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Andrew Kayser, MD, PhD

Title(s)Professor, Neurology
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address675 Nelson Rising Lane, #413
San Francisco CA 94158
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    Title(s)Howard J. Weinberger, MD, Endowed Chair in Addiction Research

    Title(s)UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences


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    Massachusetts General and Brigham & Women's HospitalsResidency2005Neurology
    Stanford UniversityInternship2002Medicine
    University of California, San FranciscoM.D.2001 Medicine
    University of California, San FranciscoPh.D.1999 Graduate Division (Neuroscience)
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    American Academy of Neurology2022Fellow of the AAN

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    1. Flexible Reconfigurations of Brain Networks During Decisions With Predefined Versus Self-Generated Options. Hum Brain Mapp. 2025 Oct 01; 46(14):e70351. Wu Q, Zhang Z, Hsu M, Kayser AS. PMID: 40944641; PMCID: PMC12432990.
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    2. Neural decoders: saving the baby from the bathwater. Trends Cogn Sci. 2025 Jul; 29(7):592-593. Lee S, Kayser AS, Hsu M. PMID: 40483201.
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    3. Temporal fMRI Dynamics Map Dopamine Physiology. bioRxiv. 2025 Mar 26. Ballard IC, Pappas I, Furman DJ, Berry AS, deB Frederick B, White RL, Kayser AS, Jagust WJ, D'Esposito M. PMID: 40196490; PMCID: PMC11974834.
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    4. Distinguishing deception from its confounds by improving the validity of fMRI-based neural prediction. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Dec 10; 121(50):e2412881121. Lee S, Niu R, Zhu L, Kayser AS, Hsu M. PMID: 39642199; PMCID: PMC11648856.
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    5. A dopaminergic basis of behavioral control. bioRxiv. 2024 Oct 02. Ballard IC, Furman DJ, Berry AS, White RL, Jagust WJ, Kayser AS, D'Esposito M. PMID: 39345422; PMCID: PMC11429830.
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    6. Dopamine Modulates Effective Connectivity in Frontal Cortex. J Cogn Neurosci. 2024 01 01; 36(1):155-166. Vogelsang DA, Furman DJ, Nee DE, Pappas I, White RL, Kayser AS, D'Esposito M. PMID: 37902578.
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    7. Cerebral perfusion in post-stroke aphasia and its relationship to residual language abilities. Brain Commun. 2024; 6(1):fcad252. Ivanova MV, Pappas I, Inglis B, Pracar AL, Herron TJ, Baldo JV, Kayser AS, D'Esposito M, Dronkers NF. PMID: 38162898; PMCID: PMC10757451.
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    8. Functional MRI: Cognitive Neuroscience Applications. Functional Neuroradiology. 2023 May 24; 877-899. Kayser KA, Chen CA, D’Esposito DM. .
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    9. From scanner to court: A neuroscientifically informed "reasonable person" test of trademark infringement. Sci Adv. 2023 02 10; 9(6):eabo1095. Zhang Z, Good M, Kulikov V, van Horen F, Bartholomew M, Kayser AS, Hsu M. PMID: 36753556; PMCID: PMC9908014.
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    10. Connectivity-Defined Subdivisions of the Intraparietal Sulcus Respond Differentially to Abstraction during Decision-Making. J Neurosci. 2022 Sep 28; 42(39):7454-7465. Newton M, Cookson SL, D'Esposito M, Kayser AS. PMID: 36041850; PMCID: PMC9525172.
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    11. Open-ended, value-based decision making requires semantic memory: a computational, imaging, and clinical study (P1-6.005). Neurology. 2022 May 3; 98(18_supplement). Kayser KA, Zhang ZZ, Maboudian MS, Jackson JA, Ngo NS, Chiong CW, Hsu HM. .
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    12. Enhancing dopamine tone modulates global and local cortical perfusion as a function of COMT val158met genotype. Neuroimage. 2021 11 15; 242:118472. Furman DJ, Pappas I, White RL, Kayser AS, D'Esposito M. PMID: 34390874.
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    13. Augmenting Frontal Dopamine Tone Enhances Maintenance over Gating Processes in Working Memory. J Cogn Neurosci. 2021 08 01; 33(9):1753-1765. Furman DJ, Zhang Z, Chatham CH, Good M, Badre D, Hsu M, Kayser AS. PMID: 33054556; PMCID: PMC8647935.
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    14. Working memory, cortical dopamine tone, and frontoparietal brain recruitment in post-traumatic stress disorder: a randomized controlled trial. Transl Psychiatry. 2021 07 12; 11(1):389. Westphal AJ, Ballard ME, Rodriguez N, Vega TA, D'Esposito M, Kayser AS. PMID: 34253715; PMCID: PMC8275779.
