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Leah Krubitzer pyr UC Davis
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Research Papers (1999-2009)

For a complete list of Dr. Krubitzer's publications, see her CV.

Hinkley, L.B., Krubitzer, L.A., Padberg, J., Disbrow, E.A. (2009).Visual-manual exploration and posterior parietal cortex in humans. Journal of Neurophysiology, Oct. 7 [Epub ahead of print].

Cheung, A.F., Kondo, S., Abdel-Mannan, O., Chodroff, R.A., Sirey, T.M., Bluy, L.E., Webber, N., Deproto, J., Karlen, S.J., Krubitzer, L., Stold, H.B., Saunders, N.R., Molnar, Z. (2009) The subventricular zone is the developmental milestone of a 6-layered neocortex: comparisons in Metatherian and Eutherian mammals. Cerebral Cortex, Sep2 [Epub ahead of print].

Zhu, Z. Zumer, J.M., Lowenthal, M.E., Padberg, J., Recanzone, G.H., Krubitzer, L.A., Nagarajan, S.S., Disbrow, E.A. (2009). The relationship between magnetic and electrophysiological responses to complex tactile stimuli. BMC Neuroscience 2009 Jan 15; 10(1): 4.

Campi, K.L., Bales, K. L. , Grunewald, R. and Krubitzer, L. (2009) Connections of Auditory and Visual Cortex in the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster):  Evidence for multisensory processing in primary sensory areas. Cerebral Cortex , April 24 [Epub ahead of print]

Padberg, J., Cerkevich,  Engle, J., Rajan, A., Recanzone,  G., Kaas, J.H., and Krubitzer, L. (2009) Thalamocortical connections of parietal somatosensory cortical fields in macaque monkeys are highly divergent and convergent. Cerebral Cortex, Feb 16. [Epub ahead of print]

Karlen, S. J. and Krubitzer, L. (2008)  Effects of bilateral enucleation on the size of visual and non-visual areas of the brain.  Cerebral Cortex, Oct 8. [Epub ahead of print]

Padberg, J., Franca, J., Cooke, D.F., Soares, J., Rosa, M., Fiorani, M., Gattass, R., Krubitzer, L. (2007) Parallel evolution of cortical areas involved in skilled hand use.  J. Neurosci.  27: 10106-15.

Campi, K., Karlen, S., Bales, K., and Krubitzer, L. (2007) The organization of sensory neocortex in prarie voles (Micrtus, ochrogaster). J. Comp. Neurol. 502:414-426

Hinkley, L.B., Krubitzer, L., Nagarajan, S., and Disbrow, E.A. (2007). Sensorimotor integration in S2, PV, and the parietal rostroventral areas of the human Sylvian fissure. J Neurophysiol. 97: 1288-1297.

Karlen, S.J. and Krubitzer, L. (2006). Phenotypic diversity is the cornerstone of evolution: Variation in cortical field size within a short-tailed opossums. J Comp Neurol 499: 990-999.

Karlen, S.J., Kahn, D.M., and Krubitzer, L. (2006) Early blindness results in abnormal cortico-cortical and thalamocortical connections.Neuroscience 142: 843-858.

Padberg J. and Krubitzer L. (2006) Thalamocortical connections of anterior and posterior parietal cortical areas in New World titi monkeys. J Comp Neurol 497:416-435.

Hunt, D.L., Yamoah, E.N., and Krubitzer, L. (2006) Multisensory plasticity in congenitally deaf mice: how are cortical areas functionally specified? Neuroscience 139:1507-1524.

Hunt D.L., King B., Kahn D.M., Yamoah E.N., Shull, G.E., Krubitzer, L. (2005)  Aberrant retinal projections in  congenitally deaf mice. How are phenotypic characteristics specified in development and evolution? Anat Rec A Discov Mol Cell Evol Biol 287:1051-1066.

Padberg, J., Disbrow, E., and Krubitzer, L. (2005) The organization and connections of anterior and posterior parietal cortex in Titi monkeys:  Do New World Monkeys have an area 2? Cereb Cortex 15:1938-1963

Krubitzer, L., Huffman, K. J., Disbrow, E., and Recanzone, G. (2004)  The organization of area 3a in macaque monkeys.  J Comp Neurol  471:97-111.

Disbrow, E., Litinas, E., Recanzone, G., Padberg, J., and Krubitzer, L. (2003). Cortical connections of the second somatosensory area and the parietal ventral area in macaque monkeys.  J Comp Neurol 462:382-399.

