Gregory D. Horwitz

Gregory D. Horwitz

Washington National Primate Research Center, University of Washington

Affiliated withUniversity of Washington

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Biography

Greg Horwitz is a Professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Washington and serves as the Chief of the Neuroscience Division at the Washington National Primate Research Center. He received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University and a Ph.D. from Stanford University.

Research in the Horwitz lab focuses on the neurobiological basis of vision and visually guided behavior. Of particular interest are the mechanisms that limit the sensation of flicker and the circuitry by which signals from the cone photoreceptors are combined in the visual cortex. Recently completed projects in Dr. Horwitz's laboratory have refined new genetic tools for the manipulation of neural activity in non-human primates, and ongoing projects continue to extend this toolkit. A critical component of this work is the validation of new viral vectors that target specific cell types.

JoVE Journal Publications

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Injections of AAV Vectors for Optogenetics in Anesthetized and Awake Behaving Non-Human Primate Brain
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Cited by 4

2021

Other Publications

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Advances in color science: from retina to behavior.

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience| PubMed ID: 21068298

2010
2011
2012
2012
V1 mechanisms underlying chromatic contrast detection.

Journal of neurophysiology| PubMed ID: 23446689

2013
2014
2014
2015
2015
Strategies for targeting primate neural circuits with viral vectors.

Journal of neurophysiology| PubMed ID: 27052579

2016
2017
2017
2018
2018
2018
2018
Primate optogenetics: Progress and prognosis.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America| PubMed ID: 31871196

2019
2020
2020
2020
Signals Related to Color in the Early Visual Cortex.

Annual review of vision science| PubMed ID: 32936735

2020
2021
2021
2021
Windows and periscopes into primate behavior.

Cell reports| PubMed ID: 34289362

2021