Albert F. Fuchs

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University of Washington
School of Medicine
Physiology and Biophysics
ProfessorAppointed: 1977
University of Washington
Regional Primate Research Center
Core StaffAppointed: 1969

Mailing Address

Box 357330
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington 98195
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (206) 543-8014
Fax: (206) 685-0305
fuchs@u.washington.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1966.

Expertise and Research Interests

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Other Expertise

Academic Experience:Tau Beta Pi;Eta Kappa Nu;Phi Kappa Phi;Samuel A. Talbot Award, 1969;Fellow, Josiah Macy Foundation, 1976-1977;MERIT Award, NEI, 1989-1999Review Panels:Howard Hughes Medical Institute;NIH;NEI, 1985-1989;NINDS, episodically;NASAEditorial Boards:Investigative Opthamology and Vision Science, 1980-1982;Journal of Neurophysiology, 1980-1986;Reviews of Oculomotor Research, 1983-present

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Brain, Central Nervous System, Nervous System, Neurobiology, Vision.

Additional Terms:

Brain, Central Nervous System, Eye Movement, Motor, Nervous System, Neurobiology, Peripheral Nervous System, Sensory Vision Research.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

German: (Functional, Functional, Functional)

Memberships

Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
Society for Neuroscience

Honors and Awards

1989-1999, Merit Award, National Eye Institute, Oculomotor System

Previous Positions

1974-1975, University of Washington
1972-1977, Associate Professor, University of Washington, School of Medicine
1969-1972, Assistant Professor, University of Washington, School of Medicine
1967-1968, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Frieburg
1966-1967, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Johns Hopkins University

