Stephen Lisberger
George Barth Geller Professor for Research in Neurobiology
Overview
We investigate how the brain learns motor skills, and how we use what we see to guide how we move. Our approaches involve studies of eye movements using behavior, neural recordings, and computational analysis. Our work is done on behaving non-human primates.
Selected Grants
Neurobiology Training Program awarded by National Institutes of Health (Mentor). 2019 to 2024
Canonical computations for motor learning by the cerebellar cortex micro-circuit awarded by National Institutes of Health (Principal Investigator). 2019 to 2024
Medical Scientist Training Program awarded by National Institutes of Health (Mentor). 1997 to 2022
Neural Control of Eye Movement awarded by National Institutes of Health (Principal Investigator). 2017 to 2022
Visual-motor integration in smooth pursuit eye movements awarded by National Institutes of Health (Principal Investigator). 2017 to 2021
Neural Basis for Cerebellar Motor Learning awarded by National Institutes of Health (Principal Investigator). 2016 to 2020
The structure and significance of correlated activity among retinal ganglion cells awarded by National Institutes of Health (Co-Sponsor). 2018 to 2020
The structure and significance of correlated activity among retinal ganglion cells awarded by National Institutes of Health (Co-Sponsor). 2018 to 2020
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Training Program awarded by National Institutes of Health (Mentor). 2005 to 2020
Re-examining the role of cerebellar climbing fibers in motor learning awarded by National Institutes of Health (Co-Sponsor). 2017 to 2019
Pages
Hall, Nathan J., et al. “Multiple components in direction learning in smooth pursuit eye movements of monkeys..” J Neurophysiol, vol. 120, no. 4, Oct. 2018, pp. 2020–35. Pubmed, doi:10.1152/jn.00261.2018. Full Text
Darlington, Timothy R., et al. “Neural implementation of Bayesian inference in a sensorimotor behavior..” Nat Neurosci, vol. 21, no. 10, Oct. 2018, pp. 1442–51. Pubmed, doi:10.1038/s41593-018-0233-y. Full Text
Raghavan, Ramanujan T., and Stephen G. Lisberger. “Responses of Purkinje cells in the oculomotor vermis of monkeys during smooth pursuit eye movements and saccades: comparison with floccular complex..” J Neurophysiol, vol. 118, no. 2, Aug. 2017, pp. 986–1001. Pubmed, doi:10.1152/jn.00209.2017. Full Text
Darlington, Timothy R., et al. “Control of the strength of visual-motor transmission as the mechanism of rapid adaptation of priors for Bayesian inference in smooth pursuit eye movements..” J Neurophysiol, vol. 118, no. 2, Aug. 2017, pp. 1173–89. Pubmed, doi:10.1152/jn.00282.2017. Full Text
Yang, Yan, and Stephen G. Lisberger. “Modulation of Complex-Spike Duration and Probability during Cerebellar Motor Learning in Visually Guided Smooth-Pursuit Eye Movements of Monkeys..” Eneuro, vol. 4, no. 3, May 2017. Pubmed, doi:10.1523/ENEURO.0115-17.2017. Full Text
Lee, Joonyeol, et al. “Signal, Noise, and Variation in Neural and Sensory-Motor Latency..” Neuron, vol. 90, no. 1, Apr. 2016, pp. 165–76. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2016.02.012. Full Text
Lisberger, Stephen G. “Visual Guidance of Smooth Pursuit Eye Movements..” Annu Rev Vis Sci, vol. 1, Nov. 2015, pp. 447–68. Pubmed, doi:10.1146/annurev-vision-082114-035349. Full Text
Joshua, Mati, et al. “Interactions between target location and reward size modulate the rate of microsaccades in monkeys..” J Neurophysiol, vol. 114, no. 5, Nov. 2015, pp. 2616–24. Pubmed, doi:10.1152/jn.00401.2015. Full Text
Lisberger, Stephen G., and Javier F. Medina. “How and why neural and motor variation are related..” Curr Opin Neurobiol, vol. 33, Aug. 2015, pp. 110–16. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.conb.2015.03.008. Full Text
Joshua, M., and S. G. Lisberger. “A tale of two species: Neural integration in zebrafish and monkeys..” Neuroscience, vol. 296, June 2015, pp. 80–91. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.04.048. Full Text
Pages
Boxer, Adam L., et al. “"Slow down, don't look at that, look at me"! Mechanisms of cognitive and social impairment in neurodegenerative disease as revealed by the study of eye movements.” Annals of Neurology, vol. 60, no. 5, WILEY-LISS, 2006, pp. 626–626.
Boxer, A. L., et al. “The eyes have it: Distinct patterns of eye movement abnormalities in FTD relative to AD.” Neurology, vol. 64, no. 6, LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2005, pp. A100–A100.