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M. Alex Meredith, Ph.D.
Professor
B.A., Biology, Wake Forest University (1975)
M.A., Medical Illustration, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (1978)
Ph.D., Anatomy, Virginia Commonwealth University (1981)
Postdoctoral training Physiology and Biophysics, Virginia Commonwealth University
| Office Address: | | Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology |
| | | Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Campus |
| | | Box 980709 |
| | | Richmond, VA 23298-0709 |
| Office Phone: | | (804) 828-9533 |
| FAX: | | (804) 828-9477 |
| e-mail: | | mameredi@vcu.edu |
RESEARCH AND SCHOLARLY INTERESTS
Using neurophysiological, anatomical, and immunocytochemical techniques, my laboratory examines the circuitry underlying how the brain processes simultaneous information from different sensory modalities, and how the loss or injury to one sensory system might lead to compensatory changes in the others. Current research focuses on the architecture of, and role of inhibition in, multisensory circuits of the cerebral cortex. Future efforts will be directed toward examining the role of these circuits in the plasticity of sensory representations following early (i.e, congenital) and late (i.e., acquired after
maturity) sensory loss.
Having started as a biomedical illustrator, I maintain a studio directed toward producing biologically-related images. A central theme in these works is the distortion of perspective to combine 3-dimensional microscopic and macroscopic views that do not occur together in reality. Recent images have been published by MIT Press, University of California Press, Science, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, and Foundation Ipsen.
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
Meredith, MA, Keniston, LF, Dehner LR, and Clemo, HR. (2006) Crossmodal
projections from somatosensory area SIV to the auditory field of the
anterior ectosylvian sulcus (FAES) in Cat: further evidence for subthreshold
forms of multisensory processing, Exp Brain Res. 2006 Feb 25; [Epub ahead of
print] PMID: 16501962.
Link to Full Article
Dehner, LR, Keniston, L, Clemo,HR, and Meredith, MA. Cross-Modal Circuitry between
Auditory and Somatosensory Areas of the Cat Anterior Ectosylvian Sulcal Cortex: A New Form of
Multisensory Convergence. Cerebral Cortex 14:387-401, 2004.
Link to Full Article
Meredith, MA. On the Neuronal Basis for Multisensory Convergence: A Brief Overview,
Cognit. Brain Res. 14:31-40, 2002.
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