Kahn, D. M., and Krubitzer, L.A. (2002). Massive cross-modal cortical plasticity and the emergence of a new cortical field in developmentally blind mammals. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 99:11429-11434.

Disbrow, E., Litinas, E. Recanzone, G. H., Slutsky, D., and Krubitzer, L.A. (2002). Thalamocortical connections of somatosensory areas PV and S2 in macaque monkeys. Thalamus and Related Systems 1:289-302.

Kahn. D. and Krubitzer, L. (2002). Retinofugal projections in the short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica. J Comp Neurol 447:114-127.

Huffman, K. J. and Krubitzer, L.A. (2001). Area 3a: Topographic organization and connections in marmoset monkeys. Cereb Cortex 11:849-867.

Huffman, K.J. and Krubitzer, L.A. (2001).  Thalamo-cortical connections of areas 3a and M1 in marmoset monkeys. J Comp Neurol 435:291-310.

Disbrow, E., Roberts, T., Poeppel, D., and Krubitzer, L (2001). Evidence for interhemispheric processing of inputs from the hands in the human second somatosensory and parietal ventral areas. J Neurophysiol 85:2236-2244.

Kahn, D., Huffman, K., and Krubitzer, L. (2000).  The organization and connections of V1 in Monodelphis domestica. J Comp Neurol 428:337-354.

Disbrow, E., Slutsky, D. A., Roberts, T., and Krubitzer, L.A. (2000).  Functional MRI at 1.5 Tesla: A comparison of the blood oxygenation level dependent signal and electrophysiology. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 97:9718-9723.

Slutsky, D. A., Manger, P. R., and Krubitzer, L. (2000). Multiple somatosensory areas in the anterior parietal cortex of the California ground squirrel (Spermophilus beecheyii).  J Comp Neurol 416:521-539.

Disbrow, E., Krubitzer, L., and Roberts, T. (2000).  The somatotopic organization of the lateral sulcus areas in Homo Sapiens. Evidence for SII and PV. J Comp Neurol 418:1-21.

Huffman, K. J., Molnar, Z., Van Dell, A., Kahn, D., Blakemore C., and Krubitzer, L. (1999). Formation of cortical fields on a reduced cortical sheet. J Neurosci 19:9939-9952.

Disbrow, E., Roberts, T., Slutsky, D., and Krubitzer, L. (1999). The use of fMRI for deterimining the topographic organization of cortical fields in human and nonhuman primates. Brain Res 829:167-173.

Rosa, M. G. P., L. A. Krubitzer, Z. Molnar, and J. E. Nelson (1999). Organization of visual cortex in the northern quoll, Dasyurus hallucautus: Evidence for a homologue of the second visual area in marsupials. Eur J Neurosci 11:907-915.

Huffman, K., Nelson, J., Clarey, J., and Krubitzer, L. (1999).  Organization of Somatosensory Cortex in three species of marsupials: Neural correlates of morphological specialization.  J Comp Neurol 403:5-32.
Reviews (1999-2009)

Krubitzer, L. (2009). In search of a unifying theory of complex brain evolution. Ann NY Acad Sci March;1156: 44-67.

Krubitzer, L (2007).  The magnificent compromise:  Cortical field evolution in mammals.  Neuron 56:201-208.

Larsen, D, Krubitzer, L. (2007) Genetic and epigenetic contributions to the cortical phenotype in mammals.  Brain Research Bulletin  75:391-397

Karlen, S. J. and Krubitzer, L. (2007)  The functional and anatomical organization of marsupial neocortex; evidence for parallel evolution in mammals.  Progress in Neurobiology.  82:122-141.

Krubitzer, L., Kaas, J. (2005). The evolution of the neocortex in mammals: how is phenotypic diversity generated? Curr Opin Neurobiol 15:444-53.

Krubitzer, L.A., and Kahn, D. (2003).Nature versus nurture revisted: An old idea with a new twist. Progress in Neurobiology 70:33-52.

Krubitzer, L., and Huffman K. (2000). Arealization in the neocortex of mammals: Genetic and epigenetic contributions to the phenotype. Brain, Behavior, and Evolution 55:322-335.

Rosa, M. G. P., and L.A. Krubitzer (1999).The evolution of visual cortex: Where is V2? TINS 22: 242-247.

