Recent publications

• Godfrey KB, Eglen SJ, Swindale NV (2009) A multi-component model of the developing retinocollicular pathway incorporating axonal and synaptic growth. PLoS Comput Biol 5(12):e1000600.

• Spacek MA, Swindale NV (2009) Python in neuroscience. Neuromorphic Engineer 10.2417/1200907.1682.

• Spacek MA, Blanche TJ, Swindale NV (2009) Python for large-scale electrophysiology. Front Neuroinform 2:9.

• Swindale NV (2008) Feedback decoding of spatially structured population activity in cortical maps. Neural Computation 20:176-204.

• Godfrey KB, Swindale NV (2007) Retinal wave behavior through activity-dependent refractory periods. PLoS Comput Biol 3(11):e245.

• Swindale NV (2007) Visual cortex: more wiggle room for the brain. Current Biology 17(24):R1055-7.

• Swindale NV (2007) A model for the thick, thin and pale stripe organization of primate V2. Network 18(4):327-42.

• Spacek MA, Blanche TJ, Seamans JK, Swindale NV (2007) Accounting for network states in cortex: are (local) pairwise correlations sufficient? Soc Neurosci Abstr 33:790.1.

• Godfrey KB, Swindale NV (2007) Spiking model for retinotopic organization and eye-specific segregation. Soc Neurosci Abstr 33:36.4.

• Swindale NV (2006) Cerebral Cortex: The Singular Precision of Visual Cortex Maps. Current Biology 16(23):991-994.

• Blanche TJ, Swindale NV (2006) Nyquist interpolation improves neuron yield in multiunit recordings. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 155(1):81-91.

• Blanche TJ, Spacek MA, Hetke JF, Swindale NV (2005) Polytrodes: High Density Silicon Electrode Arrays for Large Scale Multiunit Recording. Journal of Neurophysiology 93:2987-3000.

All publications by topic

Theoretical

• Godfrey KB, Eglen SJ, Swindale NV (2009) A multi-component model of the developing retinocollicular pathway incorporating axonal and synaptic growth. PLoS Comput Biol 5(12):e1000600.

• Swindale NV (2008) Feedback decoding of spatially structured population activity in cortical maps. Neural Computation 20:176-204.

• Godfrey KB, Swindale NV (2007) Retinal wave behavior through activity-dependent refractory periods. PLoS Comput Biol 3(11):e245.

• Swindale NV (2007) A model for the thick, thin and pale stripe organization of primate V2. Network 18(4):327-42.

• Swindale NV (2004) How different feature spaces may be represented in cortical maps. Network 15:217-42.

• Swindale NV (2000) How many maps are there in visual cortex? Cerebral Cortex 7:633-43.

• Mitchison G, Swindale NV (1999) Can Hebbian volume learning explain discontinuities in cortical maps? Neural Computation 7:1519-26.

• Swindale NV and Bauer H-U (1998) Application of Kohonen's self-organising feature map algorithm to cortical maps of orientation and direction preference. Proc Roy Soc Lond B 265:827-838.

• Swindale NV (1992) A model for the coordinated development of columnar systems in primate striate cortex. Biological Cybernetics, 66:217-230.

• Swindale NV (1991) The Design of Striate Cortex. In: The Neocortex: Ontogeny and Phylogeny, BL Finlay, G Innocenti and H Scheich, eds. Plenum Press, pp 111-117.

• Swindale NV (1991) Coverage and the design of striate cortex. Biological Cybernetics 65:415-424.

• Swindale NV (1985) Iso-orientation domains and their relationship with cytochrome oxidase patches. In: Models of the Visual Cortex, D Rose and V Dobson eds., J. Wiley and Sons., pp. 452-461.

• Swindale NV (1982) A model for the formation of orientation columns. Proc R Soc Lond B 215:211-230.

• Swindale NV (1981) Rules for pattern formation in mammalian visual cortex. Trends in Neurosciences 4:102-104.

• Swindale NV (1981) Dendritic spines only connect. Trends in Neurosciences 4:240-241.

• Swindale NV (1980) A model for the formation of ocular dominance stripes. Proc R Soc Lond B 208:243-264.

