1. Simons, D.J., Puretz, J. and Finger, S. Effects of serial lesions of somatosensory cortex and further neodecortication on tactile retention in rats. Exp. Brain Res., 23:353-365, 1975.
2. Finger, S. and Simons, D.J. Effects of serial lesions of somatosensory cortex and further neodecortication on retention of rough-smooth discrimination in rats. Exp. Brain Res., 25:183-197, 1976.
3. Finger, S., Simons, D.J. and Posner, R. Anatomical, physiological and behavioral effects of neonatal sensorimotor cortex ablation in the rat. Exp. Neurol., 60:347-373, 1978.
4. Simons, D.J. Response properties of vibrissa units in rat SI somatosensory neocortex. J. Neurophysiol., 41:798-820, 1978.
5. Simons, D.J. and Woolsey, T.A. Functional organization in mouse barrel cortex. Brain Res., 165:327-332, 1979.
6. Simons, D.J. and Finger, S. Neonatal vs. later sensorimotor cortex damage: the ability to use spared fragments of target tissue to guide tactile learning. Physiol. Pschol., 11:29-34, 1983.
7. Simons, D.J. Multi-whisker stimulation and its effects on vibrissa units in rat SmI barrel cortex. Brain Res., 276:178-182, 1983.
8. Simons, D.J., Durham, D. and Woolsey, T.A. Functional organization of mouse and rat SmI barrel cortex following vibrissal damage on different postnatal days. Somatosensory Res., 1:207-245, 1984.
9. Simons, D.J. and Woolsey, T.A. Morphology of Golgi-Cox impregnated barrel neurons in rat SmI neocortex. J. Comp. Neurol., 230:119-132, 1984.
10. Simons, D.J. Temporal and spatial integration in the rat SI vibrissa cortex. J. Neurophysiol., 54:615-635, 1985.
11. Simons, D.J. and Lund, R.D. Fetal retinae transplanted over tecta of neonatal rats respond to light and evoke patterned neuronal discharges in the host superior colliculus. Dev. Brain Res., 21:156-159, 1985.
12. Land, P.W. and Simons, D.J. Cytochrome oxidase staining in the rat SmI barrel cortex. J. Comp. Neurol., 238:225-235, 1985.
13. Land, P.W. and Simons, D.J. Metabolic activity in SmI cortical barrels of adult rats is dependent on patterned sensory stimulation of the mystacial vibrissae. Brain Res., 341:189-194, 1985.
14. Land, P.W. and Simons, D.J. Metabolic and structural correlates of the vibrissae representation in the thalamus of the adult rat. Neurosci Lett., 60:319-324, 1985.
15. Carvell, G.E. and Simons, D.J. Somatotopic organization of the second somatic sensory area (SII) in the cerebral cortex of the mouse. Somatosensory Res., 3:213-237, 1986.
16. Simons, D.J. and Land, P.W. Early experience of tactile stimulation influences organization of somatic sensory cortex. Nature, 326:694-697, 1987.
17. Carvell, G.E. and Simons, D.J. Thalamic and corticocortical connections of the second somatic sensory area of the mouse. J. Comp. Neurol., 265:409-427, 1987.
18. Simons, D.J. and Land, P.W. A reliable technique for marking the location of extracellular recording sites using glass micropipettes. Neurosci. Lett., 81:100,104, 1987.
19. Carvell, G.E. and Simons, D.J. Membrane potential changes in rat SmI cortical neurons evoked by controlled stimulation of mystacial vibrissae. Brain Res., 448:186-191, 1988.
20. Simons, D.J. and Carvell, G.E. Thalamocortical response transformation in the rat vibrissa/barrel system. J. Neurophysiol., 61:311-330, 1989.
21. Chmielowska, J., Carvell, G.E. and Simons, D.J. Spatial organization of thalamocortical and corticothalamic projection systems in the rat SmI barrel cortex. J. Comp. Neurol., 285:325-338, 1989.
22. Lichtenstein, S.H., Carvell, G.E. and Simons, D.J. Responses of rat trigeminal ganglion neurons to movements of vibrissae in different directions. Somatosensory and Motor Res., 7:47-65, 1990.
23. Carvell, G.E. and Simons, D.J. Biometric analyses of vibrissal tactile discrimination in the rat. J. Neurosci., 10:2638-2648, 1990.
24. McCasland, J.S., Carvell, G.E., Simons, D.J. and Woolsey, T.A. Functional asymmetries in the rodent barrel cortex. Somatosensory and Motor Res.,8:111-116, 1991.
25. Carvell, G.E., Simons, D.J., Lichtenstein, S.H. and Bryant, P. Electromyographic activity of mystacial pad musculature during whisking behavior in the rat. Somatosensory and Motor Res., 8:159-164, 1991.
26. Simons, D.J., Carvell, G.E., Hershey A.E. and Bryant, D.P. Responses of barrel cortex neurons in awake rats and effects of urethane anesthesia. Exp. Brain Res., 91:259-272, 1992.
