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Adam Taylor, PhD

Postdoc

Volen Center for Complex Systems
Brandeis University, Mailstop #013
415 South Street
Waltham, MA 02454
USA

Tel.: (781) 736-3134

Fax: (781) 736-3142

email

current line of work:

The relationship between the maximal conductances and the intrinsic properties of neurons

Peer-reviewed primary publications

Taylor AL, Marder E (in preparation). Understanding the map from maximal conductances to intrinsic properties in a neuronal model.

Goaillard JM, Taylor AL, Pulver SR, Marder E (in preparation). Phase maintenance and dynamics of rebound properties in a crustacean motor neuron.

Rehm KJ, Taylor AL, Pulver SR, Marder E (in press). Spectral analyses reveal the presence of adult-like activity in the embryonic stomatogastric motor patterns of the lobster, Homarus americanus.  J Neurophysiol.

Taylor AL, Hickey TJ, Prinz AA, Marder E (2006). Structure and visualization of high-dimensional conductance spaces. J Neurophysiol, 96(2):891-905. pubmed | journal | pdf

Bucher D, Taylor AL, Marder E (2006). Central pattern generating neurons simultaneously express fast and slow rhythmic activities in the stomatogastric ganglion. J Neurophysiol, 95(6):3617-32. pubmed | journal | pdf

Taylor AL, Cottrell GW, Kleinfeld D, Kristan WB (2003). Imaging reveals synaptic targets of a swim-terminating neuron in the leech CNS. J Neurosci 23:11402-11410. pubmed | journal | pdf | web supplement

Taylor AL, Cottrell GW, Kristan WB, Jr. (2002). Analysis of oscillations in a reciprocally inhibitory network with synaptic depression. Neural Comput 14:561-581. pubmed | journal | pdf

Taylor A, Cottrell GW, Kristan WB Jr (2000). A model of the leech segmental swim central pattern generator. Neurocomputing 32-33: 573-584. (Also published in Computational Neuroscience: Trends in Research 2000, Bower JM, ed. Elsevier, Amsterdam.) pdf

Gupta A, Moezzi S, Taylor A, Chatterjee S, Jain R, Goldbaum M, Burgess S (1996). Content-based retrieval of ophthalmological images. 1996 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, Proceedings 3:703-706. pdf

Goldbaum M, Moezzi S, Taylor A, Chatterjee S, Boyd J, Hunter E, Jain R (1996). Automated diagnosis and image understanding with object extraction, object classification, and inferencing in retinal images. 1996 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, Proceedings 3:695-698. pdf

Reviews

Marder E, Bucher D, Schulz DJ, Taylor AL (2005). Invertebrate Central Pattern Generation Moves along. Curr Biol, 15(17):R685-99.pubmed | journal | pdf

Conference abstracts

Taylor AL, Marder E (2007). Understanding the relationship between maximal conductances and behavioral properties in a neuronal model. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 33.

Rehm KJ, Taylor AL, Pulver SR, Marder E (2007). Maturation of motor patterns in lobster embryos. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 33.

Grashow R, Taylor AL, Marder E (2007). Can neuromodulators act consistently on intrinsically variable neuronal networks? Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 33.

Tang LS, Teillon J, Fisek M, Taylor AL, Marder E (2007). Using temperature as a global perturbation in neuronal networks. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 33.

Taylor AL, Marder E (2007). Functional constraints do not cause observed correlations between maximal conductances in an identified neuron. Proceedings of the COSYNE Meeting 2007. (selected for talk)

Taylor AL, Marder E (2006). Understanding the relationship between maximal conductances and functional properties of neurons. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 32.

Hong E, Taylor AL, Prinz AA (2006). Similar spike frequency distributions on the basis of different membrane current interactions in model neuron databases from two phyla. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 32.

Taylor AL, Prinz AA, Hickey TJ, Marder E (2005). Visualizing an eight-dimensional conductance space. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 31.

Pulver SR, Taylor AL, Marder E (2005) Multi-cycle adaptation to rhythmic drive. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 31.

Bucher D, Johnson C, Taylor AL, Marder E (2005) Neuronal morphology and neuropil structure in the stomatogastric ganglion. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 31.

Taylor AL, Cottrell GW, Kleinfeld D, Kristan WB Jr (2002). Followers of the leech command-like neuron Tr2 discovered using a FRET-based voltage indicator. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 28. slides (Powerpoint) | .avi movie (put in same folder as Powerpoint file (on a Windows machine) to see during slideshow) | quicktime movie | pdf slides (without movie)

Taylor AL, Cottrell GW, Kristan WB Jr (2001). High-throughput identification of neuronal connections using FRET-based voltage sensitive dyes in the leech CNS. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 27. poster pdf | cell 256 quicktime movie

Taylor AL, Cacciatore TC, Gonzalez JE, Rao J, Cottrell GW, Tsien RY, Kleinfeld D, Kristan WB Jr (2000). Improved FRET-based voltage sensitive dye imaging in leech. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 26:1722. poster pdf | swim quicktime movie

Taylor A, Cottrell GW, Kristan WB Jr (1999). A model of the leech single-ganglion swim oscillator. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 25:1643.

updated January 25, 2008

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