Matteo Carandini

Matteo Carandini (b. 1967) is a contemporary neuroscientist who studies the visual system. In 1999-2002 he was a Professor at the Institute of Neuroinformatics of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. Since 2002 he has been a Scientist at the Smith-Kettlewell Institute in San Francisco.

His studies focus on the lateral geniculate nucleus and on the visual cortex (V1). Working with David Heeger and J Anthony Movshon he refined and provided evidence for Heeger's normalization model of V1 responses. Together with David Ferster he discovered that prolonged visual stimulation causes a tonic hyperpolarization in V1 neurons.

Most cited papers

 * Anderson, JS; Carandini, M; Ferster, D "Orientation Tuning Of Input Conductance, Excitation, and Inhibition In Cat Primary Visual Cortex" Journal Of Neurophysiology, 84 (2): 909-926 AUG 2000. Times Cited: 198

Journal Of Neuroscience, 20 (1): 470-484 Jan 1 2000. Times Cited: 182
 * Carandini, M; Ferster, D. "Title: Membrane Potential And Firing Rate In Cat Primary Visual Cortex


 * Carandini, M; Heeger, DJ; Movshon, JA"Linearity And Normalization In Simple Cells Of The Macaque Primary Visual Cortex" Journal Of Neuroscience, 17 (21): 8621-8644 Nov 1 1997. Times Cited: 129


 * Carandini, M; Ferster, D "A Tonic Hyperpolarization Underlying Contrast Adaptation In Cat Visual Cortex." Science, 276 (5314): 949-952 May 9 1997. Times Cited: 125


 * Carandini, M; Heeger, Dj. "Summation And Division By Neurons In Primate Visual-Cortex". Science, 264 (5163): 1333-1336 May 27 1994. Times Cited: 106