S., Lattouf P., Sawatari A., Zhou X., Demel N., Glendining K., Oohashi T., Sur M. and Fassler R. , Ten_m3 Regulates Eye-Specific Patterning in the Mammalian Visual Pathway and is Required for Binocular Vision. , PLoS Biology 5:2077-2092, 2007. [PDF]
Newton J.R., Page D. and Sur M. , Developmental studies on rewiring the brain: What they tell us about brain evolution., In: Evolution of Nervous Systems, ed. J.H. Kaas, Academic Press, Oxford, vol 3, pp 103-112, 2007. [PDF]

2006

Horng, S.H. and M.Sur. , Visual activity and cortical rewiring: activity-dependent plasticity of cortical networks., Progress in Brain Research 157:3-11, 2006. [PDF]
Newton J.R., Majewska A.K., Ellsworth C. and Sur M., Reprogramming cortex: the consequences of cross-modal plasticity during development., In: Reprogramming the Cerebral Cortex, ed., S. Lomber and J. Eggermont, Oxford University Press, pp 349-360, 2006. [PDF]
Dragoi V. and Sur M., Image Structure at the Center of Gaze during Free Viewing., Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 18:737-748, 2006. [PDF]
Oray S., Majewska A., and Sur M., Effects of Synaptic Activity on Dendritic Spine Motility of Developing Cortical Layer V Pyramidal Neurons., Cerebral Cortex 16:730-741, 2006. [PDF]
Majewska A. and Sur M., Plasticity and specificity of cortical processing networks., Trends in Neuroscience 29:323-329, 2006. [PDF]
Tropea D., Kreiman G., Lyckman A., Mukherjee S., Yu H., Horng S., Sur M. , Gene expression changes and molecular pathways mediating activity-dependent plasticity in visual cortex., Nature Neuroscience 9:660-668, 2006. [PDF]
Majewska A., Newton J. and Sur M. , Remodeling of synaptic structure in sensory cortical areas in vivo., Journal of Neuroscience 26:3021-3029, 2006. [PDF]
Wang K.H., Majewska A., Schummers J., Farley B., Hu C., Sur M. and Tonegawa S., In Vivo Two-Photon Imaging Reveals a Role of Arc in Enhancing Orientation Specificity in Visual Cortex., Cell 126:389–402, 2006. [PDF]

2005

Schummers, J., Marino, J. and Sur, M., Local networks in visual cortex and their influence on neuronal responses and dynamics., Journal of Physiology Paris 98:429-441, 2005. [PDF]
Sur, M. and Rubenstein, J.L., Patterning and plasticity of the cerebral cortex., Science 310:805-810, 2005. [PDF]
Schummers, J., Sharma, J. and Sur, M., Bottom-up and top-down dynamics in visual cortex., Progress in Brain Research 149:65-81, 2005. [PDF]
Jin, D.Z., Dragoi, V., Sur, M. and Seung, H.S., Tilt after effect and adaptation-induced changes in orientation tuning in visual cortex., Journal of Neurophysiology 94:4038-4050, 2005. [PDF]
Sur, M., Breathing life into biology., Nature 436:487, 2005. [PDF]
Yu, H., Farley, B.J., Jin, D.Z. and Sur, M. , The Coordinated Mapping of Visual Space and Response Features in Visual Cortex., Neuron 47:267-280, 2005. [PDF]
See commentary by Aniruddha Das: Cortical Maps: Where Theory Meets Experiments., Neuron 47: 168-171, 2005. [PDF]
Ellsworth, C.A., Lyckman, A.W., Feldheim D.A., Flanagan, J.G. and Sur, M., Ephrin-A2 and -A5 influence patterning of normal and novel retinal projections to the thalamus: Conserved mapping mechanisms in visual and auditory thalamic targets., The Journal of Comparative Neurology 488: 140-151, 2005. [PDF]
Lyckman, A.W., Fan, G., Rios, M., and Sur, M., Normal eye-specific patterning of retinal inputs to murine subcortical visual nuclei in the absence of brain-derived neurotrophic factor., Visual Neuroscience 22:27-36, 2005. [PDF]
Mariño, J., Schummers, J., Lyon, D.C., Schwabe, L., Beck, O., Wiesing, P., Obermayer, K. and Sur, M. , Invariant computations in local cortical networks with balanced excitation and inhibition. , Nature Neuroscience 8: 194-201, 2005. [PDF]
George, P., Lyckman, A., LaVan, D., Hedge, A., Leung, Y., Avasare, R.,Testa, C., Alexander, P., Langer, R. and Sur, M. , Fabrication and biocompatibility of polypyrrole implants suitable for neural prosthetics., Biomaterials 26: 3511-3519, 2005. [PDF]

