Focused on synaptic circuitry that underlies information processing in the somatosensory thalamus. The long-term goal is to link the morphological and chemical features of the excitatory and i

Publications:

Liu X-B, S Bolea, P Golshani, and EG Jones. 2001. Differentiation of corticothalamic and collateral thalamocortical synapses on mouse reticular nucleus neurons by EPSC amplitude and AMPA receptor subunit composition. Thalamus and Related Systems. 1 29:

Golshani P, Liu X-B, and EG Jones. 2001. Differences in quantal amplitude reflect GluR4-subunit number at corticothalamic synapses on two populations of thalamic neurons. Proceedings of National Academy of Science, U.S.A. 98(7):4172-4177 

Liu X-B and EG Jones. 1999. Predominance of corticothalamic synaptic inputs to thalamic reticular nucleus neurons in the rat. . Journal of Comparative Neurology. 414:67-79