Guoyong Wang, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
gwang@tulane.edu

Research Interests:

Retinal ganglion cells are the only output neurons of retina. All information about the visual world is conveyed from the eyes to the visual centers of the brain by these neurons. How are these neurons functioning is the essential question in visual system. My research is focus on functional and structural organization of retinal ganglion cells in developing and mature retina.

Publications:

Wang, G-Y., Liets, LC., Chalupa, LM. (2003) Nitric oxide differentially modulates On and Off responses of retinal ganglion cells. Journal of Neurophysiology, 90: 1304-1313.
Huberman, A., Wang, G-Y., Liets, LC., Collins, OA., Chapman, B., Chalupa, LM. (2003) Eye-specific retinogeniculate segregation independent of normal neuronal activity. Science 300: 994-998.
Liets, LC., Olshausen, B.A., Wang, G-Y., Chalupa, L.M. (2003) Spontaneous activity of morphologically identified ganglion cells in the developing ferret retina. Journal of Neuroscience, 23(19): 7343-7350.
Wang, G-Y., Liets, LC., Chalupa, L.M. (2001) Unique functional properties of On and Off pathways in the developing mammalian retina. Journal of Neuroscience, 21(12): 4310-4317.
Wang, G-Y., Olshausen, B.A., Chalupa, L.M. (1999) Differential effects of apamin- and charybdotoxin-sensitive K+ conductances on spontaneous discharge patterns of developing retinal ganglion cells. Journal of Neuroscience, 19(7):2609-18.
Robinson, D.W. and Wang, G.Y. (1998) Development of intrinsic membrane properties in mammalian retinal ganglion cells. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology, 9(3):301-10.
Wang, G.Y., Robinson, D.W. and Chalupa, L.M. (1998) Calcium-activated potassium conductances in retinal ganglion cells of the ferret. Journal of Neurophysiology, 9(1):151-8.
Wang, G.Y., Ratto, G., Bisti, S., and Chalupa, L.M. (1997) Functional development of intrinsic properties in ganglion cells of the mammalian retina. Journal of Neurophysiology, 78(6):2895-903.