• Swindale NV (1980) Competition explains the formation of ocular dominance columns. J Physiol (Lond) 300:65P.

• Swindale NV (1979) How ocular dominance stripes may be formed. In: Developmental Neurobiology of Vision, ed. RD Freeman. NATO Advanced Study Institute Series A: Life Sciences, Vol. 27, Plenum Press: New York, pp 267-273

• Swindale NV (1978) Modelling the formation of ocular dominance columns. Brain Theory Newsletter 3:78-80.

Experimental

• Spacek MA, Blanche TJ, Swindale NV (2009) Python for large-scale electrophysiology. Front Neuroinform 2:9.

• Blanche TJ, Swindale NV (2006) Nyquist interpolation improves neuron yield in multiunit recordings. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 155(1):81-91.

• Blanche TJ, Spacek MA, Hetke JF, Swindale NV (2005) Polytrodes: High Density Silicon Electrode Arrays for Large Scale Multiunit Recording. Journal of Neurophysiology 93:2987-3000.

• Lehericy S, Ducros M, Van De Moortele PF, Francois C, Thivard L, Poupon C, Swindale N, Ugurbil K, Kim DS (2004) Diffusion tensor fiber tracking shows distinct corticostriatal circuits in humans. Annals of Neurology 55(4):522-529.

• Swindale NV, Grinvald A, Shmuel A (2003) The spatial pattern of response magnitude and selectivity for orientation and direction in cat visual cortex. Cerebral Cortex 13:225-238.

• Swindale NV, Shoham D, Grinvald A, Bonhoeffer T, Hubener M (2002) Reply to Carreira-Perpinan and Goodhill. Neural Computation 14(9):2053-2056.

• Swindale NV, Shoham D, Grinvald A, Bonhoeffer T, Hubener M (2000) Visual cortex maps are optimized for uniform coverage. Nature Neuroscience 3:750-752.

• Hetherington PA, Swindale NV (1999) Receptive field and orientation scatter studied by tetrode recordings in cat area 17. Visual Neuroscience 4:637-52.

• Swindale NV (1998) Orientation tuning curves: empirical description and estimation of parameters. Biological Cybernetics 78:45-56.

• Swindale NV, Cynader MS, Matsubara J (1990) Cortical cartography: a two-dimensional view. Chapter 18 in Computational Neuroscience, edited by E. Schwartz. MIT press, 232-341.

• Diao Y-C, Jia W-G, Swindale NV, Cynader MS (1990) Functional organization of the cortical 17/18 border region in the cat. Exp Brain Res 79:271-282.

• Cynader MS, Swindale NV, Matsubara JA (1987) Functional topography in cat area 18. J Neurosci 7:1401-1413.

• Swindale NV, Matsubara JA, Cynader MS (1987) Surface organization of orientation and direction selectivity in cat area 18. J Neurosci 7:1414-1427.

• Matsubara JA, Cynader MS, Swindale NV (1987) Anatomical properties and physiological correlates of the intrinsic connections in cat area 18. J Neurosci 7:1428-1446.

• Matsubara JA, Cynader MS, Swindale NV, Stryker MP (1985) Intrinsic projections within visual cortex: evidence for orientation specific local connections. Proc Natl Acad Sci 82:935-939.

Developmental

• Swindale NV, Mitchell DE (1994) Comparison of receptive field properties of neurons in area 17 of normal and bilaterally amblyopic cats. Exp Brain Res 99:399-410.

• Swindale NV (1988) Role of visual experience in promoting segregation of eye dominance patches in the visual cortex of the cat. J Comp Neurol 267:472-488.

• Swindale NV, Cynader MS (1986) Physiological segregation of geniculo-cortical afferents in the visual cortex of dark reared cats. Brain Res 362:281-286.

• Swindale NV (1982) Formation of ocular dominance patches in kitten visual cortex after periods of dark rearing. J Physiol (Lond) 332:13P.

• Swindale NV, Vital-Durand F, Blakemore CB (1981) Recovery from monocular deprivation in the monkey: 3. Reversal of anatomical effects in the visual cortex. Proc R Soc Lond B 213:435-450.

