Jonathan Levitt

Jonathan B. Levitt is a neurobiologist who studies the neural basis of visual perception and the organization of mammalian cerebral cortex using electrophysiological and neuroanatomical techniques.

 

Xiao J, Levitt JB, & Buffenstein R. 2006. The use of a novel and simple method of revealing neural fibers to show the regression of the lateral geniculate nucleus in the naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber). Brain Res 1077: 81-89.

Cantone G, Xiao J, & Levitt JB. 2006. Retinotopic organization of ferret suprasylvian cortex.
Vis Neurosci 23: 61-77.

Xiao J, Levitt JB, & Buffenstein R. 2006. A stereotaxic atlas of the brain of the naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber). Neuroscience 141:1415-1435.

Xiao J & Levitt JB. 2005. A new chamber method for mounting tissue sections. J Neurosci Meths 144: 235-240.

Cantone G, Xiao J, McFarlane N, & Levitt JB. 2005. Feedback connections to ferret striate cortex: direct evidence for visuotopic convergence of feedback inputs. J Comp Neurol 487: 312-331.

Angelucci A, Levitt JB, & Lund JS. 2002. Anatomical origins of the classical receptive field and modulatory surround field of single neurons in macaque visual cortical area V1. Prog Brain Res 136: 373-388.

Levitt JB & Lund JS. 2002. Intrinsic connections in mammalian cerebral cortex. In Cortical areas: unity and diversity (eds. A Schuez & R Miller). Taylor and Francis, London UK.

Levitt JB & Lund JS. 2002. The spatial extent over which neurons in macaque striate cortex pool visual signals. Vis Neurosci 19: 439-452.

Angelucci A, Levitt JB, Walton EJS, Hupé J-M, Bullier J, & Lund JS. 2002. Circuits for local and global signal integration in visual cortex. J Neurosci 22: 8633-8646.

Levitt JB, Schumer RA, Sherman SM, Spear PD, & Movshon JA. 2001. Visual response properties of neurons in the lateral geniculate nucleus of normally-reared and visually-deprived macaque monkeys. J Neurophysiol 85: 2111-2129.

Levitt JB. 2001. Neurobiology: function following form. Science 292: 232-233.