2004

Oray, S., Majewska, A. and Sur, M., Dendritic spine dynamics are regulated by monocular deprivation and extracellular matrix degradation., Neuron 44: 1021-1030, 2004 [PDF]
Newton, J.R., Ellsworth, C., Miyakawa, T., Tonegawa, S. and Sur, M., Acceleration of visually cued conditioned fear through the auditory pathway., Nature Neuroscience 7: 968-973, 2004. [PDF]
Newton, J.R. and Sur, M., Rewiring cortex functional visual plasticity in the auditory cortex during development. , In “Plasticity of the central auditory system and processing of complex acoustic signals” , ed., J. Syka and M.M. Merzenich, 2004 [PDF]
Sur, M., Rewiring cortex: Cross-modal plasticity and its implications for cortical development, and function., “Handbook of Multisensory Processing”, B. Stein, ed., MIT Press, 2004. [PDF]
Newton, J.R. and Sur, M., Plasticity of cerebral cortex in development. , Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, 2004.pdf [PDF]

2003

Sharma, J., Dragoi, V., Tenenbaum, J.B., Miller, E.K. and Sur, M., V1 neurons signal acquisition of an internal representation of stimulus location. , Science 300: 1758-1763, 2003. [PDF]
Leamey, C.A., Ho-Pao, C. and Sur, M., The role of calcineurin in activity dependent pattern formation in the , dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus of the ferret., Journal of Neurobiology 56: 153-162, 2003. [PDF]
Marino, J., Schummers, J. and Sur, M., Combinacion de nuevas tecnicas electrofisiologicas y de imagen en el estudio , de la funcion de la coteza visual primaria., Revisitia de Nuerologica 36: 944-950, 2003. [PDF]
Sur, M., and Jayadeva., Cognitive science: sensation, perception and learning. , Editorial, special issue on cognitive science, IETE Journal of Research 49: 73-75, 2003. [PDF]
Dragoi, V., Sharma, J. and Sur, M., Response plasticity in primary visual cortex and its role in vision and visuomotor behavior:, Bottom up and top-down influences of orientation processing in adult visual cortex., IETE Journal of Research 49: 77-85, 2003. [PDF]
Dragoi, V. and Sur, M., Plasticity of orientation processing in adult visual cortex., “The Visual Neurosciences”, L.M. Chalupa and J.S. Werner,eds., MIT Press, 1654-1664, 2003. [PDF]
Majewska, A. and Sur, M., Motility of dendritic spines in visual cortex in vivo: changes during the critical period and, effects of visual deprivation., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 100: 16024-16029, 2003. [PDF]

2002

Schummers, J., Dragoi, V. and Sur, M., Cortical plasticity: Time for a change, Current Biology 12: R168-R170, 2002. [PDF]
Dragoi, V., Sharma, J., MIller, E.K. and Sur, M., Dynamics of neuronal selectivity in primate visual cortex underlying local , feature discrimination., Nature Neuroscience . 5: 883-891, 2002. [PDF]
Schummers, J., Marino, J. and Sur, M., Synaptic integration by V1 neurons depends on location within the orientation map. , Neuron 36: 969-978, 2002. [PDF]
**see commentary by Edward M. Callaway: , Orientation tuning–a crooked path to the straight and narrow. , Neuron 5:783-785, 2002. [PDF]
Leamey, C.A. and Sur, M., The thalamus: A new proposal. , Neuron 34: 507-508, 2002. [PDF]
Lyckman, A. and Sur, M., The role of afferent activity in the development of cortical specification. , “Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation, Vol. 39 “, C. Hohmann, ed., Springer-Verlag, pp. 139-156, 2002. [PDF]
Somers, D., Dragoi, V. and Sur, M., Orientation selectivity and its modulation by local and long-range connections in visual cortex. , “The Cat Primary Visual Cortex”, A. Peters and B. Payne, eds., Academic Press, pp 471-520, 2002. [PDF]
Dragoi, V., Rivadulla, C. and Sur, M., Contributions of ascending thalamic and local intracortical connections to visual cortical, function., “Virtual Lesions: Understanding perception and behavior with reversible deactivactivation techniques”,, S. Lomber and R. Galuske, eds., Oxford University Press, pp. 41-60, 2002. [PDF]

