The overall goal of our research is to study the neural basis of vision: how neurons in the brain respond to visual stimuli; what neural circuits give rise to such response properties; and how these circuits are established during development. We use mice and tree shrews as models and take an integrative approach that combines in vivo physiology, two-photon imaging, genetics, behavioral, and computational techniques. For more information, please visit my website.

Representative Publications 

• Savier EL, Chen H, Cang J. (2019) Effects of Locomotion on Visual Responses in the Mouse Superior Colliculus. J Neurosci. pii: 1854-19. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1854-19.2019. https://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2019/09/27/JNEUROSCI.1854-19.2019.long 
• Barchini J, Shi X, Chen H, Cang J. (2018) Bidirectional encoding of motion contrast in the mouse superior colliculus.Elife. pii: e35261. doi: 10.7554/eLife.35261. https://elifesciences.org/articles/35261
• Levine J, Chen H, Gu Y and Cang J. (2017) Environmental Enrichment Rescues Binocular Matching of Orientation Preference in the Mouse Visual Cortex. J Neurosci.37(24):5822-5833. http://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2017/05/12/JNEUROSCI.3534-16.2017 
• Shi X*, Barchini J*, Acaron Ledesma H, Koren D, Jin Y, Liu X, Wei W, Cang J. (2017) Retinal origin of direction selectivity in the superior colliculus. Nat Neurosci. 20(4):550-558. http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nn.4498.html