• Swindale NV (1981) Absence of ocular dominance patches in dark reared cats. Nature 290:332-333.

• Blakemore C, Garey LJ, Henderson Z, Swindale NV, Vital-Durand F (1980) Visual experience can promote rapid axonal reinnervation in monkey visual cortex. J Physiol (Lond) 307:25-26P.

• Swindale NV, Henderson Z, Vital-Durand F, Blakemore C, Garey LJ (1980) Changes in eye dominance columns in the monkey resulting from monocular deprivation and reverse suturing. Neuroscience Letters Suppl 5:137.

Vernier Acuity

• Swindale NV (1995) Responses of neurons in cat striate cortex to vernier offsets in reverse contrast stimuli. Visual Neuroscience 12:805-817.

• Fendick MG, Swindale NV (1994) Vernier acuity for edges defined by flicker. Vision Research 34:2717-2726.

• Swindale NV (1993) Neuronal vernier acuity for opposite contrast stimuli. Invest Ophthalmol Suppl 34/4:794.

• Swindale NV, Mitchell DE (1992) Reduced neuronal vernier acuity in area 17 of bilaterally amblyopic cats. Invest Ophthal Suppl 33/34:889.

• Fendick M, Swindale NV (1992) Vernier acuity for flicker defined edges. Invest Ophthal Suppl 33/34:3247.

• Swindale NV, Cynader MS (1989) Vernier acuities of neurons in area 17 of cat visual cortex: their relation to stimulus length and velocity, orientation selectivity and receptive field structure. Visual Neuroscience 2:165-176.

• Swindale NV, Cynader MS (1987) Hyperacuity and the visual cortex (reply to Parker and Hawken). Nature (Matters arising) 326:105-106

• Swindale NV, Cynader MS (1986) Vernier acuity of neurons in cat visual cortex. Nature 319:591-593.

• Swindale NV, Cynader MS (1985) Sensitivity of neurons in cat area 17 to vernier breaks in bar stimuli. Invest Opthalmol Suppl 26:265.

Glaucoma

• Swindale NV, Stjepanovic G, Chin A, Mikelberg FS (2000) Automated analysis of normal and abnormal optic nerve head images. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 7:1730-42.

• Broadway DC, Swindale NV, Drance SM, Mikelberg FS (1998) Subsets of primary open angle glaucoma distinguished by scanning laser ophthalmoscopy. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci Suppl 39.

• Lester M, Mikelberg FS, Swindale NV and Drance SM (1997) ROC analysis of Heidelberg Retina Tomograph optic disc shape meaures in Glaucoma. Can J Ophthalmol, 32:382-388.

• Lester M, Swindale NV, Mikelberg FS (1997) Sector-based analysis of optic nerve head shape parameters and visual field indices in healthy and glaucomatous eyes. J Glaucoma 6:371-376.

• Lester M, Parfitt CM, Swindale NV, Mikelberg FS (1997) Sector-based analysis of Heidelberg Retina Tomograph (HRT) parameters in normal and glaucomatous eyes. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 38:S835.

• Graham SL, Drance SM, Chauhan BC, Swindale NV, Hnik P, Mikelberg FS, Douglas GR (1996) Comparison of psychophysical and electrophysiological testing in early glaucoma. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 37:2651-2662.

• Swindale NV, Fendick MG, Drance SM, Graham SL, Hnik P (1996) Contrast sensitivity for flickering and static letters and visual acuity at isoluminance in glaucoma. J Glaucoma 5:156-169.

• Parfitt CM, Mikelberg FS, Swindale NV, Green S, Graham SL, Drance SM (1995) The use of artificial neural networks to identify optic nerve head degeneration due to glaucoma. Invest Ophthalmol Suppl 36/4:S628.

• Parfitt CM, Mikelberg FS, Swindale NV (1995) The detection of glaucoma using an artificial neural network. 17th International Conference, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, Montreal, Canada.

• Mikelberg FS, Parfitt CM, Swindale NV, Graham SL, Drance SM, Gosine R (1995) Ability of the Heidelberg Retina Tomograph to detect early glaucomatous visual field loss. J Glaucoma 4:242-247.

