Spero Nicholas
Senior Programmer-Analyst
Degrees: MS Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh
BS Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University
BS Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University
Tabs
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. (2015). Deficits in the activation of human oculomotor nuclei in chronic traumatic brain injury. Frontiers in Neurology, 6(173), 9. doi:doi: 10.3389/fneur.2015.00173
. (2015). Consequences of Traumatic Brain Injury for Human Vergence Dynamics. Frontiers in Neurology, 5. doi:10.3389/fneur.2014.00282
. (2015). Analysis of Neural-BOLD Coupling Through Four Models of the Neural Metabolic Demand. Frontiers in neuroscience, 9. doi:doi: 10.3389/fnins.2015.00419.
. (2015). Effect of familiarity on Braille writing and reading in the blind: From graphemes to comprehension. Journal of vision, 15, 920–920. doi:10.1167/15.12.920
. (2012). Analysis of human vergence dynamics. Journal of Vision, 12(11)(21), 1-19. doi:10.1167/12.11.21
. (2006). A proposed role for all-trans retinal in regulation of rhodopsin regeneration in human rods. Vision Research, 46, 4449-4463. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2006.07.035
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. (2003). Multiple Steps of Phosphorylation of Activated Rhodopsin Can Account for the Reproducibility of Vertebrate Rod Single-photon Responses. The Journal of General Physiology" volume = "122, 419-444. doi:10.1085/jgp.200308832
. (1998). A Link-Segment Model of Upright Human Posture for Analysis of Head-Trunk Coordination. Journal of Vestibular Research, 8, 187-200. doi:10.3233/VES-1998-8301
Smith-Kettlewell Brain Imaging Center
Our work centers on human visual neuroscience and computational vision, especially in the areas of stereoscopic depth, form, symmetry, and motion perception in adults, and the development of tests for the diagnosis of eye diseases in infants and adults. The current focus of the lab is on...
Likova Lab: Brain Plasticity, Learning & Neurorehabilitation
The main areas of my research are learning and brain plasticity of multimodal sensorimotor processing in the blind and the sighted.
Tyler Lab
Our work centers on human visual neuroscience and computational vision, especially in the areas of stereoscopic depth, form, symmetry, and motion perception in adults, and the development of tests for the diagnosis of eye diseases in infants and adults. The current focus of the lab is on...
Brain Imaging Center (BIC)
The Center is continuously implementing advanced brain imaging software options for both MRI and EEG platforms