Publications

  • Goode, CT, Maney, DL, Rubel, EW and Fuchs, AF, Visual influenceson the development and recovery of the vestibuloocular reflex in the chicken, Journal of Neurophysiology, 85, 1119-1128, 2001
  • Robinson, F R and Fuchs, A F, The role of the cerebellum in voluntary eye movements, Annual Review of Neuroscience, 24, 981-1004, 2001
  • Pong, M. and Fuchs, AF, The pupillary light reflex in the monkey: metrics, Journal of Neurophysiology, 84, 953-963, 2000
  • Pong, M. and Fuchs, A F, The pupillary light reflex in the monkey: discharge patterns of pretectal neurons, Journal of Neurophysiology, 84, 964-974, 2000
  • Shafer, J, Noto, C T and Fuchs, A F, Temporal characteristics of visual error signals driving saccadic gain adaptation in the macaque monkey, Journal of Neurophysiology, 84, 88-95, 2000
  • Watanabe S, Noto CT, and Fuchs AF, Flexibility of saccade adaptation in the monkey: different gain states for saccades in the same direction, Experimental Brain Research, 130(2), 169-76, 2000 Abstract
  • Noto CT, Watanabe S, Fuchs AF, Characteristics of simian adaptation fields produced by behavioral changes in saccade size and direction., Journal of Neurophysiology, 81(6), 2798-813, June 1999 Abstract
  • Goode, C. T., Carey, J. P., Fuchs, A. F. and Rubel. E. W, Recovery of the vestibulo-colic reflex following aminoglycoside ototoxicity in the domestic chicken, Journal of Neurophysiology, 81, 1025-1035, 1999
  • Phillips, J. O., Ling, L. and Fuchs, A. F., Behavior of the brain-stem saccade generator during horizontal gaze shifts with the head unrestrained. I. Discharge patterns of omnidirectional pause neurons (OPNs), Journal of Neurophysiology, 81, 1284-1295, 1999
  • Newlands, S. D., Ling, L., Phillips, J. O., Siebold, C., Duckert, L. and Fuchs, A. F., Short- and long-term consequences of canal plugging on gaze shifts in the rhesus monkey. I. Effects on gaze stabilization, Journal of Neurophysiology, 81, 2119-2130, 1999
  • Noto, C. T., Watanabe, S. and Fuchs, A. F., Characteristics of adaptation fields produced by behavioral changes in saccadic gain and direction, Journal of Neurophysiology, 81, 2798-2813, 1999
  • Wallman, J. and Fuchs, A. F., Saccadic gain modification: visual error drives motor adaptation, Journal of Neurophysiology, 80, 2405-2416, 1998
  • Straube A, Robinson F R, Fuchs A F, Decrease in saccadic performance after many visually guided saccadic eye movements in monkeys., Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 38(13), 2810-6, December 1997 Abstract
  • Phillips J O, Finocchio D V, Ong L, Fuchs A F, Smooth pursuit in 1- to 4-month-old human infants., Vision Research, 37(21), 3009-20, November 1997 Abstract
  • Phillips J O, Fuchs A F, Ling L, Iwamoto Y, Votaw S, Gain adaptation of eye and head movement components of simian gaze shifts., Journal of Neurophysiology, 78(5), 2817-21, November 1997 Abstract
  • Robinson F R, Straube A, Fuchs A F, Participation of caudal fastigial nucleus in smooth pursuit eye movements. II. Effects of muscimol inactivation., Journal of Neurophysiology, 78(2), 848-59, August 1997 Abstract
  • Straube A, Fuchs A F, Usher S, Robinson F R, Characteristics of saccadic gain adaptation in rhesus macaques., Journal of Neurophysiology, 77(2), 874-95, February 1997 Abstract
  • Mustari M J, Fuchs A F, Pong M, Response properties of pretectal omnidirectional pause neurons in the behaving primate., Journal of Neurophysiology, 77(1), 116-25, January 1997 Abstract
  • Carey J P, Fuchs A F, Rubel E W, Hair cell regeneration and recovery of the vestibuloocular reflex in the avian vestibular system., Journal of Neurophysiology, 76(5), 3301-12, November 1996 Abstract
  • Fuchs A F, Reiner D, Pong M, Transfer of gain changes from targeting to other types of saccade in the monkey: constraints on possible sites of saccadic gain adaptation., Journal of Neurophysiology, 76(4), 2522-35, October 1996 Abstract
  • Phillips J O, Ling I, Siebold C, Fuchs A F, Behavior of primate vestibulo-ocular reflex neurons and vestibular neurons during head-free gaze shifts., Annals of The New York Academy of Sciences, 781, 276-91, 19 Jun 1996 Abstract
  • Carey J P, Fuchs A F, Rubel E W, Hair cell regeneration and vestibulo-ocular reflex recovery., Annals of The New York Academy of Sciences, 781, 47-58, 19 Jun 1996 Abstract
  • Phillips J O, Ling L, Fuchs A F, Siebold C, Plorde J J, Rapid horizontal gaze movement in the monkey., Journal of Neurophysiology, 73(4), 1632-52, April 1995 Abstract
  • Fuchs A F, Robinson F R, Straube A, Participation of the caudal fastigial nucleus in smooth-pursuit eye movements. I. Neuronal activity., Journal of Neurophysiology, 72(6), 2714-28, December 1994 Abstract
