By Associate Professor Richard Vickery

Journal articles

Afzal N; du Bois de Dunilac S; Loutit AJ; Shea HO; Ulloa PM; Khamis H; Vickery RM; Wiertlewski M; Redmond SJ; Birznieks I, 2024, 'Role of arm reaching movement kinematics in friction perception at initial contact with smooth surfaces', Journal of Physiology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/JP286027

Loutit AJ; Wheat HE; Khamis H; Vickery RM; Macefield VG; Birznieks I, 2023, 'How Tactile Afferents in the Human Fingerpad Encode Tangential Torques Associated with Manipulation: Are Monkeys Better than Us?', Journal of Neuroscience, 43, pp. 4033 - 4046, http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1305-22.2023

Sharma D; Ng KKW; Birznieks I; Vickery RM, 2022, 'The burst gap is a peripheral temporal code for pitch perception that is shared across audition and touch', Scientific Reports, 12, pp. 11014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-15269-5

Sharma D; Ng KKW; Birznieks I; Vickery RM, 2022, 'Perceived tactile intensity at a fixed primary afferent spike rate varies with the temporal pattern of spikes', Journal of Neurophysiology, 128, pp. 1074 - 1084, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.00284.2022

Sharma D; Ng KKW; Birznieks I; Vickery RM, 2022, 'Auditory clicks elicit equivalent temporal frequency perception to tactile pulses: A cross-modal psychophysical study', Frontiers in Neuroscience, 16, pp. 1006185, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2022.1006185

Afzal N; Stubbs E; Khamis H; Loutit AJ; Redmond SJ; Vickery RM; Wiertlewski M; Birznieks I, 2022, 'Submillimeter Lateral Displacement Enables Friction Sensing and Awareness of Surface Slipperiness', IEEE Transactions on Haptics, 15, pp. 20 - 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TOH.2021.3139890

Ng KKW; Tee X; Vickery RM; Birznieks I, 2022, 'The Relationship Between Tactile Intensity Perception and Afferent Spike Count is Moderated by a Function of Frequency', IEEE Transactions on Haptics, 15, pp. 14 - 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TOH.2022.3140877

Jack BN; Chilver MR; Vickery RM; Birznieks I; Krstanoska-Blazeska K; Whitford TJ; Griffiths O, 2021, 'Movement planning determines sensory suppression: An event-related potential study', Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 33, pp. 2427 - 2439, http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01747

Khamis H; Afzal HMN; Sanchez J; Vickery R; Wiertlewski M; Redmond SJ; Birznieks I, 2021, 'Friction sensing mechanisms for perception and motor control: Passive touch without sliding may not provide perceivable frictional information', Journal of Neurophysiology, 125, pp. 809 - 823, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/JN.00504.2020

Kawashima Y; Li R; Chen SCY; Vickery RM; Morley JW; Tsuchiya N, 2021, 'Steady state evoked potential (SSEP) responses in the primary and secondary somatosensory cortices of anesthetized cats: Nonlinearity characterized by harmonic and intermodulation frequencies', PLoS ONE, 16, pp. e0240147, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240147

Ng KKW; Snow IN; Birznieks I; Vickery RM, 2021, 'Burst gap code predictions for tactile frequency are valid across the range of perceived frequencies attributed to two distinct tactile channels', Journal of Neurophysiology, 125, pp. 687 - 692, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.00662.2020

Loutit AJ; Vickery RM; Potas JR, 2021, 'Functional organization and connectivity of the dorsal column nuclei complex reveals a sensorimotor integration and distribution hub', Journal of Comparative Neurology, 529, pp. 187 - 220, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cne.24942

Ng KKW; Olausson C; Vickery RM; Birznieks I, 2020, 'Temporal patterns in electrical nerve stimulation: Burst gap code shapes tactile frequency perception', PLoS ONE, 15, pp. e0237440, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237440

Vickery RM; Ng KKW; Potas JR; Shivdasani MN; McIntyre S; Nagi SS; Birznieks I, 2020, 'Tapping Into the Language of Touch: Using Non-invasive Stimulation to Specify Tactile Afferent Firing Patterns', Frontiers in Neuroscience, 14, pp. 500, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2020.00500

