Jennifer Lund
Jennifer Lund is one of the premier anatomists of our time. She is an internationally recognized neuroscientist whose research laid the groundwork for understanding signal flow into, within, and from visual cortex. Every major study of cortical physiology depends on her comprehensive maps of neuronal types and their intracortical projections. A graduate of University College, London University, Dr. Lund has served on the faculties of the University of Washington, Medical University of South Carolina, University of Pittsburgh, University of London and Cambridge University. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences and served on the Scientific Advisory Board for England’s Medical Research Council. She has served as Chair of the Program Committee and Treasurer for the USA Society for Neuroscience, and Executive Secretary for International Brain Research Organization (IBRO). She is currently Secretary-General of IBRO.
Dr. Lund’s research revealed, in detail, the tremendous diversity of cortical neuron types (a diversity greater than previously believed) and their remarkable specificities of inter-connections. In landmark papers over the 1980’s and 1990’s she characterized how the form and patterning of each neuronal type potentially contributed to its cortical functions. She also pioneered studies of long-range interactions, where cells distant from a single cortical neuron influence its behavior.
Education: Ph.D., University College London, UK
Academic Appointments: Professor Emeritus of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences—University of Utah School of Medicine
Theme map of retinal amacrine cells
A sample of major publications from Dr. Lund
Lund J.S. (2002 Mar-Jun) Specificity and non-specificity of synaptic connections within mammalian visual cortex. J Neurocytol. 31(3-5): 203-9.
Levitt J.B., Lund J.S. (1991 May) Contrast dependence of contextual effects in primate visual cortex. Nature. 387(6628):73-6.
Lund J.S. (1988) Anatomical organization of macaque monkey striate visual cortex. Annu Rev Neurosci. 11:253-88.