Current Research
SFN:2004 Poster Presentations
Sarah Lindstrom and Ajith Warrier
View the posters presented by Ajith and Sarah at the 2004 Society for Neuroscience National Convention held October 23-27 in San Diego, CA. (read more)
Centrifugal Visual System
Sarah Lindstrom
One of the most important yet least understood aspects of the visual system is the role of descending inputs (or feedback). In the primate visual system... (read more)
Visualizing Calcium Stores
Cameron Walters
Are the calcium stores in amacrine cell dendrites discrete, continuous, or dynamic? If discrete stores exists, under the control of what class of receptor?... (read more)
Observing Spontaneous Calcium Release
Dr. Salvador Borges
In many cells transient releases of local cytosolic calcium have been shown to originate from the endoplasmic reticulum via ryanodine receptors (sparks) and inositol triphosphate receptors (puffs)... (read more)
Previous Research and Projects
Cultured Amacrine Cell Receptor Spacing
Cameron Walters
Are two functionally related ER membrane spanning calcium channel receptors also related in space? (read more)
Bipolar Cell Receptive Field
Dr. Salvador Borges
Study of the receptive field of a retinal bipolar cell... (read more)