2001

Dragoi, V., Turcu, C. and Sur, M., Stability of cortical responses and the statistics of natural scenes., Neuron 32: 1181-1192, 2001. [PDF]
Hohnke, C.D., and Sur, M., Neural activity and the development of brain circuits., In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, London: Nature Publishing Group, vol. 13, pp. 19-27, 2001. [PDF]
Lyckman, A., Jhaveri,S., Feldheim,D., Vanderhaeghen, P., Flanagan, J. and Sur, M., Enhanced plasticity of retinothalamic projections in an ephrin-A2/A5 double mutant., J. Neuroscience 21(19): 7684-7690, 2001. [PDF]
Sur, M., Cortical development: Transplantation and rewiring studies., In: International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences 4: 2837-2842, 2001. [PDF]
Leamey, C., Ho-Pao., C. and Sur, M., Disruption of retinogeniculate pattern formation by inhibition of soluble guanylyl, cyclase., J. Neuroscience 21(11): 3871-3880, 2001. [PDF]
Dragoi, V., Rivadulla, C. and Sur, M., Foci of orientation plasticity in visual cortex., Nature 411: 80-86, 2001. [PDF]
Rivadulla, C., J. Sharma and Sur, M., Specific roles of NMDA and AMPA receptors in direction-selective and spatial, phase-selective responses in visual cortex., J. Neuroscience 21: 1710-1719, 2001. [PDF]
Leamey, C. and Sur, M., Development and plasticity of cortical areas and networks., Nature Reviews Neurosci. 2:251-262, 2001. [PDF]
Weng, J., McClelland, J., Pentland,A., Sporns,O., Stockman,I., Sur, M. and Thelen, E.., Autonomous mental development by robots and animals., Science 291: 599-600, 2001. [PDF]

2000

Hohnke, C.D., Oray, S. and Sur, M., Activity-dependent patterning of retinogeniculate axons proceeds with a constant, contribution from AMPA and NMDA receptors., J. Neuroscience 20: 8051-8060, 2000. [PDF]
Dragoi, V., Sharma, J. and Sur, M., Adaptation-induced plasticity of orientation tuning in primary visual cortex., Neuron 28:287-298, 2000. [PDF]
Angelucci, A., Sharma, J. and Sur, M., Modifiability of neocortical connections and function during development., In: “The Mutable Brain”, J.H. Kaas, ed, Harwood Academic Publishers, pp 351-392, 2000. [PDF]
Dragoi, V., and Sur, M., Dynamic properties of recurrent inhibition in primary visual cortex: Contrast and, orientation dependence of contextual effects., J. Neurophysiol. 83: 1019-1030, 2000. [PDF]
Von Melchner, L., Pallas, S.L. and Sur, M., Visual behavior mediated by retinal projections directed to the auditory pathway., Nature 404:871-876, 2000. [PDF]
Sharma, J., Angelucci, A. and Sur, M., Induction of visual orientation modules in auditory cortex., Nature 404:841-847, 2000. [PDF]

1999

Sur, M., A. Angelucci and J. Sharma. Rewiring cortex: The role of patterned activity in development and plasticity of neocortical circuits. Journal of Neurobiology 41: 33-43, 1999. [PDF]
Yuste, R., and M. Sur. Development and plasticity of the cerebral cortex: from molecules to maps. Journal of Neurobiology 41: 1-6, 1999. [PDF]
Moore, C.I., S.B. Nelson, and M. Sur. Dynamics of neuronal integration in rat somatosensory cortex. Trends in Neurosciences 22: 513-520, 1999. [PDF]
Cramer K.S., and M. Sur. The neuronal form of nitric oxide synthase is required for pattern formation by retinal afferents in the ferret lateral geniculate nucleus. Developmental Brain Research 116: 79-86, 1999. [PDF]
Hahm, J., K. Cramer, and M. Sur. Pattern formation by retinal afferents in the ferret lateral geniculate nucleus: developmental segregation and the role of NMDA receptors. Journal of Comparative Neurology 411: 327-345, 1999. [PDF]
Hohnke, C.D., and M. Sur. Stable properties of spontaneous EPSCs and miniature retinal EPSCs during the development of ON/OFF sublamination in the ferret lateral nucleus. Journal of Neuroscience 19: 236-247, 1999. [PDF]
Hohnke, C.D., and M. Sur. Development of the visual pathways: Effects of neural activity. Mental Retardation & Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews 5: 51-59, 1999.

1998

Cramer, K.S., C.A. Leamey and M. Sur. Nitric oxide as a signaling molecule in visual system development. In “Nitric Oxide and other diffusible signals in brain development, plasticity and disease,” R. Mize and M. Friedlander, eds., pp. 101-114, Progress in Brain Research Series, Elsevier, 1998.
Leamey, C.A., K. Cramer, and M. Sur. The role of activity-dependent mechanisms in pattern formation in the retinogeniculate pathway. In: “Development and organization of the retina: From molecules to function,” L. Chalupa and B. Finlay, eds., pp 309-318, Kluwer Academic Press, 1998.
Angelucci, A, F. Clasca, and M. Sur. Brainstem inputs into the ferret medial geniculate nucleus and the effect of early deafferentation on novel retinal projections to the auditory thalamus. Journal of Comparative Neurology 400: 417-439, 1998. [PDF]
Somers, D.C., E.V. Todorov, A.G. Siapas and M. Sur. A local circuit approach to understanding integration of local and long-range inputs in visual cortex. Cerebral Cortex 8: 204-217, 1998. [PDF]
Garraghty, P.E., A. Roe and M. Sur. Specification of retinogeniculate X and Y axon arbors in cats: fundamental differences in developmental programs. Developmental Brain Research 107: 227-231, 1998. [PDF]
Sheth, B.R., C.I. Moore, and M. Sur. Temporal modulation of spatial borders in rat barrel cortex. Journal of Neurophysiology 79:464-470, 1998. [PDF]

