User:Dona Kim Murphey
Contact Info
Dona Kim Murphey
MD/PhD Candidate
Baylor College of Medicine
One Baylor Plaza, S603
Houston, Texas 77030
dmurphey@cns.bcm.edu
Education
- 2010 (anticipated), M.D., Baylor College of Medicine
- 2008, Ph.D. Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine
- 2001, A.B. History and Science, Harvard College
Research Interests
I am interested in the contributions of electrical signals in the human brain to visual perception. For my thesis work, I worked with non-human primates as well as with patients with medically intractable epilepsy implanted with semi-chronic subdural surface electrodes for clinical purposes. We used electrical stimulation to examine the role of different visual areas in supporting visual percepts.
Clinical Interests
neurology, neurophysiology
Publications
1. Murphey DK & Maunsell JH (2007) Behavioral detection of electrical microstimulation in different cortical visual areas. Curr Biol 17(10):862-867.
2. Murphey DK, Yoshor D, & Beauchamp MS (2008) Perception matches selectivity in the human anterior color center. Curr Biol 18(3):216-220.
3. Murphey DK & Maunsell JH (2008) Electrical microstimulation thresholds for behavioral detection and saccades in monkey frontal eye fields. PNAS 105(20):7315-7320.
4. Dulay MF*, Murphey DK*, Sun P, David YB, Maunsell JH, Beauchamp MS, Yoshor D (2008) Computer-controlled electrical stimulation for quantitative mapping of human cortical function. J Neurosurg.
5. Murphey DK, Maunsell JH, Yoshor D*, Beauchamp MS* (2008) Perceiving electrical stimulation of identified human visual areas. PNAS (In Press).
- These two authors contributed equally to the manuscript.
