Education:
BA 1968 Chemistry - Pomona College, Claremont, California
PhD 1972 Neurobiology - Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship:
1972-1974 Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
1974-1976 Washingon University, St. Louis, Missouri
Started at USC: 1990
Research Topics: Learning & Memory
Research Description
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 aredeveloping computer graphics and database approaches.
Selected Publications
Simmons DM, Swanson LW. - High-resolution paraventricular nucleus serial section model constructed within a traditional rat brain atlas. - Neurosci Lett [ 2008 ] Apr 20; . PubMed
Swanson LW, Grant G, Hokfelt T, Jones EG, Morrison JH. - A century of neuroscience discovery: reflecting on the Nobel Prize awarded to Golgi and Cajal in 1906. - Brain Res Rev [ 2007 ] Oct;55(2):191-2 . PubMed
Bota M, Swanson LW. - The neuron classification problem. - Brain Res Rev [ 2007 ] Nov;56(1):79-88 . PubMed
Cenquizca LA, Swanson LW. - Spatial organization of direct hippocampal field CA1 axonal projections to the rest of the cerebral cortex. - Brain Res Rev [ 2007 ] Nov;56(1):1-26 . PubMed
Swanson LW. - Quest for the basic plan of nervous system circuitry. - Brain Res Rev [ 2007 ] Oct;55(2):356-72 . PubMed
Bota M, Swanson LW. - Online workbenches for neural network connections. - J Comp Neurol [ 2007 ] Feb 10;500(5):807-14 . PubMed
Burns GA, Cheng WC, Thompson RH, Swanson LW. - The NeuARt II system: a viewing tool for neuroanatomical data based on published neuroanatomical atlases. - BMC Bioinformatics [ 2006 ] Dec 13;7:531 . PubMed
Bota M, Swanson LW. - A new module for on-line manipulation and display of molecular information in the brain architecture management system. - Neuroinformatics [ 2006 ] Winter;4(4):275-98 . PubMed
Cenquizca LA, Swanson LW. - Analysis of direct hippocampal cortical field CA1 axonal projections to diencephalon in the rat. - J Comp Neurol [ 2006 ] Jul 1;497(1):101-14 . PubMed
Dong HW, Swanson LW. - Projections from bed nuclei of the stria terminalis, anteromedial area: cerebral hemisphere integration of neuroendocrine, autonomic, and behavioral aspects of energy balance. - J Comp Neurol [ 2006 ] Jan 1;494(1):142-78 . PubMed