1997

Moore, C.I., and M. Sur. Cortical plasticity and LTP. Behavioral Brain Sciences 20: 623-624, 1997. Somers, D.C., E.V. Todorov, A.G. Siapas, and M. Sur. A local circuit integration approach to understanding visual cortical receptive fields. In: Computational Neuroscience, Trends in Research, J. Bower, ed., pp 505-510, Plenum Press, New York 1997.
Toth, L.J., D.-S. Kim, S.C. Rao and M. Sur. Integration of local inputs in visual cortex. Cerebral Cortex 7: 703-710, 1997. [PDF]
Rao, C., L.J. Toth and M. Sur. Optically imaged maps of orientation preference in primary visual cortex of cats and ferrets. Journal of Comparative Neurology 387: 358-370, 1997. [PDF]
Cramer, K.S. and M. Sur. Blockade of afferent impulse activity disrupts on/off sublamination in the ferret lateral geniculate nucleus. Developmental Brain Research 98: 287-290, 1997. [PDF]
Angelucci, A., F. Clasca, E. Bricolo, K.S. Cramer and M. Sur. Experimentally induced retinal projections to the ferret auditory thalamus: Development of clustered eye-specific patterns in a novel target. Journal of Neuroscience 17: 2040-2055, 1997. [PDF]

1996

Somers, D.C., Todorov, E.V., Siapas, A.G. and Sur, M. Vector-space integration of local and longrange information in visual cortex. AI Lab Memo 1556, M.I.T., 1996.
Sheth, B.R., J. Sharma, S.C. Rao and M. Sur. Orientation maps of subjective contours in visual cortex. Science 274: 2110-2115, 1996. [PDF]
Cramer, K.S., A. Angelucci, J.O. Hahm, M.B. Bogdonov and M. Sur. A role for nitric oxide in the development of the ferret retinogeniculate projection. Journal of Neuroscience 16: 7995-8004, 1996. [PDF]
Somers, D.C., Toth, L.J., Todorov, E., Rao, S.C., Kim, D.S., Nelson, S.B., Siapas, A.G. and Sur, M. Variable gain control in local cortical circuitry supports context-dependent modulation by longrange connections. In: Lateral Interactions in the Cortex: Structure and Function, eds. J. Sirosh, R. Miikkulainen and Y. Choe, Univ. of Texas, Austin, 1996.
Cramer, K.S. and M. Sur. The role of NMDA receptors and nitric oxide in retinogeniculate development. Progress in Brain Research 108: 235-244, 1996.
Toth, L.J., S.C. Rao, D.-S. Kim, D. Somers and M. Sur. Subthreshold facilitation and suppression in primary visual cortex revealed by intrinsic signal imaging. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 93: 9869-9874, 1996. [PDF]
Ramoa, A.S. and M. Sur. Short-term synaptic plasticity in the visual cortex during development. Cerebral Cortex 6: 640-646, 1996. [PDF]
Angelucci, A., F. Clasca and M. Sur. Anterograde axonal transport of Cholera Toxin Subunit B: a highly sensitive immunohistochemical protocol for revealing fine axonal morphology in adult and neonatal brains. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 65: 101-112, 1996. [PDF]

1995

Sur, M. and Cowey, A. Cerebral cortex: function and development. Neuron 15: 497-505, 1995. [PDF]
Sur, M. Maps of time and space. Nature 378: 13-14, 1995. [PDF]
Clasca, F., A. Angelucci and M. Sur. Cell-specific programs of development in neocortical projection neurons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 92: 11145-11149, 1995. [PDF]
Somers, D.C., S.B. Nelson and M. Sur. An emergent model of orientation selectivity in cat visual cortical simple cells. Journal of Neuroscience 15: 5448-5465, 1995. [PDF]
Rocha, M. and M. Sur. Rapid acquisition of dendritic spines by visual thalamic neurons after blockade of NMDA receptors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 92: 8026-8030, 1995. [PDF]
Cramer, K.S. and M. Sur. Activity-dependent remodeling of connections in the mammalian visual system. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 5:106-111, 1995. [PDF]
Somers, D.C., S.B. Nelson and M. Sur. An emergent model of visual cortical orientation selectivity. In: The Neurobiology of Computation, J. Bower, Ed., Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 311-316, 1995.
Cramer, K.S., C.I. Moore and M. Sur. Transient expression of NADPH-diaphorase in the lateral geniculate nucleus of the ferret during early postnatal development. Journal of Comparative Neurology 353:306-316, 1995. [PDF]