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    15. Improved normalization of lesioned brains via cohort-specific templates. Hum Brain Mapp. 2021 09; 42(13):4187-4204. Pappas I, Hector H, Haws K, Curran B, Kayser AS, D'Esposito M. PMID: 34143540; PMCID: PMC8356997.
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    16. Retrieval-constrained valuation: Toward prediction of open-ended decisions. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 05 18; 118(20). Zhang Z, Wang S, Good M, Hristova S, Kayser AS, Hsu M. PMID: 33990466; PMCID: PMC8157967.
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    17. A Hierarchical Bayesian Implementation of the Experience-Weighted Attraction Model. Comput Psychiatr. 2020 Nov; 4:40-60. Zhang Z, Chandra S, Kayser A, Hsu M, Warren JL. PMID: 33426270; PMCID: PMC7790055.
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    18. The catechol-O-methyltransferase inhibitor tolcapone modulates alcohol consumption and impulsive choice in alcohol use disorder. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2020 Oct; 237(10):3139-3148. Coker AR, Weinstein DN, Vega TA, Miller CS, Kayser AS, Mitchell JM. PMID: 32617646; PMCID: PMC7529919.
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    19. Dopamine and Risky Decision-Making in Gambling Disorder. eNeuro. 2020 May/Jun; 7(3). Peters J, Vega T, Weinstein D, Mitchell J, Kayser A. PMID: 32341121; PMCID: PMC7294471.
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    20. Effects of Dopaminergic Drugs on Cognitive Control Processes Vary by Genotype. J Cogn Neurosci. 2020 05; 32(5):804-821. Furman DJ, White RL, Naskolnakorn J, Ye J, Kayser A, D'Esposito M. PMID: 31905090.
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    21. Amount and delay insensitivity during intertemporal choice in three neurodegenerative diseases reflects dorsomedial prefrontal atrophy. Cortex. 2020 03; 124:54-65. Beagle AJ, Zahir A, Borzello M, Kayser AS, Hsu M, Miller BL, Kramer JH, Chiong W. PMID: 31837518; PMCID: PMC7060812.
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    22. Dopamine and Gambling Disorder: Prospects for Personalized Treatment. Curr Addict Rep. 2019 Jun; 6(2):65-74. Kayser A. PMID: 31728265; PMCID: PMC6855253.
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    23. Functional imaging. Handb Clin Neurol. 2019; 163:61-72. Kayser AS. PMID: 31590748.
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    24. Dopamine, time perception, and future time perspective. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2018 Oct; 235(10):2783-2793. Mitchell JM, Weinstein D, Vega T, Kayser AS. PMID: 30027496; PMCID: PMC6182591.
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    25. Working Memory and TBI. . 2018 Mar 19; 180-195. Kayser KA, Ballard BM, D’Esposito DM. .
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    26. Effects of tolcapone and bromocriptine on cognitive stability and flexibility. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2018 04; 235(4):1295-1305. Cameron IGM, Wallace DL, Al-Zughoul A, Kayser AS, D'Esposito M. PMID: 29427081; PMCID: PMC5869902.
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    27. Perceptual and categorical decision making: goal-relevant representation of two domains at different levels of abstraction. J Neurophysiol. 2017 06 01; 117(6):2088-2103. Shankar S, Kayser AS. PMID: 28250149; PMCID: PMC5454464.
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    28. The effect of social rank feedback on risk taking and associated reward processes in adolescent girls. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci. 2017 02 01; 12(2):240-250. Op de Macks ZA, Bunge SA, Bell ON, Kriegsfeld LJ, Kayser AS, Dahl RE. PMID: 27614768; PMCID: PMC5390714.
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    29. Neurotechnologies?. Reference Module in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology. 2017 Jan 1; (Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci.11562009). Kayser KA, D'Esposito DM. .
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    30. Right inferior frontal cortex activity correlates with tolcapone responsivity in problem and pathological gamblers. Neuroimage Clin. 2017; 13:339-348. Kayser AS, Vega T, Weinstein D, Peters J, Mitchell JM. PMID: 28066708; PMCID: PMC5200917.
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    31. Pregnancy outcomes after maternal varenicline use; analysis of surveillance data collected by the European Network of Teratology Information Services. Reprod Toxicol. 2017 01; 67:26-34. Richardson JL, Stephens S, Yates LM, Diav-Citrin O, Arnon J, Beghin D, Kayser A, Kennedy D, Cupitt D, Te Winkel B, Peltonen M, Kaplan YC, Thomas SH. PMID: 27851994.
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    32. Risky decision-making in adolescent girls: The role of pubertal hormones and reward circuitry. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2016 12; 74:77-91. Op de Macks ZA, Bunge SA, Bell ON, Wilbrecht L, Kriegsfeld LJ, Kayser AS, Dahl RE. PMID: 27591399.
