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Alessandra Angelucci, MD, PhD

Languages spoken: English, Italian

Academic Information

Departments: Ophthalmology/Visual Sciences - Professor

Academic Office Information

Alessandra.Angelucci@hsc.utah.edu

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

Education History

Fellowship University College
Royal Society Research Fellow
Fellow
Postdoctoral Fellowship University College London
Visual Neuroscience
Postdoctoral Fellow
Doctoral Training Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Neuroscience
Ph.D.
Internship Policlinico Umberto I Hospital, University of Rome
Internal Medicine & Neurology
Intern
Internship Marino Hospital
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Intern
Internship Policlinico Umberto I Hospital, University of Rome
Surgery
Intern
Professional Medical University of Rome
Medicine
M.D.

Selected Publications

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Education History

Type School Degree
Fellowship University College
Royal Society Research Fellow
Fellow
Internship Marino Hospital
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Intern
Internship Policlinico Umberto I Hospital, University of Rome
Internal Medicine & Neurology
Intern
Internship Policlinico Umberto I Hospital, University of Rome
Surgery
Intern
Postdoctoral Fellowship University College London
Visual Neuroscience
Postdoctoral Fellow
Professional Medical University of Rome
Medicine
M.D.