Dr. Eric S. Fortune, Ph.D.
Associate Professor,
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences,
Johns Hopkins University.
Ph.D. 1995
Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy,
University of Chicago.
Research Focus
Neural basis of behavior, sensory processing, neuroethology.
Research Summary
Our research examines how neural systems control behavior. We use
integrative studies that exploit the strong
relations between behavioral adaptations, neural mechanisms, and the
evolutionary and natural histories of the organism. The ultimate goal is to uncover
fundamental neural mechanisms that are used in vertebrate
species to generate a wide range of behaviors.
Selected Publications:
Cowan, N.J. and E.S. Fortune (2007) The critical role of locomotion mechanics in decoding
sensory systems. J. Neurosci., 27:1123-1128.
Fortune, E.S. (2006) The decoding of electrosensory systems. Curr. Opin. Neurobiol., 16:474-480.
Fortune, E.S., and G.J. Rose (2001) Short-term synaptic plasticity as a
temporal filter. TINS, 24:381-385.
last revised 20 March 2004
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