1994

Smetters, D.K., J. Hahm and M. Sur. An N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist does not prevent eye-specific segregation in the ferret retinogeniculate pathway. Developmental Brain Research 658: 168-178, 1994.
Pallas, S.L. and M. Sur. Morphology of axons induced to arborize in a novel target, the medial geniculate nucleus. II. Comparison with arbors from the inferior colliculus. Journal of Comparative Neurology 347: 21-35, 1994. [PDF]
Pallas, S.L., J. Hahm, and M. Sur. Morphology of axons induced to arborize in a novel target, the medial geniculate nucleus. I. Comparison with arbors in normal targets. Journal of Comparative Neurology 347: 1-20, 1994. [PDF]
Nelson, S., L. Toth, B. Sheth, and M. Sur. Orientation selectivity of cortical neurons persists during intracellular blockade of inhibition. Science 265: 774-777, 1994. [PDF]
Chino, Y.M., H. Cheng, E.L. Smith, P.E. Garraghty, A.W. Roe and M. Sur. Early discordant binocular vision disrupts signal transfer in the lateral geniculate nucleus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 91: 6938-6942, 1994. [PDF]
Garraghty, P.E., A.W. Roe, Y.M. Chino and M. Sur. Abnormal development of retinogeniculate X axons in strabismic cats: a possible substrate for visual dysfunction. Neuroscience Letters 165: 223-226, 1994.

1993

Sur, M. Cortical specification: Microcircuits, perceptual identity, and an overall perspective. Perspectives on Developmental Neurobiology 1: 109-113, 1993.
Pallas, S.L., L.S. Carman and M. Sur. Visual inputs and information processing in sensory cortex: An in vivo developmental study. In: Analysis and Modeling of Neural Systems, F. Eeckman, ed., pp. 167-178, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1993.
Esguerra, M. and M. Sur. Spike trains and signaling modes of neurons in the ferret lateral geniculate nucleus. Experimental Brain Research 273-286, 1993.
Pallas, S.L. and M. Sur. Visual projections induced into the auditory pathway of ferrets. II. Corticocortical connections of primary auditory cortex. Journal of Comparative Neurology 336: 317-333, 1993. [PDF]
Roe, A.W., P.E. Garraghty, M. Esguerra and M. Sur. Experimentally induced visual projections to the auditory thalamus in ferrets: Evidence for a W cell pathway. Journal of Comparative Neurology 334: 263-280, 1993. [PDF]
Garraghty, P.E. and M. Sur. Factors influencing the development of retinal axon arbors in the cat’s lateral geniculate nucleus. Physiological Reviews 73: 529-545, 1993. [PDF]

1992

Sur, M. Input activity and cortical development. Neuroscience Facts 3: 58, 1992.
Sur, M., J.O. Hahm and M. Esguerra. Role of postsynaptic activity in retinogeniculate pattern formation. In: The Visual System from Genesis to Maturity, R. Lent, ed., pp. 104-110, Birkhauser Boston, 1992.
Langdon, R.B. and M. Sur. The effects of selective glutamate receptor antagonists on synchronized firing bursts in layer III of rat visual cortex in vitro. Brain Research 599: 283-296, 1992. [PDF]
White, C.A. and M. Sur. Membrane and synaptic properties of developing lateral geniculate nucleus neurons during retinogeniculate axon segregation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 89: 9850-9854, 1992. [PDF]
Nelson, S.B. and M. Sur. NMDA receptors in sensory information processing. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 2: 484-488, 1992.
Roe, A.W., S.L. Pallas, Y.H. Kwon and M. Sur. Visual projections routed to the auditory pathway in ferrets: receptive fields of visual neurons in primary auditory cortex. Journal of Neuroscience 12: 3651-3664, 1992. [PDF]
Kwon, Y.H., S.B. Nelson, L.J. Toth and M. Sur. Effect of stimulus contrast and size on NMDA receptor activity in the cat lateral geniculate nucleus. Journal of Neurophysiology 68: 182-196, 1992. [PDF]
Esguerra, M., Y.H. Kwon and M. Sur. Retinogeniculate EPSPs recorded intracellularly in the ferret lateral geniculate nucleus in vitro: role of NMDA receptors. Visual Neuroscience 8: 545-555, 1992.

