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John A. Assad, Ph.D.

TitleProfessor of Neurobiology
InstitutionHarvard Medical School
DepartmentNeurobiology
AddressHarvard Medical School
Dept of Neurobiology, WAB 227
200 Longwood Ave
Boston MA 02115
Phone617/432-2804
Fax617/432-2811

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  1. Fitzgerald JK, Freedman DJ, Fanini A, Bennur S, Gold JI, Assad JA. Biased associative representations in parietal cortex. Neuron. 2013 Jan 9; 77(1):180-91.
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  2. Fitzgerald JK, Freedman DJ, Assad JA. Generalized associative representations in parietal cortex. Nat Neurosci. 2011 Aug; 14(8):1075-9.
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  3. Freedman DJ, Assad JA. A proposed common neural mechanism for categorization and perceptual decisions. Nat Neurosci. 2011 Feb; 14(2):143-6.
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  4. Herrington TM, Assad JA. Temporal sequence of attentional modulation in the lateral intraparietal area and middle temporal area during rapid covert shifts of attention. J Neurosci. 2010 Mar 3; 30(9):3287-96.
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  5. Herrington TM, Assad JA. Neural activity in the middle temporal area and lateral intraparietal area during endogenously cued shifts of attention. J Neurosci. 2009 Nov 11; 29(45):14160-76.
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  6. Maimon G, Assad JA. Beyond Poisson: increased spike-time regularity across primate parietal cortex. Neuron. 2009 May 14; 62(3):426-40.
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  7. Herrington TM, Masse NY, Hachmeh KJ, Smith JE, Assad JA, Cook EP. The effect of microsaccades on the correlation between neural activity and behavior in middle temporal, ventral intraparietal, and lateral intraparietal areas. J Neurosci. 2009 May 6; 29(18):5793-805.
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  8. Freedman DJ, Assad JA. Distinct encoding of spatial and nonspatial visual information in parietal cortex. J Neurosci. 2009 Apr 29; 29(17):5671-80.
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  9. Fanini A, Assad JA. Direction selectivity of neurons in the macaque lateral intraparietal area. J Neurophysiol. 2009 Jan; 101(1):289-305.
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  10. Montague PR, Assad J. Editorial overview. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2008 Apr; 18(2):117-9.
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  11. Padoa-Schioppa C, Assad JA. The representation of economic value in the orbitofrontal cortex is invariant for changes of menu. Nat Neurosci. 2008 Jan; 11(1):95-102.
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  12. Freedman DJ, Assad JA. Experience-dependent representation of visual categories in parietal cortex. Nature. 2006 Sep 7; 443(7107):85-8.
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  13. Maimon G, Assad JA. A cognitive signal for the proactive timing of action in macaque LIP. Nat Neurosci. 2006 Jul; 9(7):948-55.
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  14. Padoa-Schioppa C, Assad JA. Neurons in the orbitofrontal cortex encode economic value. Nature. 2006 May 11; 441(7090):223-6.
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  15. Maimon G, Assad JA. Parietal area 5 and the initiation of self-timed movements versus simple reactions. J Neurosci. 2006 Mar 1; 26(9):2487-98.
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  16. Lee IH, Seitz AR, Assad JA. Activity of tonically active neurons in the monkey putamen during initiation and withholding of movement. J Neurophysiol. 2006 Apr; 95(4):2391-403.
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  17. 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.
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  18. Assad JA. Neural coding of behavioral relevance in parietal cortex. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2003 Apr; 13(2):194-7.
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  19. Lee IH, Assad JA. Putaminal activity for simple reactions or self-timed movements. J Neurophysiol. 2003 May; 89(5):2528-37.
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  20. Eskandar EN, Assad JA. Distinct nature of directional signals among parietal cortical areas during visual guidance. J Neurophysiol. 2002 Oct; 88(4):1777-90.
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  21. Toth LJ, Assad JA. Dynamic coding of behaviourally relevant stimuli in parietal cortex. Nature. 2002 Jan 10; 415(6868):165-8.
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  22. Assad JA. A biased view of attention. Neuron. 1999 Apr; 22(4):642-4.
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  23. Assad J. Now you see it: frontal eye field responses to invisible targets. Nat Neurosci. 1999 Mar; 2(3):205-6.
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  24. Maunsell JH, Ghose GM, Assad JA, McAdams CJ, Boudreau CE, Noerager BD. Visual response latencies of magnocellular and parvocellular LGN neurons in macaque monkeys. Vis Neurosci. 1999 Jan-Feb; 16(1):1-14.
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  25. Eskandar EN, Assad JA. Dissociation of visual, motor and predictive signals in parietal cortex during visual guidance. Nat Neurosci. 1999 Jan; 2(1):88-93.
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  26. Assad JA, Maunsell JH. Neuronal correlates of inferred motion in primate posterior parietal cortex. Nature. 1995 Feb 9; 373(6514):518-21.
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  27. Assad JA, Corey DP. An active motor model for adaptation by vertebrate hair cells. J Neurosci. 1992 Sep; 12(9):3291-309.
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  28. Corey DP, Assad JA. Transduction and adaptation in vertebrate hair cells: correlating structure with function. Soc Gen Physiol Ser. 1992; 47:325-42.
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  29. Assad JA, Shepherd GM, Corey DP. Tip-link integrity and mechanical transduction in vertebrate hair cells. Neuron. 1991 Dec; 7(6):985-94.
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  30. Hacohen N, Assad JA, Smith WJ, Corey DP. Regulation of tension on hair-cell transduction channels: displacement and calcium dependence. J Neurosci. 1989 Nov; 9(11):3988-97.
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  31. Assad JA, Hacohen N, Corey DP. Voltage dependence of adaptation and active bundle movement in bullfrog saccular hair cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1989 Apr; 86(8):2918-22.
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