ROGER B TOOTELL

Summary

Affiliation: Harvard University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Neuroimaging weighs in: humans meet macaques in "primate" visual cortex
    Roger B H Tootell
    Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Center, Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129, USA
    J Neurosci 23:3981-9. 2003
  2. ncbi Search for color 'center(s)' in macaque visual cortex
    Roger B H Tootell
    Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Center, Massachusetts General Hospital and Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Cereb Cortex 14:353-63. 2004
  3. ncbi Lower-level stimulus features strongly influence responses in the fusiform face area
    Xiaomin Yue
    Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
    Cereb Cortex 21:35-47. 2011
  4. ncbi Functional analysis of primary visual cortex (V1) in humans
    R B Tootell
    Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, 149 13th Street, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 95:811-7. 1998
  5. ncbi fMRI mapping of a morphed continuum of 3D shapes within inferior temporal cortex
    Roger B H Tootell
    Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:3605-9. 2008
  6. ncbi The representation of the ipsilateral visual field in human cerebral cortex
    R B Tootell
    Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, 149 13th Street, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 95:818-24. 1998
  7. ncbi Where is 'dorsal V4' in human visual cortex? Retinotopic, topographic and functional evidence
    R B Tootell
    Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Center, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
    Cereb Cortex 11:298-311. 2001
  8. ncbi The retinotopy of visual spatial attention
    R B Tootell
    Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, 02129, USA
    Neuron 21:1409-22. 1998
  9. ncbi The radial bias: a different slant on visual orientation sensitivity in human and nonhuman primates
    Yuka Sasaki
    Athinoula A Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 149 13th Street, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
    Neuron 51:661-70. 2006
  10. ncbi The advantage of combining MEG and EEG: comparison to fMRI in focally stimulated visual cortex
    Dahlia Sharon
    MGH MIT HMS Athinoula A Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
    Neuroimage 36:1225-35. 2007

Research Grants

  1. Functional Organization of Visual Object Processing
    ROGER B TOOTELL; Fiscal Year: 2010
  2. fMRI and neuronal activity in awake behavior
    Roger Tootell; Fiscal Year: 2005
  3. Functional Organization of Visual Object Processing
    Roger Tootell; Fiscal Year: 2007
  4. Functional Organization of Visual Object Processing
    Roger Tootell; Fiscal Year: 2009