• Piltz JR, Swindale NV, Drance SM (1993) Vernier thresholds and alignment bias in control, suspect and glaucomatous eyes. J Glaucoma 2:87-95.

• Piltz JR, Swindale NV, Drance SM (1990) Vernier thresholds in normal, suspect and glaucomatous eyes. Invest Ophthalmol Suppl 31:17.

Auditory Psychophysics

• Dong CJ, Swindale NV, Zakarauskas P, Hayward V, Cynader MS (2000) The auditory motion aftereffect: its tuning and specificity in the spatial and frequency domains. Perception & Psychophysics 5:1099-111.

• Dong CJ, Swindale NV, Cynader MS (1999) A contingent aftereffect in the auditory system. Nature Neuroscience 2:863-865.

• Cohen AJ, MacKinnon K, Swindale NV (1994) The tritone paradox revisited: effects of musical training, envelope peak and response mode. J Acoust Soc Am 95:2937.

• Shu Z, Swindale NV, Cynader MS (1993) Spectral motion produces an auditory after-effect. Nature 364:721-723.

Pond Snail

• Benjamin PR, Soffe SR, Swindale NV (1983) Lymnaea neurosecretory neurones: contrasting anatomical and electrical properties of the yellow cells and dark green cells. In: Molluscan Neuroendocrinology, J Lever and HH Boer, eds., pp 85-91. North-Holland, Amsterdam.

• Swindale NV, Benjamin PR (1976) The anatomy of neurosecretory neurones in the pond snail, Lymnaea stagnalis (L). Phil Trans R Soc Lond B 274:169-202.

• Swindale NV, Benjamin PR (1976) Peripheral neurosecretion in the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis (L). Neurobiology of Invertebrates III pp 75-84.

• Benjamin PR, Swindale NV, Slade CT (1976) Electrophysiology of identified neurosecretory neurones in the pond snail, Lymnaea stagnalis (L). Neurobiology of Invertebrates III pp 85-100, Akademio Kiado, Budapest.

• Swindale NV, Benjamin PR (1975) Dark field illumination of material stained for neurosecretion. Brain Res 89:175-180.

• Benjamin PR, Swindale NV (1975) Electrical properties of 'dark green' and 'yellow' neurosecretory cells in the snail Lymnaea stagnalis (L). Nature 258:622-623.

Reviews & Commentaries

• Swindale NV (2007) Visual Cortex: More wiggle room for the brain. Current Biology 17(24):R1055-7.

• Swindale NV (2006) Cerebral Cortex: The Singular Precision of Visual Cortex Maps. Current Biology 16(23):R991-994.

• Swindale NV (2003) Neural Synchrony, Axonal Path Lengths and General Anesthesia: A Hypothesis. Neuroscientist 9:440-445.

• Swindale NV (2001) Cortical cartography: what's in a map? Current Biology 19:R764-7.

• Swindale NV (2001) Keeping the wires short: a singularly difficult problem. Neuron 2:316-7.

• Swindale NV (2000) Brain development: Lightning is always seen, thunder always heard. Current Biology 15:R569-71.

• Swindale NV (1998) Modules, polymaps and mosaics. Current Biology 8:R270-273.

• Swindale NV (1997) A cat's eye view of the visual system. Current Biology 6:R387-389.

• Swindale NV (1996) Looking into a Klein Bottle. Current Biology 6(7):776-779.

• Swindale NV (1996) The development topography in the visual cortex: a review of models. Network 7:161-247.

• Swindale NV (1992) Elastic nets, travelling salesmen and cortical maps. Current Biology 2:429-431.

• Swindale NV (1990) Is the cerebral cortex modular? Trends in Neurosciences 13:487-492.

• Swindale NV (1986) Neurophysiology: Parallel channels and redundant mechanisms in visual cortex. Nature (News and Views) 322:775.

• Swindale NV (1983) Anatomical logic of retinal nerve cells. Nature (News and Views) 303:570-571.

• Swindale NV (1983) Transfer of information in the visual cortex. Nature (News and Views) 304:490.

• Swindale NV (1982) The development of columnar systems in the mammalian visual cortex: the role of innate and environmental factors. Trends in Neurosciences 5:235-240.

