Alessandra Angelucci, MD, PhD

Research Interests

• Mechanisms and anatomical substrates for contextual integration in visual cortex
• Spatial factors in visual cortical function
• Role of long-range intra-areal and inter-areal corticocortical connections in visual processing
• Functional anatomy of long-range lateral interactions in the macaque primary visual cortex
• Functional role and topographic organization of feedback systems between visual cortical areas
• Cross-modal neuroplasticity in ferrets
• Pre- and postnatal development of the anatomical connections between the thalamus and the cerebral cortex
• Effect of unilateral 6-Hydroxydopamine lesion of the substantia nigra pars compacta on local rates of cerebral metabolic activity
• Spatial organization of callosal and association neurons in the frontal and parietal cerebral cortex of monkeys