Stephen D. Van Hooser

The paper shows that proximity to criticality in neural systems predicts learning rates and cognitive abilities across species.

This study shows that prey capture learning during the critical period in mice enhances visual function through structural plasticity, including increased excitatory connectivity and spine turnover, which is absent in adults.

The paper introduces a framework for creating reusable, well-documented analysis tools in vision science, demonstrating their use in published research.

The paper investigates speed-tuned neurons in the primary visual cortex of carnivores, finding clustered 'hot spots' of high speed selectivity within V1.

This study shows that premature visual experience in ferrets alters circuit excitability and visual receptive fields, particularly affecting temporal frequency tuning and bandwidth.

The paper investigates how primary visual cortex encodes motion features, finding that preferred direction reverses with stimulus speed and motion can be decoded from V1 responses.

The paper investigates how prolonged activity deprivation in mouse cortical slices affects synaptic and cellular properties, finding increased synaptic strength and reduced synaptic density.

This study investigates how prolonged activity silencing in mouse neocortical slice cultures affects rebound activity and synaptic balance, finding age-dependent synapse loss and excitability shifts.

This study investigates whether acute visual experience affects LGN receptive field properties in ferrets, finding no significant changes in orientation or direction selectivity, latency, or sustainedness.

The paper shows that PARbZIP transcription factors constrain homeostatic plasticity in the mammalian neocortex, preventing excessive responses to activity deprivation.

This study examines how juvenile Shank3 knockout mice differ in hunting strategies compared to wild-type mice, revealing behavioral patterns similar to those seen in individuals with autism spectrum disorder.

The paper uses optogenetic stimulation to investigate cortical contributions to cross-orientation suppression and finds that cortical circuits provide limited suppression, with sublinear integration observed at higher firing rates.

The paper shows that paired feedforward excitation with delayed inhibition enables high-frequency computations across brain regions despite membrane filtering.

NDI provides a platform-independent data interface and database to standardize and share neuroscience data across labs and analyses.

The paper investigates how cortical direction selectivity develops through a combination of synaptic and intrinsic plasticity mechanisms in ferret visual cortex.

The paper quantifies how visual experience affects dendritic arbor development in mouse visual cortex, finding limited impact and identifying Rem2 as a regulator.

The paper shows that early visual experience instructively shapes direction selectivity in ferret visual cortex, while later experience enhances pre-existing response properties.

This study shows Rem2 is essential for ocular dominance plasticity and regulates synaptic scaling and intrinsic excitability in cortical neurons.

This study investigates the development of cross-orientation suppression and surround suppression in ferrets, finding these properties are present at eye opening and not dependent on visual experience.