  • Mustari M J, Fuchs A F, Kaneko C R, Robinson F R, Anatomical connections of the primate pretectal nucleus of the optic tract., Journal of Comparative Neurology, 349(1), 111-28, 1 Nov 1994 Abstract
  • Straube A, Helmchen C, Robinson F, Fuchs A, Buttner U, Saccadic dysmetria is similar in patients with a lateral medullary lesion and in monkeys with a lesion of the deep cerebellar nucleus., Journal of Vestibular Research, 4(5), 327-33, Autumn 1994 Abstract
  • Robinson F R, Phillips J O, Fuchs A F, Coordination of gaze shifts in primates: brainstem inputs to neck and extraocular motoneuron pools., Journal of Comparative Neurology, 346(1), 43-62, 1 Aug 1994 Abstract
  • Fuchs A F, Robinson F R, Straube A, Role of the caudal fastigial nucleus in saccade generation. I. Neuronal discharge pattern., Journal of Neurophysiology, 70(5), 1723-40, November 1993 Abstract
  • Robinson F R, Straube A, Fuchs A F, Role of the caudal fastigial nucleus in saccade generation. II. Effects of muscimol inactivation., Journal of Neurophysiology, 70(5), 1741-58, November 1993 Abstract
  • Fuchs A F, Mustari M J, The optokinetic response in primates and its possible neuronal substrate., Reviews of Oculomotor Research, 5, 343-69, 1993 Abstract
  • Fukushima K, Kaneko C R, Fuchs A F, The neuronal substrate of integration in the oculomotor system., Progress In Neurobiology, 39(6), 609-39, December 1992 Abstract
  • Fuchs A F, Becker W, Ling L, Langer T P, Kaneko C R, Discharge patterns of levator palpebrae superioris motoneurons during vertical lid and eye movements in the monkey., Journal of Neurophysiology, 68(1), 233-43, July 1992 Abstract
  • Scudder C A, Fuchs A F, Physiological and behavioral identification of vestibular nucleus neurons mediating the horizontal vestibuloocular reflex in trained rhesus monkeys., Journal of Neurophysiology, 68(1), 244-64, July 1992 Abstract
  • McFarland J L, Fuchs A F, Discharge patterns in nucleus prepositus hypoglossi and adjacent medial vestibular nucleus during horizontal eye movement in behaving macaques., Journal of Neurophysiology, 68(1), 319-32, July 1992 Abstract
  • Fuchs A F, Mustari M J, Robinson F R, Kaneko C R, Visual signals in the nucleus of the optic tract and their brain stem destinations., Annals of The New York Academy of Sciences, 656, 266-76, 22 May 1992 Abstract
  • Scudder C A, Fuchs A F, The error signal for modification of vestibuloocular reflex gain., Annals of The New York Academy of Sciences, 656, 884-5, 22 May 1992 Abstract
  • Phillips J O, Robinson F R, Fuchs A F, Two-dimensional eye movement and vestibular responses in primate brain stem., Annals of The New York Academy of Sciences, 656, 950-3, 22 May 1992 Abstract
  • Buttner U, Fuchs A F, Markert-Schwab G, Buckmaster P, Fastigial nucleus activity in the alert monkey during slow eye and head movements., Journal of Neurophysiology, 65(6), 1360-71, June 1991 Abstract
  • Kaneko C R, Fuchs A F, Saccadic eye movement deficits following ibotenic acid lesions of the nuclei raphe interpositus and prepositus hypoglossi in monkey., Acta oto-laryngologica. Supplement, 481, 213-5, 1991 Abstract
  • Finocchio D V, Preston K L, Fuchs A F, Infant eye movements: quantification of the vestibulo-ocular reflex and visual-vestibular interactions., Vision Research, 31(10), 1717-30, 1991 Abstract
  • Mustari M J, Fuchs A F, Discharge patterns of neurons in the pretectal nucleus of the optic tract (NOT) in the behaving primate., Journal of Neurophysiology, 64(1), 77-90, July 1990 Abstract
  • Finocchio D V, Preston K L, Fuchs A F, Obtaining a quantitative measure of eye movements in human infants: a method of calibrating the electrooculogram., Vision Research, 30(8), 1119-28, 1990 Abstract
  • Robinson, FR, Phillips, JO, and Fuchs, AF. Coordination of gaze shifts in primates: brainstem inputs to neck and extraocular motoneuron pools. Journal of Comparative Neurology. 346:43-62, 1994
  • Robinson, FR, Straube, A, and Fuchs, AF. Role of the caudal fastigial nucleus in saccade generation. II. Effects of muscimol inactivation. Journal of Neurophysiology. 70:1741-1758, 1993
  • Fuchs, AF, Robinson, FR, and Straube,A. Role of the caudal fastigial nucleus in saccade generation. I. Neuronal discharge patterns. Journal of Neurophysiology. 70:1723-1740, 1993
  • Scudder, CA, and Fuchs, AF. Physiological and behavioral identification of secondary neurons mediating the horizontal vestibulo-ocular reflex in trained rhesus monkeys. Journal of Neurophysiology. 68:244-264, 1992

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