Ho VW; Meng M; Hwang GJ; Pather N; Kumar RK; Vickery RM; Velan GM, 2019, 'Knowledge Maps: an Online Tool for Knowledge Mapping with Automated Feedback', Medical Science Educator, 29, pp. 625 - 629, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40670-019-00736-y

Birznieks I; McIntyre S; Nilsson HM; Nagi SS; Macefield VG; Mahns DA; Vickery RM, 2019, 'Tactile sensory channels over-ruled by frequency decoding system that utilizes spike pattern regardless of receptor type', eLife, 8, pp. e46510, http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.46510

Loutit AJ; Shivdasani MN; Maddess T; Redmond SJ; Morley JW; Stuart GJ; Birznieks I; Vickery RM; Potas JR, 2019, 'Peripheral nerve activation evokes machine-learnable signals in the dorsal column nuclei', Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 13, pp. 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnsys.2019.00011

Birznieks I; McIntyre S; Nilsson H; Nagi S; Macefield V; Mahns D; Vickery R, 2019, 'Tactile sensory channels over-ruled by frequency decoding system that utilizes spike pattern regardless of receptor type', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/570929

Polly P; Thai T; Yang JL; Luo A; Herbert C; Jones N; Lewis T; Vickery R; Richardson A; Schibeci S, 2018, 'The teacher-student journey: Program-wide teamwork skills development and evaluation in the medical sciences', International Journal of Assessment and Evaluation, 24, pp. 1 - 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.18848/2327-7920/cgp/v24i04/1-24

Birznieks I; Vickery RM, 2017, 'Spike Timing Matters in Novel Neuronal Code Involved in Vibrotactile Frequency Perception', Current Biology, 27, pp. 1485 - 1490.e2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.04.011

McIntyre S; Birznieks I; Vickery RM; Holcombe AO; Seizova-Cajic T, 2016, 'The tactile motion aftereffect suggests an intensive code for speed in neurons sensitive to both speed and direction of motion', Journal of Neurophysiology, 115, pp. 1703 - 1712, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.00460.2015

Nagi SS; Dunn JS; Birznieks I; Vickery RM; Mahns DA, 2015, 'The effects of preferential A- and C-fibre blocks and T-type calcium channel antagonist on detection of low-force monofilaments in healthy human participants', BMC Neuroscience, 16, pp. 52, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12868-015-0190-2

Carter AW; Chen SC; Lovell NH; Vickery RM; Morley JW, 2014, 'Convergence across tactile afferent types in primary and secondary somatosensory cortices', PLoS ONE, 9, pp. e107617, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0107617

Chelvanayagam D; Vickery RM; Kirkcaldie M; Coroneo MT; Morley JW, 2008, 'Multichannel surface recordings on the visual cortex: Implications for a neuroprosthesis', Journal of neural engineering, 5, pp. 125 - 132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1741-2560/5/2/003

Tugnet N; Goddard JC; Vickery RM; Khoosal D; Terry TR, 2007, 'Current management of male-to-female gender identity disorder in the UK', Postgraduate Medical Journal, 83, pp. 638 - 642, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.2007.060533

Goddard JC; Vickery RM; Qureshi A; Summerton DJ; Khoosal D; Terry TR, 2007, 'Feminizing genitoplasty in adult transsexuals: Early and long-term surgical results', BJU International, 100, pp. 607 - 613, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.07017.x

Goddard JC; Vickery RM; Terry TR, 2007, 'Development of feminizing genitoplasty for gender dysphoria', Journal of Sexual Medicine, 4, pp. 981 - 989, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1743-6109.2007.00480.x

Vickery RM, 2007, 'Mind the neuron! The role of the single neuron in a theory of mind', ACTA Neuropsychiatrica, 19, pp. 177 - 182

Morley JW; Vickery RM; Stuart M; Turman AB, 2007, 'Suppression of vibrotactile discrimination by transcranial magnetic stimulation of primary somatosensory cortex', European Journal of Neuroscience, 26, pp. 1007 - 1010

Moorhouse AJ; Li S; Vickery RM; Hill MA; Morley JW, 2004, 'A patch-clamp investigation of membrane currents in a novel mammalian retinal ganglion cell line', Brain Research, 1003, pp. 205 - 208