1991

Sur, M. Sensory inputs and the specification of neocortex during development. In: The Development of the Visual System, D.M.K. Lam and C.J. Shatz, eds., pp. 217-228, MIT Press, 1991.
Kwon, Y.H., M. Esguerra and M. Sur. NMDA and Non-NMDA receptors mediate visual responses of neurons in the cat’s lateral geniculate nucleus. Journal of Neurophysiology 66: 414-428, 1991. [PDF]
Hahm, J.-O., R.B. Langdon and M. Sur. Disruption of retinogeniculate afferent segregation by antagonists to NMDA receptors. Nature 351: 568-570, 1991. [PDF]
Hockfield, S. and M. Sur. Monoclonal antibody Cat-301 identifies Y-cells in the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus of the cat. Journal of Comparative Neurology 300: 320-330, 1991. [PDF]

1990

Sur, M., S.L. Pallas and A.W. Roe. Cross-modal plasticity in cortical development: differentiation and specification of sensory neocortex. Trends in Neuroscience 13: 227-233, 1990. [PDF]
Langdon, R.B. and M. Sur. Components of field potentials evoked by white matter stimulation in isolated slices of primary visual cortex: spatial distributions and synaptic order. Journal of Neurophysiology 64: 1484-1501, 1990. [PDF]
Roe, A.W., S.L. Pallas, J.O. Hahm and M. Sur. A map of visual space induced in primary auditory cortex. Science 250: 818-820, 1990. [PDF]
Pallas, S.L., A.W. Roe and M. Sur. Visual projections induced into the auditory pathway of ferrets. I. Novel inputs to primary auditory cortex (AI) from the LP/pulvinar complex and the topography of the MGN-AI projection. Journal of Comparative Neurology 298: 50-68, 1990. [PDF]
Garraghty, P.E. and M. Sur. The morphology of single intracellularly stained axons terminating in area 3b of macaque monkeys. Journal of Comparative Neurology 294: 583-593, 1990. [PDF]

1989

Garraghty, P.E., A.W. Roe, Y.M. Chino and M. Sur. The effects of convergent strabismus on the development of physiologically identified retinogeniculate axons in cats. Journal of Comparative Neurology 289: 202-212, 1989. [PDF]
Roe, A.W., P.E. Garraghty and M. Sur. The terminal arbors of single On-center and Off-center X and Y retinal ganglion cell axons within the ferret’s lateral geniculate nucleus. Journal of Comparative Neurology 288: 208-242, 1989. [PDF]
Garraghty, P.E., T.P. Pons, M. Sur and J.H. Kaas. The arbors of axons terminating in middle cortical layers of somatosensory area 3b in owl monkeys. Somatosensory and Motor Research 6: 401-411, 1989.

1988

Sur, M. Visual plasticity in the auditory pathway: visual inputs induced into auditory thalamus and cortex illustrate principles of adaptive organization in sensory systems. In: Dynamic Interactions in Neural Networks: Models and Experiments, M.A. Arbib and S. Amari, eds., Springer-Verlag Research Notes in Neurocomputing, vol. 1: 35-51, 1988.
Sur, M. Visual projections induced into auditory thalamus and cortex: implications for thalamic and cortical information processing. Progress in Brain Research vol. 75: Vision within extrageniculostriate systems, T.P. Hicks and G. Benedek, eds., pp. 129-136, 1988.
Garraghty, P.E. and M. Sur. Interactions between retinal axons during development of their terminal arbors in the cat’s lateral geniculate nucleus. In: Cellular Thalamic Mechanisms, M. Bentivoglio and R. Spreafico, eds., pp. 465-477, Elsevier, 1988.
Sur, M. Development and plasticity of retinal X and Y axon terminations in the cat’s lateral geniculate nucleus. Brain Behavior and Evolution 31: 243-251, 1988.
Sur, M., P.E. Garraghty and A.W. Roe. Experimentally induced visual projections into auditory thalamus and cortex. Science 242: 1437-1441, 1988. [PDF]
Garraghty, P.E., C.J. Shatz, D.W. Sretavan and M. Sur. Axon arbors of X and Y retinal ganglion cells are differentially affected by prenatal disruption of binocular inputs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 85: 7361-7365, 1988. [PDF]
Garraghty, P.E., C.J. Shatz and M. Sur. Prenatal disruption of binocular interactions creates novel lamination in the cat’s lateral geniculate nucleus. Visual Neuroscience 1: 93-102, 1988.
Sur, M., D.O. Frost and S. Hockfield. Expression of a surface antigen on Y-cells in the cat lateral geniculate nucleus is regulated by visual experience. Journal of Neuroscience 8: 874-882, 1988. [PDF]

1987

Weller, R.E., M. Sur and J.H. Kaas. Callosal and ipsilateral cortical connections of the body surface representations in S-I and S-II of tree shrews. Somatosensory Research 5: 107-133, 1987.
Sur, M., M. Esguerra, P.E. Garraghty, M.F. Kritzer and S.M. Sherman. Morphology of physiologically identified retinal X- and Y-cell axons in the cat lateral geniculate nucleus. Journal of Neurophysiology 58: 1-32, 1987. [PDF]
Garraghty, P.E., D.O. Frost and M. Sur. The morphology of retinogeniculate X- and Y-cell axonal arbors in dark-reared cats. Experimental Brain Research 66: 115-127, 1987.

