This involves visual or electrical stimulation and electrode recording from midbrain visual centers, in order to find out how visual information from the two eyes is integrated in the brain. University- Calumet, I am developing a physical model of membrane ion channel function. The opening andclosing of these channels underlies all electrical activity in nerve cells, and the goal of the project is to understand ion channel function at the molecular level. Skelton, J. L., George, S. A. and Gardner-Medwin, A. R. 1983. The effects of carbon dioxide, oxygen, and pH on spreading depression in the isolated chick retina.
Prior activity influences conduction velocity in frog and cat optic nerve fibers.
Calculations of quantum tunnelling between closed and open states of sodium channels. Chancey, C. C. and George, S. A. 1996. A physical model of voltage sensing in sodium channels based on the sliding helix concept.