Ford Ebner

How I know Ford

Undergraduate research mentor

I started in neuroscience as an undergraduate in Ford's lab, where I was first introduced to the rat barrel cortex, and I owe finding my passion for research to him. I also found my love of reading science papers in a seminar class he taught.

Work highlights

• Direct and transcallosal induction of touch memories in the monkeyEbner FF, Myers RE (1962)
• A physiological basis for a theory of synapse modificationBear MF, Cooper LN, Ebner FF (1987)
• Somatic sensory responses in the rostral sector of the posterior group (POm) and in the ventral posterior medial nucleus (VPM) of the rat thalamusDiamond ME, Armstrong-James M, Ebner FF (1992)
• Experience-dependent plasticity in adult rat barrel cortexDiamond ME, Armstrong-James M, Ebner FF (1993)
• Modulation of receptive field properties of thalamic somatosensory neurons by the depth of anesthesiaFriedberg MH, Lee SM, Ebner FF (1999)

More of Ford's work: PubMed ↗

Where Ford is now

He is now an emeritus professor at Vanderbilt University.

https://www.vanderbilt.edu/psychological_sciences/bio/ford-ebner

Papers together

• Voltage-sensitive dye imaging reveals shifting spatiotemporal spread of whisker-induced activity in rat barrel cortex
• Unilateral whisker trimming in newborn rats alters neuronal coincident discharge among mature barrel cortex neurons