Neeraj J. Gandhi, PhD
- Associate Professor, Departments of Otolaryngology and Bioengineering
Associate Professor, Departments of Otolaryngology and Bioengineering
PhD
Academic Affiliation
Joint Appts: Bioengineering, Neuroscience
Affiliations: Center for Neuroscience (CNUP), Center for Neural Basis of Cognition (CNBC)
Education & Training
- B.S.; Boston University; Biomedical Engineering; 1992
- Ph.D.; University of California, San Francisco and University of California, Berkeley; Bioengineering, 1997
Representative Publications
Bechara BP and Gandhi NJ. Matching the oculomotor drive during head-restrained and head-unrestrained gaze shifts in monkey. Journal of Neurophysiology, 104:811-28, 2010. [PDF]
Anderson SR, Porrill J, Sklavos S, Gandhi NJ, Sparks DL and Dean P. Dynamics of primate oculomotor plant revealed by effects of abducens microstimulation. Journal of Neurophysiology, 101:2907-2923, 2009. [PDF]
Walton MMG, Bechara BP and Gandhi NJ. Effects of reversible inactivation of superior colliculus on head movements. Journal of Neurophysiology, 99: 2479-2495, 2008. [PDF]
Gandhi NJ, Barton EJ and Sparks DL. Coordination of eye and head components of movements evoked by stimulation of the paramedian pontine reticular formation. Experimental Brain Research, 189: 35-47, 2008. [PDF]
Miller DM, Cotter LA, Gandhi NJ, Schor RH, Cass SP, Huff NO, Raj SG, Shulman JA and Yates BJ. Responses of caudal vestibular nucleus of conscious cats to rotations in vertical planes, before and after a bilateral vestibular neurectomy. Experimental Brain Research, 188: 175-186, 2008. [PDF]
Research Interests
Neurophysiology of oculomotor and vestibular systems. Visual cognition. Integration of oculomotor and skeletomotor systems.
Research Grants
R01 EY015485 (Gandhi)
04/01/08 – 03/31/11
NIH/NEI
Title: Neural Basis of Gaze Shifts
Description: The objective of the grant is to delineate the neural elements that encode eye-only, head-only or coordinated eye-head movements.
Role: PI