27. Nelson, C., Finger, S. and Simons, D. Effects of nimodipine on two neurologic measures sensitive to sensorimotor cortex damage. Exptl. Neurology, 119:302-308, 1993.
28. Kyriazi, H.T. and Simons, D.J. Thalamocortical response transformations in simulated whisker barrels. J. Neurosci. 13:1601-1615, 1993.
29. Howard, M.A. and Simons, D.J. Physiologic effects of nucleus basalis magnocellularis stimulation on rat barrel cortex neurons. Exp. Brain Res. 102: 21-33, 1994.
30. Kyriazi, H.T., Carvell, G.E. and Simons, D.J. OFF response transformations in the whisker/barrel system. J. Neurophysiol., 72:392-401, 1994.
31. Simons, D.J. and Land, P.W. Neonatal whisker trimming produces greater effects in non-deprived than deprived thalamic barreloids. J. Neurophysiol., 72: 1434-1437, 1994.
32. Carvell, G.E. and Simons, D.J. Task- and subject-related differences in sensorimotor behavior during active touch. Somatosensory Mot. Res., 12: 1-9, 1995.
33. Kyriazi, H.T., Carvell, G.E., Brumberg, J.C. and Simons, D.J. Quantitative effects of GABA and bicuculline methiodide on receptive field properties of neurons in real and simulated whisker barrels. J.Neurophysiol., 75: 547-560, 1996.
34. Brumberg, J.C., Pinto, D.J. and Simons, D.J. Spatial gradients and inhibitory summation in the rat whisker barrel system. J. Neurophysiol. 76:130-140, 1996.
35. Pinto, D.J., Brumberg, J.C., Simons, D.J. and Ermentrout, G.B. A quantitative population model of whisker barrels: Re-examining the Wilson-Cowan equations. J. Computational Neurosci.. 3:247-264, 1996.
36. Carvell, G.E. and Simons, D.J. Abnormal tactile experience early in life disrupts active touch. J. Neurosci. 15: 2750-2757, 1996.
37. Kyriazi, H.T., Carvell, G.E., Brumberg, J.C. and Simons, D.J. Effects of baclofen and phaclofen on receptive field properties of rat whisker barrel neurons. Brain Res. 712: 325-328, 1996.
38. Carvell, G.E., Miller, S.A. and Simons, D.J. The relationship of vibrissal motor cortex unit activity to whisking in the awake rat. Somatosensory Mot. Res., 13:115-127, 1996.
39. Kyriazi, H., Carvell, G.E., Brumberg, J.C. and Simons, D.J. Laminar differences in bicuculline methiodide
=s effects on cortical neurons in the rat whisker/barrel system. Somatosensory Mot. Res., 15: 146-156, 1998.40. Hartings, J.A., and Simons, D.J. Thalamic relay of afferent responses to 1-12 Hz whisker stimulation in the rat. J. Neurophysiol., 80: 1016-1019, 1998.
41. Goldreich, D., Kyriazi, H.T. and Simons, D.J. Functional independence of layer IV barrels in rodent somatosensory cortex. J. Neurophysiol., 82: 1311-1316, 1999.
42. Kelly, M.K., Carvell, G.E., Kodger, J. and Simons, D.J. Sensory loss by selected whisker removal produces immediate disinhibition in the somatosensory cortex of behaving rats. J. Neurosci., 19: 9117-9125, 1999.
43. Pinto, D.J., Brumberg, J.C. and Simons, D.J. Circuit dynamics and coding strategies in the rodent somatosensory cortex. J. Neurophysiol., 83: 1158-166, 2000.
44. Brumberg, J.C., Pinto, D.J. and Simons, D.J. Cortical columnar processing in the rat whisker-to-barrel system. J. Neurophysiol., 82: 1808-1817, 1999.
45. Hartings, J.A., Temereanca, S. and Simons, D.J. High responsiveness and direction sensitivity of neurons in the rat thalamic reticular nucleus to vibrissa movements. J. Neurophysiol. 83: 2791-2801, 2000.
46. Shoykhet, M., Doherty, D. and Simons, D.J. Coding of deflection velocity and amplitude by whisker primary afferent neurons: implications for higher level processing. Somatosensory Mot. Res., 17: 171-180, 2000.
47. Hartings, J.A. and Simons, D.J. Inhibition suppresses transmission of tonic vibrissa-evoked activity in the rat ventrobasal thalamus. J. Neurosci. 20: 1-5, 2000.
48. Kelly, M.K., Carvell, G.E. and Simons, D.J. Axonal conduction properties of antidromically identified neurons in rat barrel cortex. Somatosensory Mot. Res.. 18: 202-210, 2001.
49. Miller, K.D., Pinto, D. J, and Simons, D.J. Processing in layer IV of the neocortical circuit: New insights from visual and somatosensory cortex. Cur. Op.Neurobiol., 11: 488-497, 2001.
50. Prigg, T., Goldreich, D., Carvell, G.E. and Simons, D.J. Texture discrimination and unit recordings in the rat whisker/barrel system. Physiol. Behav., 77:671-675, 2002.