1986

Garraghty, P.E., M. Sur and S.M. Sherman. The role of competitive interactions in the postnatal development of X and Y retinogeniculate axons. Journal of Comparative Neurology 251: 216-239, 1986. [PDF]
Garraghty, P.E., M. Sur, R.E. Weller and S.M. Sherman. Morphology of retinogeniculate X and Y axon arbors in monocularly enucleated cats. Journal of Comparative Neurology 251: 198-215, 1986. [PDF]
Sur, M. What does the cortex do? Behavioral Brain Science 9: 105, 1986.
Wall, J.T., J.H. Kaas, M. Sur, R.J. Nelson, D.J. Felleman and M.M. Merzenich. Functional reorganization in somatosensory cortical areas 3b and 1 of adult monkeys after median nerve repair: possible relationships to sensory recovery in humans. Journal of Neuroscience 6: 218-233, 1986. [PDF]

1985

Sur, M., P.E. Garraghty and C.J. Bruce. Somatosensory cortex in macaque monkeys: Laminar differences in receptive field size in areas 3b and 1. Brain Research 342: 391-395, 1985.
Humphrey, A.L., M. Sur, D.J. Uhlrich and S.M. Sherman. Termination patterns of individual X and Y-cell axons in the visual cortex of the cat: Projections to area 18, to the 17-18 border region, and to both areas 17 and 18. Journal of Comparative Neurology 233: 190-212, 1985. [PDF]
Humphrey, A.L., M. Sur, D.J. Uhlrich and S.M. Sherman. Projection patterns of individual X- and Y-cell axons from the lateral geniculate nucleus to cortical area 17 in the cat. Journal of Comparative Neurology 233: 159-189, 1985. [PDF]

1984

Sur, M. and S.M. Sherman. The position sensitivity of retinal X- and Y-cells in cats. Experimental Brain Research 56: 497-501, 1984.
Sur, M., R.E. Weller and S.M. Sherman. Development of retinogeniculate X-and Y-cell terminations in kittens. Nature 310: 246-249, 1984. [PDF]
Kaas, J.H., R.H. Nelson, M. Sur, R.W. Dykes, and M.M. Merzenich. The Somatotopic organization of the Ventroposterior Thalamus of the squirrel monkey, Saimiri sciureus. Journal of Comparative Neurology 226: 111-140, 1984. [PDF]
Sur. M., J.T. Wall and J.H. Kaas. Modular distribution of neurons with slowly adapting and rapidly adapting responses in area 3b of somatosensory cortex in monkeys. Journal of Neurophysiology 51: 724-744, 1984. [PDF]

1983

Merzenich, M.M., J.T. Wall, M. Sur, R.J. Nelson, D.J. Felleman and J.H. Kaas. Progression of change following median nerve section in the cortical representation of the hand in area 3b and 1 in adult owl and squirrel monkeys. Neuroscience 10: 639-665, 1983. [PDF]
Felleman, D.J., R.J. Nelson, M. Sur, and J.H. Kaas. Representations of the skin surface in areas 3b in 1 of postcentral parietal cortex of cebus monkeys. Brain Research 268: 15-26, 1983. [PDF]
Merzenich, M.M., J.H. Kaas, J. Wall, R.J. Nelson, M. Sur and D.J. Felleman. Topographic reorganization of somatosensory cortical areas 3b and 1 in adult monkeys following restricted deafferentation. Neuroscience 8: 33-35, 1983. [PDF]

1982

Sur, M., A.L. Humphrey and S.M. Sherman. Monocular deprivation affects X- and Y-cell retinogeniculate terminations in cats. Nature 300: 183-185, 1982. [ PDF]
Sur, M. and S.M. Sherman. Retinogeniculate terminations in cats: Morphological differences between X- and Y-cell axons. Science 218: 389-391, 1982. [PDF]
Sur, M. and S.M. Sherman. Linear and nonlinear W-cells in C laminae of the cat’s lateral geniculate nucleus. Journal of Neurophysiology 47: 869-884, 1982. [ PDF]
Sur, M., R.J. Nelson and J.H. Kaas. Representations of the body surface in cortical areas 3b and 1 of squirrel monkeys: Comparison with other primates. Journal of Comparative Neurology 211: 177-192, 1982. [PDF]

