John B. Troy
John B. Troy
Professor
PhD, Experimental Psychology (Neurophysiology), Sussex University
Phone: (847) 491-3822
Fax: (847) 491-4928
E-mail: j-troy@northwestern.edu
Research Interests
- Design and fabrication of electrodes for neuroprosthetics and neurophysiology
- Studies of visual function: Specifically, the processing and analysis of images by the mammalian visual system, functional circuitry of the retina, application of signal theory
Selected Publications
- Passaglia, C.L., Freeman, D.K. and Troy, J.B. (2009) Effects of remote stimulation on the modulated activity of cat retinal ganglion cells. Journal of Neuroscience 29 2467-2476.
- Crook, J.D., Peterson, B.B., Packer, O,S., Robinson, F.R., Troy, J.B. and Dacey, D.M. (2008) Y-cell receptive field and collicular projection of parasol ganglion cells in macaque monkey retina. Journal of Neuroscience 28 11277-11291.
- Crook, J.D., Peterson, B.B., Packer, O.S., Robinson, F.R., Gamlin, P.D., Troy, J.B. and Dacey, D.M. (2008) The smooth monostratified ganglion cell: evidence for spatial diversity in the Y-cell pathway to the LGN and superior colliculus in the macaque monkey. Journal of Neuroscience 28 12654-12671.
- Troy, J.B. (2009) Retinal ganglion cells: Receptive fields. In Squire, L.R. (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Volume 8. Oxford: Academic Press. pp. 219-223.
- D.M., Vessey, K.A., Yarbrough, G.L., Invergo, B.M., Cantrell, R.D., Inayat, S., Troy, J.B., Balannik, V., Hicks, W.L., Hawes, N.L., Byers, S., Smith, R.S., Hurd, R., Howell, D., Gregg, R.G., Chang, B., Naggert, J.K., Pinto, L.H., Nishina, P.M. and McCall, M.A. (2008) Allelic variance between metabotropic glutamate receptor 6 mutants, Grmnob3 and Grmnob4 results in differences in retinal ganglion cell visual responses. Journal of Physiology 586.18 4409-4424.
- D.R., Inayat, S., Taflove, A., Ruoff, R.S. and Troy, J.B. (2008) Incorporation of the electrode-electrolyte interface into finite element models of metal microelectrodes. Journal of Neural Engineering 5 54-67 (cover picture).
Editorial Boards and Honors
- Journal of Nanoengineering and Nanosystems (2004-present)
- Visual Neuroscience (2002-2012)
- 2006 Fellow AIMBE
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