51. Bruno, R. M. and Simons, D.J. Feedforward mechanisms of excitatory and inhibitory cortical receptive fields. J. Neurosci. 22:10966-10975, 2002.
52. Minnery, B.S. and Simons, D.J. Response properties of whisker-associated trigeminothalamic neurons in rat nucleus principalis. J. Neurophysiol. 89:40-56, 2003.
53. Pinto, D.J., Hartings, J.A., Brumberg, J.C., and Simons, D.J. Cortical damping: Analysis of thalamocortical response transformations in the rodent barrel cortex. Cerebral Cortex, 13:33-44, 2003.
54. Temereanca, S. and Simons, D. J. Local field potentials and the encoding of whiskers deflections by population firing synchrony in thalamic barreloids. J. Neurophysiol. 89:2137-2145, 2003.
55. Hartings, J.A., Temereanca, S. and Simons, D.J. State-dependent processing of sensory stimuli by thalamic reticular neurons. J. Neurosci. 23:5264-5271, 2003.
56. Minnery, B.S., Bruno, R. M. and Simons, D.J. Response transformation and receptive-field synthesis in the lemniscal trigeminothalamic circuit. J. Neurophysiol., 90:1556-1570. 2003.
57. Shoykhet, M., Shetty, P. and Simons, D.J. Protracted development of responses to whisker deflection in rat trigeminal ganglion neurons. J. Neurophysiol., 90:1432-1437, 2003.
58. Hartings, J.A., Temereanca, S. and Simons, D.J. Processing of periodic whisker deflections by neurons in the ventroposterior medial and thalamic reticular nuclei. J. Neurophysiol. 90:3087-3094, 2003.
59. Shetty, P., Shoykhet, M. and Simons, D.J. Whisker plucking alters responses of rat trigeminal ganglion neurons. Somatosensory Mot. Res., 20:233-238, 2003.
60. Bruno, R.M., Khatri, V., Land, P.W., and Simons, D.J. Thalamocortical angular tuning domains within individual barrels of rat somatosensory cortex. J. Neurosci., 23:9565-9574,2003.
61. Lee, S.-H. and Simons, D.J. Angular tuning and velocity sensitivity in different neuron classes within layer 4 of rat barrel cortex. J. Neurophysiol.,
91:223-229, 2004.62. Temereanca, S. and Simons, D.J. Functional topography of corticothalamic feedback enhances thalamic spatial response tuning in the somatosensory whisker/barrel system. Neuron, 41:639-651, 2004.
63. Jones, L.M., Lee, S.-H, Trageser, J. C., Simons, D.J. and Keller, A. Precise temporal responses in whisker trigeminal neurons. J. Neurophysiol., 92:665-668, 2004.
64. Jones, L.M., Depireux, D.A., Simons, D.J. and Keller, A. Robust temporal coding in the trigeminal system. Science, 304: 1986-1989, 2004.
65. Khatri, V., Hartings, J. A. and Simons, D.J. Adaptation in thalamic barreloid and cortical barrel neurons to periodic whisker deflections varying in frequency and velocity. J. Neurophysiol., 92:3244-54, 2004.
66. Kwegyir-Afful EE, Bruno RM, Simons DJ, Keller A.,The role of thalamic inputs in surround receptive fields of barrel neurons. J Neurosci., 25(25):5926-34 (2005).
67. Shoykhet M, Land PW, Simons DJ. Whisker trimming begun at birth or on postnatal day 12 affects excitatory and inhibitory receptive fields of layer IV barrel neurons. J Neurophysiol., 94(6):3987-95 (2005).
68. Fraser G, Hartings JA, Simons DJ. Adaptation of trigeminal ganglion cells to periodic whisker deflections. Somatosens. Mot. Res., 23(3-4):111-8 (2006).
69. Khatri V, Simons DJ. Angularly nonspecific response suppression in rat barrel cortex. Cereb Cortex., 17(3):599-609 (2007).
70. Lee SH, Land PW, Simons DJ. Layer- and cell-type-specific effects of neonatal whisker-trimming in adult rat barrel cortex. J Neurophysiol., 97(6):4380-5 (2007).
71. Simons DJ, Carvell GE, Kyriazi HT, Bruno RM. Thalamocortical conduction times and stimulus-evoked responses in the rat whisker-to-barrel system. J Neurophysiol., 98(5):2842-7 (2007)
72. Shoykhet M, Simons DJ. Development of thalamocortical response transformations in the rat whisker-barrel system. J Neurophysiol., 99(1):356-66 (2008).
73. Temereanca S, Brown EN, Simons DJ. Rapid changes in thalamic firing synchrony during repetitive whisker stimulation. J Neurosci. 28(44):11153-64 (2008).
74. Kwegyir-Afful EE, Marella S, Simons DJ. Response properties of mouse trigeminal ganglion neurons. Somatosens. Mot. Res., 25(4):209-21 (2008).
75. Lee S, Carvell GE, Simons DJ. Motor modulation of afferent somatosensory circuits. Nat. Neurosci., 11(12):1430-8 (2008).