Detail Information

Publications22

  1. ncbi Neuroimaging weighs in: humans meet macaques in "primate" visual cortex
    Roger B H Tootell
    Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Center, Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129, USA
    J Neurosci 23:3981-9. 2003
  2. ncbi Search for color 'center(s)' in macaque visual cortex
    Roger B H Tootell
    Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Center, Massachusetts General Hospital and Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Cereb Cortex 14:353-63. 2004
    ..Consistent with a recent hypothesis, V4 was not uniquely specialized for color processing, but areas located antero-ventral to V4 (in/near TEO and anterior TE) showed more color-biased activity...
  3. ncbi Lower-level stimulus features strongly influence responses in the fusiform face area
    Xiaomin Yue
    Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
    Cereb Cortex 21:35-47. 2011
    ..quot; Altogether, these results emphasize that a significant portion of the FFA response reflects lower-level visual responses...
  4. ncbi Functional analysis of primary visual cortex (V1) in humans
    R B Tootell
    Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, 149 13th Street, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 95:811-7. 1998
    ..By systematically varying the orientations presented, we were able to measure the bandwidth of the orientation "transients" (45 degrees)...
  5. ncbi fMRI mapping of a morphed continuum of 3D shapes within inferior temporal cortex
    Roger B H Tootell
    Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:3605-9. 2008
    ..Neither result occurred; instead, we found approximately linearly graded changes in the response amplitudes to graded-shape changes, without changes in topography-similar to visual responses in different lower-tier cortical areas...
  6. ncbi The representation of the ipsilateral visual field in human cerebral cortex
    R B Tootell
    Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, 149 13th Street, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 95:818-24. 1998
    ..form processing in parietal vs. temporal cortex, respectively...
  7. ncbi Where is 'dorsal V4' in human visual cortex? Retinotopic, topographic and functional evidence
    R B Tootell
    Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Center, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
    Cereb Cortex 11:298-311. 2001
    ..Because striking differences were found between the retinotopy and functional properties of the human topologues of 'V4v' and 'V4d', it is unlikely that these two cortical regions are subdivisions of a singular human area 'V4'...
  8. ncbi The retinotopy of visual spatial attention
    R B Tootell
    Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, 02129, USA
    Neuron 21:1409-22. 1998
    ..In and surrounding area MT+, MR increases were lateralized but not otherwise retinotopic. At the representation of eccentricities central to that of the attended targets, prominent MR decreases occurred during spatial attention...
  9. ncbi The radial bias: a different slant on visual orientation sensitivity in human and nonhuman primates
    Yuka Sasaki
    Athinoula A Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 149 13th Street, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
    Neuron 51:661-70. 2006
    ..This evidence reveals a neural link between orientation sensitivity and the cortical retinotopy, which have previously been considered independent...
  10. ncbi The advantage of combining MEG and EEG: comparison to fMRI in focally stimulated visual cortex
    Dahlia Sharon
    MGH MIT HMS Athinoula A Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
    Neuroimage 36:1225-35. 2007
    ..Thus, combining MEG and EEG data is important for high-resolution spatiotemporal studies of the human brain...
  11. ncbi Faces and objects in macaque cerebral cortex
    Doris Y Tsao
    Athinoula A Martinos Center, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129, USA
    Nat Neurosci 6:989-95. 2003
    ..Overall, our results suggest that humans and macaques share a similar brain architecture for visual object processing...
  12. ncbi A cortical region consisting entirely of face-selective cells
    Doris Y Tsao
    Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Science 311:670-4. 2006
    ..Almost all (97%) of the visually responsive neurons in this region were strongly face selective, indicating that a dedicated cortical area exists to support face processing in the macaque...
  13. ncbi Stereopsis activates V3A and caudal intraparietal areas in macaques and humans
    Doris Y Tsao
    Massachusetts General Hospital, NMR Center, Athinoula A Martinos Center, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129, USA
    Neuron 39:555-68. 2003
    ..Thus, in both primate species a small cluster of areas at the parieto-occipital junction appears to be specialized for stereopsis...
  14. ncbi An anterior temporal face patch in human cortex, predicted by macaque maps
    Reza Rajimehr
    NMR Martinos Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106:1995-2000. 2009
    ..This fMRI evidence suggests that such a face-selective area exists in human anterior inferotemporal cortex, comprising the apparent homologue of the fMRI-defined ATFP in macaques...
  15. ncbi Does retinotopy influence cortical folding in primate visual cortex?
    Reza Rajimehr
    NMR Martinos Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129, USA
    J Neurosci 29:11149-52. 2009
    ..This relationship suggests that the retinotopic maps may constrain the pattern of cortical folding during development...
  16. ncbi Separate processing of different global-motion structures in visual cortex is revealed by FMRI
    Shinichi Koyama
    Department of Psychology, Boston University, 64 Cummington Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
    Curr Biol 15:2027-32. 2005
    ..These results suggest that in the human brain, V3A is an area that differentially responds according to the type of global motion...
  17. ncbi Perception of emotional expressions is independent of face selectivity in monkey inferior temporal cortex
    Fadila Hadj-Bouziane
    Laboratory of Brain and Cognition, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:5591-6. 2008
    ..Thus, the neural mechanisms underlying face perception and valence perception appear to be distinct...
  18. ncbi The organization of orientation selectivity throughout macaque visual cortex
    Wim Vanduffel
    Laboratorium voor Neuro and Psychofysiologie, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Faculteit Geneeskunde, Campus Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, B 3000, Belgium
    Cereb Cortex 12:647-62. 2002
    ..In parafoveal but not foveal visual field representations of V2, the orientation columns were centered on the thick cytochrome oxidase stripes, extended into the adjacent interstripe region, but were virtually absent in the thin stripes...
  19. ncbi From monkeys to humans: what do we now know about brain homologies?
    Martin I Sereno
    Department of Cognitive Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 0515, USA
    Curr Opin Neurobiol 15:135-44. 2005
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  20. ncbi Neuroimaging of direction-selective mechanisms for second-order motion
    Shin ya Nishida
    NTT Communication Science Laboratories, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Atsugi, Kanagawa 243 0198, Japan
    J Neurophysiol 90:3242-54. 2003
    ..In addition, we found no obvious anatomical segregation in the neural substrates for 1st- and 2nd-order motion processing that can be resolved using standard fMRI...
  21. ncbi Functional MRI studies of human visual motion perception: texture, luminance, attention and after-effects
    Adriane E Seiffert
    Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
    Cereb Cortex 13:340-9. 2003
    ..In fact, no visual area was found to respond selectively to the motion of second-order stimuli, suggesting that motion perception arises from a unified motion detection system...
  22. ncbi Repeated fMRI using iron oxide contrast agent in awake, behaving macaques at 3 Tesla
    Francisca P Leite
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
    Neuroimage 16:283-94. 2002
    ..Overall, the contrast agent produced a dramatic improvement in functional brain imaging results in the awake, behaving primate at this field strength. (c) 2002 Elsevier Science (USA)...

Research Grants8

  1. Functional Organization of Visual Object Processing
    ROGER B TOOTELL; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ....
  2. fMRI and neuronal activity in awake behavior
    Roger Tootell; Fiscal Year: 2005
    ..Finally, we will test the neural-fMRI relationship in a higher-order region of visual cortex which appears to be specialized for processing faces and other visual objects. ..
  3. Functional Organization of Visual Object Processing
    Roger Tootell; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ....
  4. Functional Organization of Visual Object Processing
    Roger Tootell; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ....