Larry Swanson
Milo Don and Lucille Appleman Professor of Biological Sciences
Research Topics
- Hunger and thirst
- limbic system
- motivation
- structural neuroscience
Research Overview
We are interested in the organization of neural networks that control motivated behavior in mammals. The approach is mostly structural, and to display and model results we are developing computer graphics and database approaches.Contact Information
- Web Site:
- Personal Home Page
- E-mail:
- lswanson@usc.edu
- Mailing Address:
- University of Southern California
Hedco Neuroscience Building
3641 Watt Way
Los Angeles, CA 90089-2520 - Office Location:
- HNB 428
- Office Phone:
- (213) 740-5892
- Lab Location:
- HNB 428
- Lab Phone:
- (213) 740-5892
- Fax:
- (213) 741-0561
Education
- B.A., Pomona College, 1968.
- Ph.D., Washington University, 1972.
- Post-Doctoral Scholar, Washington University, 1972-1979.
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Selected Publications
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Pfaff DW, Kieffer BL, Swanson LW. (2008) Mechanisms for the regulation of state changes in the central nervous system: an introduction. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1129:1-7. -PubMed
Simmons DM, Swanson LW. (2008) High-resolution paraventricular nucleus serial section model constructed within a traditional rat brain atlas. Neurosci Lett. 13;438(1):85-89 -PubMed
Swanson LW, Grant G, Hökfelt T, Jones EG, Morrison JH. (2007) A century of neuroscience discovery: reflecting on the Nobel Prize awarded to Golgi and Cajal in 1906. Brain Res Rev. 55(2):191-2. -PubMed
Bota M, Swanson LW. (2007) The neuron classification problem. Brain Res Rev. 56(1):79-88. -PubMed
Cenquizca LA, Swanson LW. (2007) Spatial organization of direct hippocampal field CA1 axonal projections. Brain Res Rev. 56(1):1-26. -PubMed
Bota M, Swanson LW. (2007) Online workbenches for neural network connections. J Comp Neurol. 500(5):807-14. -PubMed
Swanson LW. (2006) Quest for the basic plan of nervous system circuitry. Brain Res Rev. -PubMed
Burns GA, Cheng WC, Thompson RH, Swanson LW. (2006) The NeuARt II system: a viewing tool for neuroanatomical data based on published neuroanatomical atlases. BMC Bioinformatics. 7:531. -PubMed
Bota M, Swanson LW. (2006) A new module for on-line manipulation and display of molecular information in the brain architecture management system. Neuroinformatics. 4(4):275-9 -PubMed
Cenquizca, L.A. & L.W. Swanson (2006) An analysis of direct hippocampal cortical field CA1 axonal projections to diencephalon in the rat. J. Comp. Neurol. 497:101-114. -PubMed