The University of Sydney
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Dr Samuel Solomon

T: +61 2 9036 9926
F: +61 2 9351 2058
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F13 - Anderson Stuart Building
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia

Research interests

To provide ways in which we can associate normal vision (and disorders in it) with the activity of nerve cells in the brain

Current national competitive grants

2008

The signals of nerve cells that provide the capacity for sight
NHMRC Career Development Award $370,000 over 4 years

2007

Integration of information by cells in mammalian visual cortices: role of feedforward and feedback inputs
NHMRC Project Grant $282,250 over 3 years
Neural mechanisms that limit the visual sensitivity of primates
NHMRC Project Grant $364,904 over 3 years

Publications

2007

Tailby, C, Solomon, S, Dhruv, N, Majaj, N, Sokol, S, Lennie, P. A new code for contrast in the primate visual pathway. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 2007; 27:3904-3909
Solomon, S, Lennie, P. The machinery of colour vision. Nature reviews. Neuroscience. 2007; 8:276-286
Tailby, C, Solomon, S, Peirce, J, Metha, A. Two expressions of "surround suppression" in V1 that arise independent of cortical mechanisms of suppression. Visual neuroscience. 2007; 24:99-109

2006

Solomon, S, Lee, B, Sun, H. Suppressive surrounds and contrast gain in magnocellular-pathway retinal ganglion cells of macaque. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 2006; 26:8715-26
Rauschecker, A, Solomon, S, Glennerster, A. Stereo and motion parallax cues in human 3D vision: can they vanish without a trace?. Journal of vision. 2006; 6:1471-85

2005

Webb, B, Dhruv, N, Solomon, S, Tailby, C, Lennie, P. Early and late mechanisms of surround suppression in striate cortex of macaque. Journal of Neuroscience. 2005; 25:11666-11675
Solomon, S, Lennie, P. Chromatic gain controls in visual cortical neurons. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 2005; 25:4779-92
Solomon, S, Lee, B, White, A, Rüttiger, L, Martin, P. Chromatic organization of ganglion cell receptive fields in the peripheral retina. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 2005; 25:4527-39

2004

Blessing, E, Solomon, S, Hashemi-Nezhad, M, Morris, B, Martin, P. Chromatic and spatial properties of parvocellular cells in the lateral geniculate nucleus of the marmoset (Callithrix jacchus). The Journal of physiology. 2004; 557:229-45
Solomon, S, Peirce, J, Dhruv, N, Lennie, P. Profound contrast adaptation early in the visual pathway. Neuron. 2004; 42:155-62
Solomon, S, Peirce, J, Lennie, P. The impact of suppressive surrounds on chromatic properties of cortical neurons. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 2004; 24:148-60

2000

Lin, B, Martin, P, Solomon, S, Grünert, U. Distribution of glycine receptor subunits on primate retinal ganglion cells: a quantitative analysis. The European journal of neuroscience. 2000; 12:4155-70
FitzGibbon, T, Solomon, S, Goodchild, A. Distribution of Calbindin, Parvabumin and Calretinin Immunoreactivity in the Reticular Thalamic Nucleus of the Marmoset: evidence for a medial leaflet of incertal neurons. Experimental Neurology. 2000; 164:371-383
White, A, Solomon, S, Martin, P. Orientation and direction dependence of reponses in the lateral geniculate nucleus of the common marmoset, callithrix jacchus. Proceedings of the Australian Neuroscience Society. 2000; ;
White, A, Solomon, S, Martin, P, Ruttiger, L, Lee, B. Temporal and spatial properties of blue-on ganglion cells in the primate retina. The Australiasian Ophthalmic and visual science meeting 2000. 2000; Sydney NSW Australia; 2000
Solomon, S, White, A, Martin, P, Ruttiger, L, Lee, B. Temporal Sensitivity in Peripheral Primate Retina. Proceedings of Australian Neuroscience Society. 2000; ;
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