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    33. Frontal Monitoring and Parietal Evidence: Mechanisms of Error Correction. J Cogn Neurosci. 2016 Aug; 28(8):1166-77. Navarro-Cebrian A, Knight RT, Kayser AS. PMID: 27027420; PMCID: PMC5061556.
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    34. Functional MRI: Applications in Cognitive Neuroscience. fMRI Techniques and Protocols. 2016 Jan 1; 119:317-353. D’Esposito DM, Kayser KA, Chen CA. .
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    35. Neuroeconomic dissociation of semantic dementia and behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia. Brain. 2016 Feb; 139(Pt 2):578-87. Chiong W, Wood KA, Beagle AJ, Hsu M, Kayser AS, Miller BL, Kramer JH. PMID: 26667277; PMCID: PMC4861653.
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    36. Dopamine, time perception, and future time perspective. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2015 Nov 1; 156:e153. Mitchell MJ, Weinstein WD, Kayser KA. .
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    37. A Neural Correlate of Strategic Exploration at the Onset of Adolescence. J Cogn Neurosci. 2016 Feb; 28(2):199-209. Kayser AS, Op de Macks Z, Dahl RE, Frank MJ. PMID: 26488590.
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    38. Oscillatory dynamics coordinating human frontal networks in support of goal maintenance. Nat Neurosci. 2015 Sep; 18(9):1318-24. Voytek B, Kayser AS, Badre D, Fegen D, Chang EF, Crone NE, Parvizi J, Knight RT, D'Esposito M. PMID: 26214371; PMCID: PMC4551604.
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    39. Dopamine modulates egalitarian behavior in humans. Curr Biol. 2015 Mar 30; 25(7):912-9. Sáez I, Zhu L, Set E, Kayser A, Hsu M. PMID: 25802148; PMCID: PMC4627633.
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    40. Functional MRI: Cognitive Neuroscience Applications. Functional BOLD MRI. 2015 Jan 1; 525-551. D’Esposito DM, Kayser KA, Chen CA. .
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    41. Dopamine, locus of control, and the exploration-exploitation tradeoff. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2015 Jan; 40(2):454-62. Kayser AS, Mitchell JM, Weinstein D, Frank MJ. PMID: 25074639; PMCID: PMC4443960.
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    42. Neuroeconomic Measures of Impaired Decision-Making in Frontotemporal Dementia (S18.001). Neurology. 2014 Apr 8; 82(10_supplement). Chiong CW, Wood WK, Kayser KA, D'Esposito DM, Rosen RH, Miller MB, Kramer KJ. .
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    43. Dopamine in Social Valuation: A Genetic and Pharmacological Study (P1.251). Neurology. 2014 Apr 8; 82(10_supplement). Kayser KA, Saez SI, Hsu HM. .
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    44. An approach for identifying brainstem dopaminergic pathways using resting state functional MRI. PLoS One. 2014; 9(1):e87109. Vytlacil J, Kayser A, Miyakawa A, D'Esposito M. PMID: 24498023; PMCID: PMC3909040.
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    45. Decomposing effects of time on task reveals an anteroposterior gradient of perceptual decision regions. PLoS One. 2013; 8(8):e72074. Buchsbaum BR, Erickson DT, Kayser AS. PMID: 23977212; PMCID: PMC3747156.
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    46. Error-monitoring and post-error compensations: dissociation between perceptual failures and motor errors with and without awareness. J Neurosci. 2013 Jul 24; 33(30):12375-83. Navarro-Cebrian A, Knight RT, Kayser AS. PMID: 23884943; PMCID: PMC3721845.
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    47. The neural representation of sensorimotor transformations in a human perceptual decision making network. Neuroimage. 2013 Oct 01; 79:340-50. Erickson DT, Kayser AS. PMID: 23631989.
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    48. The salience network causally influences default mode network activity during moral reasoning. Brain. 2013 Jun; 136(Pt 6):1929-41. Chiong W, Wilson SM, D'Esposito M, Kayser AS, Grossman SN, Poorzand P, Seeley WW, Miller BL, Rankin KP. PMID: 23576128; PMCID: PMC3673466.
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    49. Dopamine, corticostriatal connectivity, and intertemporal choice. J Neurosci. 2012 Jul 04; 32(27):9402-9. Kayser AS, Allen DC, Navarro-Cebrian A, Mitchell JM, Fields HL. PMID: 22764248; PMCID: PMC6622221.
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    50. Varenicline decreases alcohol consumption in heavy-drinking smokers. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2012 Oct; 223(3):299-306. Mitchell JM, Teague CH, Kayser AS, Bartlett SE, Fields HL. PMID: 22547331; PMCID: PMC3438402.
