Faculty Guide

Title

Zalman Abraham Kekst Chair in Neuroscience and Professor of Biology

Biology
Neuroscience
Volen National Center for Complex Systems

Expertise

Mechanisms of phototransduction. Molecular mechanism of memory storage.

Awards and Honors

Zalman Abraham Kekst Chair in Neuroscience (2006)

The National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression Investigator Award (2003)

Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award (1989 - 1996)

MERIT (Method to Extend Research in Time) Award, National Eye Institute (1987 - 1992)

Grass Foundation Fellow (1972)

Marine Biological Laboratory Award (1971)

Courses Taught

NBIO	45a	The Cognitive and Neurobiological Basis of Memory
NBIO	140b	Principles of Neuroscience
NBIO	145b	Systems Neuroscience
NBIO	148b	Cellular Neuroscience
NBIO	250d	Neuroscience Proseminar

Scholarship

John E. Lisman, Ole Jensen. "The Theta-Gamma Neural Code." Neuron 77. 6 (2013): 1002-1006.

Lisman J, Sternberg EJ,. "Habit and Non-Habit Systems for Unconscious and Conscious Behavior: Implications for Multi-Tasking." J Cogn Neurosci. 25. 2 (2013): 273-283.

Sanders H, Berends M, Major G, Goldman MS, Lisman J,. "NMDA and GABAB (KIR) Conductances: The "Perfect Couple" for Bistability.." Journal of Neuroscience 33. 2 (2013): 424-9.

Sanhueza M, Lisman J. "The CaMKII/NMDAR complex as a molecular memory." Molecular Brain 6. 10 (2013): 1-8.

De Almeida L, Idiart M, Villavicencio A, Lisman J.. "Alternating predictive and short-term memory modes of entorhinal grid cells.." Hippocampus 22. 8 (2012): 1647-51.

Zhang Y, Buonanno A, Vertes RP, Hoover WB, Lisman JE. "NR2C in the thalamic reticular nucleus; effects of the NR2C knockout.." PLoS One. 7. 7 (2012): e41908.

Faas GC, Raghavachari S, Lisman JE, Mody I.. "Calmodulin as a direct detector of Ca(2+) signals.." Nature Neuroscience 14. 3 (2010): 301-304.

Lisman J, Spruston N. "Questions About STDP as a General Model of Synaptic Plasticity." Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience 2. 140 (2010): 1-5.

Lisman JE, Pi H-J, Zhang Y, Otmakhova NA,. "A thalamo-hippocampal-VTA loop may produce the positive feedback that underlies the psychotic break in schizophrenia." Biological Psychiatry 68. (2010): 17-24.

Lisman, John. "Formation of the nonfunctional and functional pools of granule cells in the dentate gyrus: role of neurogenesis, LTP and LTD.." Journal of Physiology Nov 22. [Epub ahead of print].. (2010).

Lisman, John. "Working memory: the importance of theta and gamma oscillations.." Current Biology 20. (2010): R490-492.

M. A. Erickson, L. Maramara, J. Lisman. "A Single 2-spike Burst Induces GluR1-dependent Associative Short-Term Potentiation: A Potential Mechanism for Short Term Memory." Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 22. (2010): 2530-2540.

Pi H-J, Otmakhov N, Lemelin D, De Koninck P, Lisman J. "Autonomous CaMKII can promote either LTP or LTD, depending on the state of T305/T306 phosphorylation." Journal of Neuroscience 30. (2010): 8704-8709.

Pi H-J, Otmakhov N, Lemelin D, De Koninck P, Lisman J. "CaMKII control of spine size and synaptic strength: role of phosphorylation states and nonenzymatic action.." Proc Natl Acad Sci U.S.A. 107. (2010): 14437-14442.

Rennó-Costa C, Lisman JE, Verschure PF.. "The mechanism of rate remapping in the dentate gyrus.." Neuron 68. (2010): 1051-1058.

de Almeida L, Idiart M, Lisman J. "Single place fields in hippocampal CA3 cells: a two-stage transformation from grid cells." Hippocampus Oct 6. [Epub ahead of print]. (2010).

Lisman, John, Redish, A. David. "Prediction, sequences and the hippocampus." Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 364. Special theme issue on Predictions (2009): 1193-1201.

Zhang, Yuchun, Llinas, Rodolfo R, Lisman, John E.. "Inhibition of NMDARs in the nucleus reticularis of the thalamus produces delta frequency bursting.." Frontiers in Neuroscience 3. (2009): Article 20:1-9.

de Almeida, Licurgo, Idiart, Marco, Lisman, John E.. "A second function of gamma-frequency oscillations: a E%-max winner-take-all mechanism selects which cells fire." Journal of Neuroscience 29. 23 (2009): 7497-7503.

de Almeida, Licurgo, Idiart, Marco, Lisman, John E.. "The input-output transformation of the hippocampal granule cells: from grid cells to place fields." Journal of Neuroscience 29. 23 (2009): 7504-12.

Lisman, J.E., Coyle, J.T., Green, R.W., Javitt, D.C., Benes, F.M., Heckers, S., Grace, A.A.. "Circuit-based framework for understanding neurotransmitter and risk gene interactions in schizophrenia." Trends in Neuroscience 31. 5 (2008): 234-242.

Pi, Hyun, Lisman, John. "Coupled phosphatase and kinase switches produce the tristability required for long-term potentiation and long-term depression." Journal of Neuroscience 28. 49 (2008): 13132-13138.

Zhang, Yuchun, Behrens, Margarita, Lisman, John. "Prolonged exposure to NMDAR antagonist suppresses inhibitory synaptic transmission in prefrontal cortex." Journal of Neurophysiology 100. 2 (2008): 959-965.