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Jonathan B. Levitt Ph.D.
Affiliation:
City College, CUNY
Biology
"Neurological Disorders and Mental Health"
Title: Professor
Rank: Professor
Address:
City College of New York 160 Convent Avenue Dept Biology MR526
New York, NY 10031
Contact:
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 212.650.8539
Narrative
Jonathan B. Levitt is a neurobiologist who studies the neural basis of visual perception, and the
organization and development of mammalian cerebral cortex using electrophysiological and
neuroanatomical techniques.
Publications
1.
Khalil R, Levitt JB. Developmental remodeling of corticocortical feedback circuits in PubMed
ferret visual cortex. J Comp Neurol. 2014 Dec 1; 522(14):3208-28.
2.
Marmolejo N, Paez J, Levitt JB, Jones LB. Early postnatal lesion of the medial dorsal PubMed
nucleus leads to loss of dendrites and spines in adult prefrontal cortex. Dev Neurosci.
2012; 34(6):463-76.
3.
Khalil R, Levitt JB. Zinc histochemistry reveals circuit refinement and distinguishes PubMed
visual areas in the developing ferret cerebral cortex. Brain Struct Funct. 2013 Sep;
218(5):1293-306.
4.
Cheong SK, Tailby C, Martin PR, Levitt JB, Solomon SG. Slow intrinsic rhythm in the PubMed
koniocellular visual pathway. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Aug 30; 108(35):1465963.
5.
Jeffery G, Levitt JB, Cooper HM. Segregated hemispheric pathways through the optic PubMed
chiasm distinguish primates from rodents. Neuroscience. 2008 Dec 2; 157(3):637-43.
6.
Xiao J, Levitt JB, Buffenstein R. A stereotaxic atlas of the brain of the naked mole-rat PubMed
(Heterocephalus glaber). Neuroscience. 2006 Sep 1; 141(3):1415-35.
7.
Lund JS, Griffiths S, Rumberger A, Levitt JB. Inhibitory synapse cover on the somata PubMed
of excitatory neurons in macaque monkey visual cortex. Cereb Cortex. 2001 Sep;
11(9):783-95.
8.
Levitt JB, Schumer RA, Sherman SM, Spear PD, Movshon JA. Visual response PubMed
properties of neurons in the LGN of normally reared and visually deprived macaque
monkeys. J Neurophysiol. 2001 May; 85(5):2111-29.
9.
Adorján P, Levitt JB, Lund JS, Obermayer K. A model for the intracortical origin of PubMed
orientation preference and tuning in macaque striate cortex. Vis Neurosci. 1999
Mar-Apr; 16(2):303-18.
10. Bauer U, Scholz M, Levitt JB, Obermayer K, Lund JS. A model for the depth- PubMed
dependence of receptive field size and contrast sensitivity of cells in layer 4C of
macaque striate cortex. Vision Res. 1999 Feb; 39(3):613-29.
11. O'Keefe LP, Levitt JB, Kiper DC, Shapley RM, Movshon JA. Functional organization of PubMed
owl monkey lateral geniculate nucleus and visual cortex. J Neurophysiol. 1998 Aug;
80(2):594-609.
12. Levitt JB, Lund JS. Contrast dependence of contextual effects in primate visual PubMed
cortex. Nature. 1997 May 1; 387(6628):73-6.
13. Gegenfurtner KR, Kiper DC, Levitt JB. Functional properties of neurons in macaque PubMed
area V3. J Neurophysiol. 1997 Apr; 77(4):1906-23.
14. Pucak ML, Levitt JB, Lund JS, Lewis DA. Patterns of intrinsic and associational PubMed
circuitry in monkey prefrontal cortex. J Comp Neurol. 1996 Dec 23; 376(4):614-30.
15. Levitt JB, Lund JS, Yoshioka T. Anatomical substrates for early stages in cortical PubMed
processing of visual information in the macaque monkey. Behav Brain Res. 1996
Apr; 76(1-2):5-19.
16. Yoshioka T, Blasdel GG, Levitt JB, Lund JS. Relation between patterns of intrinsic PubMed
lateral connectivity, ocular dominance, and cytochrome oxidase-reactive regions in
macaque monkey striate cortex. Cereb Cortex. 1996 Mar-Apr; 6(2):297-310.
17. Lund JS, Wu Q, Hadingham PT, Levitt JB. Cells and circuits contributing to functional PubMed
properties in area V1 of macaque monkey cerebral cortex: bases for
neuroanatomically realistic models. J Anat. 1995 Dec; 187 ( Pt 3):563-81.
18. Levitt JB, Yoshioka T, Lund JS. Connections between the pulvinar complex and PubMed
cytochrome oxidase-defined compartments in visual area V2 of macaque monkey.
Exp Brain Res. 1995; 104(3):419-30.
19. Levitt JB, Kiper DC, Movshon JA. Receptive fields and functional architecture of PubMed
macaque V2. J Neurophysiol. 1994 Jun; 71(6):2517-42.
20. Yoshioka T, Levitt JB, Lund JS. Independence and merger of thalamocortical channels PubMed
within macaque monkey primary visual cortex: anatomy of interlaminar projections.
Vis Neurosci. 1994 May-Jun; 11(3):467-89.
21. Levitt JB, Yoshioka T, Lund JS. Intrinsic cortical connections in macaque visual area PubMed
V2: evidence for interaction between different functional streams. J Comp Neurol.
1994 Apr 22; 342(4):551-70.
22. Levitt JB, Lewis DA, Yoshioka T, Lund JS. Topography of pyramidal neuron intrinsic PubMed
connections in macaque monkey prefrontal cortex (areas 9 and 46). J Comp Neurol.
1993 Dec 15; 338(3):360-76.
23. Lund JS, Yoshioka T, Levitt JB. Comparison of intrinsic connectivity in different areas PubMed
of macaque monkey cerebral cortex. Cereb Cortex. 1993 Mar-Apr; 3(2):148-62.
24. Yoshioka T, Levitt JB, Lund JS. Intrinsic lattice connections of macaque monkey visual PubMed
cortical area V4. J Neurosci. 1992 Jul; 12(7):2785-802.
25. Levitt JB, Sanchez RM, Smith EL, Movshon JA. Spatio-temporal interactions and the PubMed
spatial phase preferences of visual neurons. Exp Brain Res. 1990; 80(2):441-5.
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