Carey Huh
University of California, Irvine
Research Scientist
Amblyopia, Calcium imaging, Rodent vision, 3D vision, Thalamus, Visual cortex, Higher Visual Areas, Feedback, Optogenetics, Visual disorders, Retinis Pigmentosa, Leber congenital amaurosis, Blindness, Retinoid, Vision recovery, Plasticity, Learning
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My overarching goals are to understand how neural activity gives rise to behavior in health and disease. During my postdoc years, I have been studying the visual system, in order to more directly explore the link between neural activity and behavior. I began this “vision quest” at UC Berkeley, studying the human visual system in the context of amblyopia, a common visual disorder that affects 2-5% of the population. At Stanford, I explored the role of feedback projections in the mouse visual cortex using optogenetics and in vivo electrophysiology. Here at UC Irvine with Dr. Gandhi, I have been investigating how amblyopia affects early visual pathways from the thalamus to visual cortex in mice. In my most recent project, I am investigating how rescuing vision at the level of the retina can restore visual processing in Retinis Pigmentosa, a debilitating disorder that causes blindness in children.