1981

Kaas, J.H., R.J. Nelson, M. Sur, and M.M. Merzenich. Organization of somatosensory cortex in primates. In: The Organization of the Cerebral Cortex, F.O. Schmitt, F.G. Worden, G. Adelman, S.G. Dennis, eds., pp. 237-261, MIT Press, 1981.
Merzenich, M.M., M. Sur, R.J. Nelson and J.H. Kaas. Redefinition of “SI” in primates. Some features of organization of the Area 3b and Area 1 cutaneous representations in the owl monkey. In: Cortical Sensory Organization, Vol. I, C.N. Woolsey, ed., pp. 47-55, Humana Press, 1981.
Kaas, J.H., M. Sur, R.J. Nelson and M.M. Merzenich. Multiple representations of the body in postcentral somatosensory cortex of primates. In: Cortical Sensory Organization, Vol.I, C.N. Woolsey, ed., pp. 29-45, Humana Press, 1981.
Kaas, J.H., M. Sur and J.T. Wall. Modular segregation of slowly and rapidly adapting neurons in somatosensory cortex of monkeys. Trends in Neuroscience 4: 13, 1981.
Dykes, R.W.,M. Sur, M.M. Merzenich, J.H. Kaas and R.J. Nelson. Regional segregation of neurons responding to quickly adapting, slowly adapting, deep and pacinian receptors within thalamic ventroposterior lateral and ventroposterior inferior nuclei in the squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus). Neuroscience 6: 1687-1692, 1981. [PDF]
Sur, M., J.T. Wall and J.H. Kaas. Modular segregation of functional cell classes within postcentral somatosensory cortex of primates. Science 212: 1059-1061, 1981. [PDF]
Sur, M. Receptive fields of neurons in Areas 3b and 1 of somatosensory cortex in monkeys. Brain Research 198: 465-471, 1981. [PDF]
Sur, M., R.E. Weller and J.H. Kaas. Physiological and anatomical evidence for a discontinuous representation of the trunk in SI of tree shrews. Journal of Comparative Neurology 201: 135-147, 1981. [PDF]
Sur, M., R.E. Weller, and J.H. Kaas. The organization of somatosensory area II in tree shrews. Journal of Comparative Neurology 201: 121-133, 1981. [PDF]

1980

Sur, M., R.E. Weller, and J.H. Kaas. The body representation in somatosensory area I of the tree shrew (Tupaia glis). Journal of Comparative Neurology 194: 71-96, 1980. [PDF]
Nelson, R.J., M. Sur, D.J. Felleman, and J.H. Kaas. Representations of the body surface in postcentral parietal cortex of Macaca fascicularis. Journal of Comparative Neurology 192: 611-643, 1980. [PDF]
Sur, M., M.M. Merzenich and J.H. Kaas. Magnification, receptive field area and “hypercolumn” size in areas 3b and 1 of somatosensory cortex in owl monkeys. Journal of Neurophysiology 44: 295-311, 1980. [PDF]
Sur, M., R.J. Nelson and J.H. Kaas. Representation of the body surface in somatic koniocortex in the prosimian Galago. Journal of Comparative Neurology 189: 381-402, 1980. [PDF]

1979

Kaas, J.H., R.J. Nelson, M. Sur, C.S. Lin and M.M. Merzenich. Multiple representations of the body within “SI” of primates: a redefinition of “primary somatosensory cortex.” Science 204: 521-523, 1979. [PDF]
Lin, C.S., M.M. Merzenich, M. Sur and J.H. Kaas. Connections of areas 3b and 1 of the parietal somatosensory strip with the ventroposterior lateral (VPL) nucleus in the owl monkey. Journal of Comparative Neurology 185: 355-371, 1979. [PDF]
Nelson, R.J., M. Sur and J.H. Kaas. The organization of the second somatosensory area (SmII) of the grey squirrel. Journal of Comparative Neurology 184: 473-489, 1979. [PDF]

1978

Merzenich, M.M., J.H. Kaas, M. Sur and C.S. Lin. Double representation of the body surface within cytoarchitectonic areas 3b and 1 in “SI” in the owl monkey (Aotus trivirgatus). Journal of Comparative Neurology 181: 41-74, 1978. [PDF]
Sur, M., R.J. Nelson and J.H. Kaas. The representation of the body surface in somatosensory area I of the grey squirrel. Journal of Comparative Neurology 179: 425-450, 1978. [PDF]

1976

Sur, M., S.S. Jamuar and S.K. Mullick. Design of a contourograph using integrated circuits. Journal of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers 22: 786-790, 1976.