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    51. Impulsivity and Catechol-O-Methyltransferase Inhibition: A Translational Study (SC01.001). Neurology. 2012 Apr 27; 78(Meeting Abstracts 1):sc01.001-sc01.001. Kayser KA, Allen AD, Navarro-Cebrian NA, Mitchell MJ, Fields FH. .
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    52. Impulsivity and Catechol-O-Methyltransferase Inhibition: A Translational Study (S29.004). Neurology. 2012 Apr 25; 78(Meeting Abstracts 1):s29.004-s29.004. Kayser KA, Allen AD, Navarro-Cebrian NA, Mitchell MJ, Fields FH. .
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    53. Abstract Rule Learning: The Differential Effects of Lesions in Frontal Cortex (IN4-2.003). Neurology. 2012 Apr 22; 78(Meeting Abstracts 1):in4-2.003-in4-2.003. Kayser KA, D'Esposito DM. .
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    54. Abstract Rule Learning: The Differential Effects of Lesions in Frontal Cortex (PD7.007). Neurology. 2012 Apr 22; 78(Meeting Abstracts 1):pd7.007-pd7.007. Kayser KA, D'Esposito DM. .
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    55. Abstract rule learning: the differential effects of lesions in frontal cortex. Cereb Cortex. 2013 Jan; 23(1):230-40. Kayser AS, D'Esposito M. PMID: 22298728; PMCID: PMC3513961.
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    56. Neurotechnologies. Encyclopedia of Human Behavior. 2012 Jan 1; (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences11562009):718-723. Kayser KA, D'Esposito DM. .
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    57. Functional MRI: Cognitive Neuroscience Applications. Functional Neuroradiology. 2011 Jan 1; 687-706. D’Esposito DM, Kayser KA, Chen CA. .
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    58. Neural representations of relevant and irrelevant features in perceptual decision making. J Neurosci. 2010 Nov 24; 30(47):15778-89. Kayser AS, Erickson DT, Buchsbaum BR, D'Esposito M. PMID: 21106817; PMCID: PMC3020592.
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    59. Double dissociation of two cognitive control networks in patients with focal brain lesions. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Jun 29; 107(26):12017-22. Nomura EM, Gratton C, Visser RM, Kayser A, Perez F, D'Esposito M. PMID: 20547857; PMCID: PMC2900657.
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    60. Frontal cortex and the discovery of abstract action rules. Neuron. 2010 Apr 29; 66(2):315-26. Badre D, Kayser AS, D'Esposito M. PMID: 20435006; PMCID: PMC2990347.
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    61. The functional anatomy of a perceptual decision in the human brain. J Neurophysiol. 2010 Mar; 103(3):1179-94. Kayser AS, Buchsbaum BR, Erickson DT, D'Esposito M. PMID: 20032247; PMCID: PMC2887630.
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    62. A comparison of Granger causality and coherency in fMRI-based analysis of the motor system. Hum Brain Mapp. 2009 Nov; 30(11):3475-94. Kayser AS, Sun FT, D'Esposito M. PMID: 19387980; PMCID: PMC2767459.
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    63. A Functional Network Involved in Perceptual Decision-Making: Mechanisms of Evidence Accumulation. NeuroImage. 2009 Jul 1; 47:s180. Kayser KA, Buchsbaum BB, Erickson ED, D'Esposito DM. .
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    64. fMRI: Applications in Cognitive Neuroscience. fMRI Techniques and Protocols. 2009 Jan 1; 41:285-322. D’Esposito DM, Kayser KA, Chen CA. .
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    65. Opponent inhibition: a developmental model of layer 4 of the neocortical circuit. Neuron. 2002 Jan 03; 33(1):131-42. Kayser AS, Miller KD. PMID: 11779486.
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    66. Contrast-dependent nonlinearities arise locally in a model of contrast-invariant orientation tuning. J Neurophysiol. 2001 May; 85(5):2130-49. Kayser A, Priebe NJ, Miller KD. PMID: 11353028.
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    67. Is the development of orientation selectivity instructed by activity? J Neurobiol. 1999 Oct; 41(1):44-57. Miller KD, Erwin E, Kayser A. PMID: 10504191.
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    68. The nucleotide sequence of Saccharomyces cerevisiae chromosome V. Nature. 1997 May 29; 387(6632 Suppl):78-81. Dietrich FS, Mulligan J, Hennessy K, Yelton MA, Allen E, Araujo R, Aviles E, Berno A, Brennan T, Carpenter J, Chen E, Cherry JM, Chung E, Duncan M, Guzman E, Hartzell G, Hunicke-Smith S, Hyman RW, Kayser A, Komp C, Lashkari D, Lew H, Lin D, Mosedale D, Davis RW, et al. PMID: 9169868; PMCID: PMC3057095.
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