James Schummers, PhD - Publications

1. Runyan CA*, Schummers J*, Van Wart A*, Kuhlman SJ, Wilson N, Huang ZJ, Sur M. (2010) Response features of parvalbumin-expressing interneurons suggest precise roles for subtypes of inhibition in visual cortex. Neuron 67(5):847-57.
2. Stimberg M, Wimmer K, Martin R, Schwabe L, Mariño J, Schummers J, Lyon DC, Sur M and Obermayer K. (2009) The Operating Regime of Local Computations in Primary Visual Cortex. Cerebral Cortex 19(9):2166-80.
3. Schummers J, Yu H, Sur M. (2008) Tuned responses of astrocytes and their influence on hemodynamic signals in the visual cortex. Science 320:1638-43.
   

   Related commentary: Wolf F, Kirchhoff F. (2008) Neuroscience. Imaging astrocyte activity. Science. 320:1597-1599.

4. Schummers J, Cronin B, Wimmer K, Stimberg M, Martin R, Obermayer K, Koerding K and Sur M (2007) Dynamics of orientation tuning in cat V1 neurons depend on location within layers and orientation maps. Frontiers in Neuroscience (published online 1 November 2007).
5. Wang KH, Majewska A, Schummers J, Farley B, Hu C, Sur M, Tonegawa S (2006) In vivo two-photon imaging reveals a role of arc in enhancing orientation specificity in visual cortex. Cell 126:389-402.
6. Mariño J, Schummers J, Lyon DC, Schwabe L, Beck O, Wiesing P, Obermayer K, Sur M (2005) Invariant computations in local cortical networks with balanced excitation and inhibition. Nat Neurosci 8:194-201.
7. Schummers J, Mariño J, Sur M (2002) Synaptic integration by V1 neurons depends on location within the orientation map. Neuron 36:969-978.
   

   Related commentary: Callaway EM (2002) Orientation tuning--a crooked path to the straight and narrow. Neuron 36:783-785.

8. Schummers J, Browning MD (2001) Evidence for a role for GABA(A) and NMDA receptors in ethanol inhibition of long-term potentiation. Brain Res Mol Brain Res 94:9-14.
9. Schummers J, Bentz S, Browning MD (1997) Ethanol's inhibition of LTP may not be mediated solely via direct effects on the NMDA receptor. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 21:404-408.
10. Colvin RA, Walker JP, Schummers J, Davis N (1996) Aging does not affect steady-state expression of the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger in rat brain. Cell Mol Neurobiol 16:11-19.
11. Janapati V, Wu A, Davis N, Derrico CA, Levengood J, Schummers J, Colvin RA (1995) Post-transcriptional regulation of the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger in aging rat heart. Mech Ageing Dev 84:195-208.