• Swindale NV (1982) Theories of Vision: review of 'Theoretical Approaches in Neurobiology', WE Reichardt and T Poggio eds., MIT press, 1981; in: Trends in Neurosciences 5:245-246.

• Swindale NV (1982) An enlarged view of intracortical connectivity. Nature (News and Views) 300:313-314.

• Swindale NV (1981) Patches in monkey visual cortex. Nature (News and Views), 293:509-510.

Selected abstracts

• Spacek MA, Blanche TJ, Seamans JK, Swindale NV (2007) Accounting for network states in cortex: are (local) pairwise correlations sufficient? Soc Neurosci Abstr 33:790.1.

• Godfrey KB, Swindale NV (2007) Spiking model for retinotopic organization and eye-specific segregation. Soc Neurosci Abstr 33:36.4.

• Spacek MA, Blanche TJ, Swindale NV (2006) Heterogenous firing rate dependencies in simultaneously recorded neural populations in cat area 17. Cosyne 2006, #235.

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• Hetherington PA, Swindale NV (1998) Real-time, in vivo prediction of neuron cortical location by triangulation of spike signals from silicon electrode recording arrays. Soc Neurosci Abstr 24:895.

• Hetherington PA, Swindale NV (1997) Receptive field scatter in cat area 17 is smaller than receptive field size. Soc Neurosci Abstr 23:2059.

• Swindale NV, Hetherington PA (1997) How disordered is the orientation map in cat area 17? Soc Neurosci Abstr 23:2059.

• Swindale NV (1996) A model for the cortical map of direction preference. Soc Neurosci Abstr.

• Hetherington PA, Zakarauskas P, Swindale NV (1996) Rotated hyper-ellipses improve multi-unit spike separation. Soc Neurosci Abstr 22:1608.

• Hetherington PA, Swindale NV, Zhao D (1995) Inter-ocular disparity and variation in receptive field position and orientation preference studied by tetrode recordings in cat area 17. Soc Neurosci Abstr 20:1649.

• Swindale NV (1993) Contrast integration along the length axis of area 17 neurons: linear or non-linear? Soc Neurosci Abstr 19:628.

• Shu Z, Swindale NV, Laszlo CA, Cynader MS (1992) A binaural aftereffect that transfers from one ear to the other. Soc Neurosci Abstr 18:843.

• Shu Z, Swindale NV, Laszlo CA, Cynader MS (1991) An auditory aftereffect for motion in the frequency domain. Soc Neurosci Abstr 17:304.

• Cynader MS, Matsubara JA, Swindale NV, Murphy K, Mitchell DE (1988) Visual cortex maps in kittens with bilateral amblyopia. Soc Neurosci Abstr 14:1245.

• Swindale NV, Cynader MS (1987) Factors determining the vernier acuities of neurons in cat visual cortex. Soc Neurosci Abstr 13:404.4.

• Swindale NV, Cynader MS, Matsubara JA (1986) Two-dimensional layout of orientation and direction selectivity in area 18 of the cats' visual cortex. Soc Neurosci Abstr 12:584

• Swindale NV, Cynader MS (1984) Local interactions determine orientation and direction selectivity of neurons in cat visual cortex. Soc Neurosci Abstr 10:471.

• Matsubara JA, Cynader MS, Swindale NV (1984) Physiological correlates of the anatomical connections within and between areas 17 and 18 of cat visual cortex. Soc Neurosci Abstr 10:800.

• Cynader MS, Matsubara JA, Swindale NV (1984) Functional topography in areas 17 and 18 of cat visual cortex. Soc Neurosci Abstr 10:800.

• Swindale NV, Cynader MS (1983) Physiological segregation of geniculate afferents in the visual cortex of dark reared cats. Soc Neurosci Abstr 9:24.

• Cynader MS, Matsubara JA, Swindale NV (1983) Surface organisation of functional and topographic maps in cat visual cortex. Soc Neurosci Abstr 9:475.

• Swindale NV (1982) The effects of restricted visual experience on the development of ocular dominance patches in the cat. Soc Neurosci Abstr 8:297.