Vladimir Visockis

Vladimir is from Latvia, a small country in the Baltic region. He obtained his bachelor’s degree from Leeds University in England. He then moved to Scotland and joined Dr. Judith Pratt’s lab at Strathclyde University in Scotland. Under the supervision of Dr. Pratt and Dr. Sakata, he finished his doctoral program exploring the site-dependent activity of the thalamic reticular nucleus using methods of electrophysiology and optogenetics. He joined the Chudasama lab in October 2019 as a postdoctoral fellow to explore the functional organization of the septo-hippocampal system and its importance in cognitive-emotional regulation. In his free time Vladimir loves to attend concerts and cinemas.

Peer-Reviewed Papers

Visockis V, King AE. (2013). M-channels modulate network excitatory activity induced by 4-aminopyridine in immature rat substantia gelatinosa in vitro.  Brain Res. 2013 Jun 4;1513:9-16. PMID: 23566815.

Presentations

Visockis V, Pratt JA, Morris BJ, Dunlop J, Brandon NJ and Sakata S. (2018). Site-dependent effects of optogenetic stimulation in thalamic reticular nucleus on cortical states. 11^th FENS Forum in Neuroscience, Berlin, Germany.

Visockis V, Pratt JA, Morris BJ, Dunlop J, Brandon NJ and Sakata S. (2017). Investigation of neuroanatomical subdivisions of the thalamic reticular nucleus upon brain states. BNA2017 Festival of Neuroscience, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Visockis V, & King AE. (2012). M-channels modulate network excitatory activity induced by 4-aminopyridine in immature rat substantia gelatinosa in vitro. Physiology 2012, Edinburg, Scotland.