Jay Gibson, PhD

Assistant Professor
Neuroscience, Physiology
Graduate Program: Neuroscience

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

Office Phone: 214-648-1800
Office Fax: 214-648-1801

jay.gibson@utsouthwestern.edu

Biography

As an undergraduate, Dr. Gibson studied biophysics at the University of California at Berkeley. Under the guidance of Dr. John Maunsell, he completed his PhD in 1995 at the University of Rochester, which focused on neocortical activity related to visual processing. Next, he worked under Dr. Barry Connors studying the electrophysiological properties of inhibitory interneurons in somatosensory cortex.

Dr. Gibson joined the Center for Basic Neuroscience at UT Southwestern in 2001. Currently, the lab uses electrophysiological techniques to study the plasticity of cortical inhibitory circuitry.

Education

Graduate SchoolUniversity of Rochester (1995)

Research Interests

Electrophysiology
Neuronal Circuits in Neocortex
Neuroscience

Publications

Featured
A role for the subthreshold currents ILeak and IH in the homeostatic control of excitability in neocortical somatostatin-positive inhibitory neurons

Gibson, J. R., Bartley, A. F., and Huber, K. M. , J. Neurophysiol. , 2006; (96(1)):420-432

Featured
Two electrically coupled inhibitory networks

Gibson, J. R., Beierlein, M., and Connors, B. W. , Nature , 1999; (402(4)):75-79

Activity-Dependent Validation of Excitatory versus Inhibitory Synapses by Neuroligin-1 versus Neuroligin-2. Neuron

Chubykin, A.A., Atasoy, D., Etherton, M.R., Brose, N., Kavalali, E.T., Gibson, J.R., Sudhof, T.C. , Neuron , 2007; (54(6)):919-931

A role for the subthreshold currents ILeak and IH in the homeostatic control of excitability in neocortical somatostatin-positive inhibitory neurons

Gibson, J. R., Bartley, A. F., and Huber, K. M. , J. Neurophysiol. , 2006; (96(1)):420-432

Functional Properties of Electrical Synapses Between Inhibitory Neurons of Neocortical Layer 4

Gibson, J. R., Beierlein, M., and Connors, B. W. , J. Neurophysiol. , 2005; (93(1)):467-480

Two Dynamically Distinct Inhibitory Networks in Layer 4 of the Neocortex

Beierlein, M., Gibson, J. R. and Connors, B. W. , Journal of Neurophysiology , 2003; (90(5)):2987-3000

Synchronous activity of inhibitory networks in neocortex requires electrical synapses containing connexin36

Deans, M., Gibson, J. R., Connors, B. W., and Paul, D. L. , Neuron , 2001; (31):477-485

Honors/Awards

FRAXA Fellowship

Research for Fragile X Syndrome (2006)

Klingenstein Fellowship

Award in the Neurosciences (2002)