Vickery RM; Morley JW, 2002, 'Coding of disparity information in extrastriate cortex of the cat', Experimental Brain Research, 145, pp. 130 - 132

Vickery RM; Morley JW, 1999, 'Binocular interactions in area 21a of the cat', Neuroreport, 10, pp. 2241 - 2244

Vickery RM; Morley JW, 1999, 'Binocular phase interactions in area 21a of the cat', The Journal of Physiology, pp. 541 - 549

Vickery RM, 1999, 'Synaptic plasticity is complex, neurobiologists are not', Behavioral and Brain Sciences, pp. 853 - 854

Vickery RM; Morris SH; Bindman LJ, 1997, 'Metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved in long-term potentiation in isolated slices of rat medial frontal cortex', Journal of Neurophysiology, 78, pp. 3039 - 3046, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.1997.78.6.3039

Morley JW; Yuan L; Vickery RM, 1997, 'Corticocortical connections between area 21a and primary visual cortex in the cat', Neuroreport, pp. 1263 - 1266

Vickery RM; Bindman LJ, 1997, 'Long-lasting decreases of AMPA responses following postsynaptic activity in single hippocampal neurons.', Synapse (New York), 25, pp. 103 - 106

Morley JW; Vickery RM, 1997, 'Orientation-dependent binocular interactions in area 21a of the cat', Neuroreport, pp. 3173 - 3176

Morley JW; Vickery RM, 1997, 'Spatial and temporal frequency selectivity of cells in area 21a of the cat', The Journal of Physiology, pp. 405 - 413

Barry MF; Vickery RM; Bolsover SR; Bindman LJ, 1996, 'Intracellular studies of heterosynaptic long-term depression (LTD) in CA1 of hippocampal slices', Hippocampus, 6, pp. 3 - 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1098-1063(1996)6:1<3::AID-HIPO2>3.0.CO;2-S

Morris SH; Vickery RM; Bindman LJ, 1996, 'An antagonist of metabotropic glutamate receptors reduces the potentiation of synaptic transmission produced by theta burst stimulation in isolated slices of rat medial frontal cortex', Journal of Physiology Paris, 90, pp. 421 - 422, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0928-4257(97)87947-8

Barry MF; Vickery RM; Bindman LJ, 1996, 'Postsynaptic induction of non-associative LTD and depotentiation in isolated slices of rat hippocampus', Journal of Physiology Paris, 90, pp. 403, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0928-4257(97)87930-2

Barry MF; Vickery RM; Bolsover SR; Bindman LJ, 1996, 'Intracellular studies of heterosynaptic long-term depression (LTD) in CA1 of hippocampal slices.', The Hippocampus, 6, pp. 3 - 8

VICKERY RM, 1995, 'MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR MECHANISMS OF NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE (ADVANCES IN 2ND MESSENGER AND PHOSPHOPROTEIN RESEARCH, VOL 29) - STJARNE,L, GREENGARD,P, GRILLNER,SE, HOKFELT,TGM, OTTOSON,DR', TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES, 18, pp. 326 - 326, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0166-2236(95)90088-8

Gynther BD; Vickery RM; Rowe MJ, 1995, 'Transmission characteristics for the 1:1 linkage between SAII fibers and their cuneate target neurons in cat', Experimental Brain Research, 105, pp. 67 - 75

Vickery RM; Gynther BD; Rowe MJ, 1994, 'Synaptic transmission between single slowly adapting type I fibres and their cuneate target neurones in cat.', The Journal of Physiology, 474, pp. 379 - 392

Vickery RM; Morley JW; Rowe MJ, 1993, 'The role of single touch domes in tactile perception', Experimental Brain Research, 93, pp. 332 - 334, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00228402

Ghosh S; Turman AB; Vickery RM; Rowe MJ, 1992, 'Responses of cat ventroposterolateral thalamic neurons to vibrotactile stimulation of forelimb footpads', Experimental Brain Research, 92, pp. 286 - 298, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00227971

Gynther BD; Vickery RM; Rowe MJ, 1992, 'Responses of slowly adapting type II afferent fibres in cat hairy skin to vibrotactile stimuli.', The Journal of Physiology, 458, pp. 151 - 169, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.1992.sp019411

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