Chapters in books

Karlen, S.J., Hunt, D., and Krubitzer (2009).  Cross-modal plasticity in mammalian neocortex. In: Developmental and Comparative Neuroscience: Epigenetics, Evolution, & Behavior.  Ed. Mark S. Blumberg, John H. Freeman, and Scott R. Robinson.  Oxford University Press, Inc.

 Karlen SJ and Krubitzer L (2009). Marsupial Neocortex. In: Squire LR (ed), Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Oxford: Academic Press. Volume 5, pp. 671-679.

Krubitzer L and Campi K (2009). Neocortical Organization in Monotremes. In: Squire LR (ed.), Encylopedia of Neuroscience. Oxford: Academic Press. Volume 6, pp. 51-59.

Krubitzer, L. Padberg, J. (2008) Evolution of association pallial areas: parietal association areas in mammals.  In: Encyclopedic Reference of Neuroscience (Ann Butler, ed.)  Springer. Volume 5, pp 1225-1231.

Krubitzer, L., and Disbrow, E. (2008) The evolution of parietal areas involved in hand use in primates. In:  The Senses:  A Comprehensive Reference. Volume 6, Somatosensation  (Jon Kaas and Ester Gardner eds.) Elsevier, London, pp. 183-214.

Krubitzer, L. and Hunt, D. (2007) Captured in the net of space and time: Understanding cortical field evolution. In: The Evolution of Nervous systems in mammals, Volume IV (Kaas, J.H. and Krubitzer L., eds). Academic Press, Oxford, pp. 49-72.

Disbrow, E., Hinkley, L., Padberg, J., and Krubitzer, L. Hand use and the evolution of posterior parietal cortex in primates. In: The Evolution of Nervous systems in mammals, Volume IV (Kaas, J.H. and Preuss, T. eds). Academic Press, Oxford, pp. 407-416.

Karlen, S.J. and Krubitzer, L. (2006). The evolution of the neocortex in mammals: intrinsic and extrinsic contributions to the cortical phenotype. Novartis Foundation Symposium, 270:146-169; discussion 159-163.

Krubitzer, L., and Disbrow, E. (2004). In search of self:  The evolution of parietal areas involved in hand use. In:  Spatial Perception. Cambridge University Press. Submitted.

Krubitzer, L. and Kahn, D (2003).  The evolution of human neocortex:  Is the human brain fundamentally different than that of other mammals?  In:  Attention and Performance XX, Functional Brain Imaging of Visual Cognition. (N. Kanwisher, J. Duncan, C. Umilta eds.).

Krubitzer, L.A. (2002). Evolutionary Perspectives in: Cognitive Neuroscience (M. Gazzaniga, R. Ivry, and R. Mangun eds.) W. W. Norton and Company. pp. 577-596.

Krubitzer, L.A. (2000). How does evolution build a complex brain? In: Evolutionary Developmental Biology of the Cerebral Cortex (G.R. Bock, G. Cardew, ed.) John Wiley and Sons, LTD. Chichester. pp. 206-220.

Krubitzer, L.A. (1998). Constructing the neocortex: Influences on the pattern of organization in mammals. In: Brain and Mind: Evolutionary Perspectives. (M. S. Gazzaniga and J. Altman, eds.) Human Frontier Science Program. Strasbourg, pp. 19-34.

Krubitzer, L.A. (1996). The Organization of Lateral Somatosensory Areas In Primates and Other Mammals. In: Somesthesis and the Neurobiology of the Somatosensory Cortex, International Symposium Series, (O. Franzen, R. Johanson, and L. Terenius, eds.) Boston, Birkhaeuser. pp.173-185.

Krubitzer, L., R. Belew, C. Boake, E. Boncinelli, E. Brenowitz, S. de Belle, J. Edwards, W.P.M. Geraerts. B. Kyriacou, G. Miklos, F. von Schilcher (1994). How Do Evolution and Behavior Interact? In: Dahlem Workshop on Flexibility and Constraint in Behavioral Systems. John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, pp. 295-305.

Kaas, J.H. and L.A. Krubitzer (1991). The organization of extrastriate visual cortex. (B. Dreher and S.R. Robinson, eds.), In: Vision and Visual Dysfunction, Volume 3, Neuroanatomy of the Visual Pathways and Their Development. Macmillan Press, London, pp 302-323.
updated 13 March 2009  ♦  copyright 2009 Leah Krubitzer