Louis J. Toth, PhD

Clinical Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

My interest is in studying how the brain codes and computes information between a sensory input
and a behavioral output. These studies incorporate three main techniques: 1) recording from
single or small populations of neurons in anesthetized animals responding to visual stimuli, 2)
imaging of neuronal activity using intrinsic optical signals, voltage-sensitive dyes, and fMRI
techniques, and 3) recording and imaging from awake monkeys trained to perform cognitive
tasks.

Publications

  • Published 1/5/2005

    Van Hooser SD, Heimel JA, Chung S, Nelson SB, Toth LJ. Orientation selectivity without orientation maps in visual cortex of a highly visual mammal. J Neurosci. 2005 Jan 5; 25(1):19-28. PMID: 15634763.

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  • Published 3/1/2004

    Kim DS, Ronen I, Olman C, Kim SG, Ugurbil K, Toth LJ. Spatial relationship between neuronal activity and BOLD functional MRI. Neuroimage. 2004 Mar; 21(3):876-85. PMID: 15006654.

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  • Published 6/1/2003

    Williams ZM, Elfar JC, Eskandar EN, Toth LJ, Assad JA. Parietal activity and the perceived direction of ambiguous apparent motion. Nat Neurosci. 2003 Jun; 6(6):616-23. PMID: 12730699.

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  • Published 1/10/2002

    Toth LJ, Assad JA. Dynamic coding of behaviourally relevant stimuli in parietal cortex. Nature. 2002 Jan 10; 415(6868):165-8. PMID: 11805833.

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  • Published 4/1/1998

    Somers DC, Todorov EV, Siapas AG, Toth LJ, Kim DS, Sur M. A local circuit approach to understanding integration of long-range inputs in primary visual cortex. Cereb Cortex. 1998 Apr-May; 8(3):204-17. PMID: 9617915.

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Other Positions

  • Graduate Faculty (Primary Mentor of Grad Students)
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences

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Education

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, PhD
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, SB

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