The Snodderly Lab

Publications

Note: 20 papers in my bibliography have been cited more than 100 times each.

Papers in refereed journals.

  1. Snodderly DM.  Reversible and irreversible bleaching of rhodopsin in detergent solutions.  Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 1967; 57:1356-1362.
  2. Snodderly DM, Barlow RB.  Projection of the lateral eye of Limulus to the brain.  Nature. 1970; 227:284-286.
  3. Snodderly DM.  Processing of visual inputs by brain of Limulus.  J Neurophysiol. 1971; 34:588-611.
  4. DeValois RL, Morgan H, Snodderly DM.  Psychophysical studies of monkey vision.  III. Spatial luminance contrast sensitivity tests of macaque and human observers.  Vision Res. 1974; 14:75-81.
  5. DeValois RL, Snodderly DM, Yund EW, Hepler NK.  Responses of macaque lateral geniculate cells to luminance and color figures.  Sensory Processes.  1977; 1:244-259.
  6. Yund EW, Snodderly DM, Hepler NK, DeValois RL.  Brightness contrast effects in monkey lateral geniculate nucleus.  Sensory Processes.  1977; 1:260-271.
  7. Barlow RB, Snodderly DM, Swadlow HA.  Intensity coding in primate visual system.  Exp Brain Res.  1978; 31:163-177.
  8. Snodderly DM, Swadlow HA, Barlow RB.  Evaluation of a surgical method for immobilizing the eye of an alert monkey.  Exp Brain Res.  1978; 31:179-191.
  9. Snodderly DM.  Eggshell removal by the laughing gull, Larus atricilla: Normative data and visual preference behavior.  Anim Behav.  1978; 26:487-506.
  10. Stromeyer CF, Snodderly DM.  Questions about spatial adaptation of short-wavelength pathways in humans.  Science.  1981; 214:471-472.
  11. Snodderly DM, Brown PK, Delori FC, Auran JD.  The macular pigment.  I. Absorbance spectra, localization, and discrimination from other pigments.  Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 1984; 25:660-673.
  12. Snodderly DM, Auran JD, Delori FC.  The macular pigment.  II. Spatial distribution in primate retinas.  Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci.  1984; 25:674-685.
  13. Snodderly DM, Kurtz D.  Eye position during fixation tasks: comparison of macaque and human.  Vision Res. 1985; 25:83-98.
  14. Kurtz D, Snodderly DM.  Primate head and body restraint without chronic skin openings or attachments to the animal.  Behav Res Methods Instr Comput. 1985; 17:391-396.
  15. Snodderly DM.  Effects of light and dark environments on macaque and human fixational eye movements.  Vision Res. 1987; 27:401-415.
  16. Gur M, Snodderly DM.  Studying striate cortex neurons in behaving monkeys: benefits of image stabilization.  Vision Res. 1987; 27:2081-2087.
  17. Snodderly DM, Weinhaus RS.  Retinal vasculature of the fovea of the squirrel monkey, Saimiri sciureus: three-dimensional architecture, visual screening, and relationships to the neuronal layers.  J Comp Neurol. 1990; 297:145-163.
  18. Krinsky NI, Russett MD, Handelman GJ, Snodderly DM.  Structural and geometrical isomers of carotenoids in human plasma.  J Nutr. 1990; 120:1654-1661.
  19. Snodderly DM, Russett MD, Land RI, Krinsky NI.  Plasma carotenoids of monkeys (Macaca fascicularis and Saimiri sciureus) fed a nonpurified diet.  J Nutr. 1990; 120:1663-1671.
  20. Handelman GJ, Snodderly DM, Krinsky NI, Russett MD, Adler AJ.  Biological control of primate macular pigment:  Biochemical and densitometric studies.  Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 1991; 32:257-267.
  21. Snodderly DM, Handelman GJ, Adler AJ.  Distribution of individual macular pigment carotenoids in central retina of macaque and squirrel monkeys. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 1991; 32:268-279.
  22. Snodderly DM, Weinhaus RS, Choi JC.  Neural-vascular relationships in central retina of macaque monkeys (Macaca fascicularis).  J Neurosci.  1992; 12:1169-1193.  Cover illustration for the April issue.
  23. Weinhaus RS, Burke JM, Delori FC, Snodderly DM.  Comparison of fluorescein angiography with microvascular anatomy of macaque retinas.  Exp Eye Res.  1995; 61:1-16.
  24. Snodderly DM, Gur M.  Organization of striate cortex (V1) of alert, trained monkeys (Macaca fascicularis):  Ongoing activity, stimulus selectivity, and widths of receptive field activating regions.  J Neurophysiol.  1995; 74:2100-2125.  Cover illustration for November and December issues.
  25. Crabtree DV, Adler AJ, Snodderly DM.  Vitamin E, retinyl palmitate, and protein in rhesus monkey retina and retinal pigment epithelium-choroid.  Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 1996; 37:47-60.
  26. Crabtree DV, Adler AJ, Snodderly DM.  Radial distribution of tocopherols in rhesus monkey retina and retinal pigment epithelium-choroid. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 1996; 37:61-76.
  27. Hammond BR, Fuld K, Snodderly DM.  Iris color and macular pigment optical density.  Due to a publisher’s error, an uncorrected draft was published in Exp Eye Res. 1996; 62:293-297.  The correct version is in Exp Eye Res. 1996; 62:715-720.
  28. Hammond BR, Curran-Celentano J, Judd S, Fuld K, Krinsky NI, Wooten BR, Snodderly DM.  Sex differences in macular pigment optical density:  Relation to plasma carotenoid concentrations and dietary patterns.  Vision Res. 1996; 36:2001-2012.
  29. Hammond BR, Wooten BR, Snodderly DM.  Cigarette smoking and retinal carotenoids:  Implications for age-related macular degeneration.  Vision Res. 1996; 36:3003-3009.
  30. Gur M, Snodderly DM.  Visual receptive fields of neurons in primary visual cortex (V1) move in space with the eye movements of fixation.  Vision Res. 1997; 37:257-265.
  31. Snodderly DM, Shen B, Land RI, Krinsky NI.  Dietary manipulation of plasma carotenoid concentrations of squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus).  J Nutr. 1997; 127:122-129.
  32. Gur M, Snodderly DM.  A dissociation between brain activity and perception: Chromatically opponent cortical neurons signal chromatic flicker that is not perceived.  Vision Res. 1997; 37:377-382.
  33. Crabtree DV, Snodderly DM, Adler AJ.  Retinyl palmitate in macaque retina-retinal pigment epithelium-choroid:  Distribution and correlation with age and vitamin E.  Exp Eye Res. 1997; 64: 455-463.
  34. Gur M, Beylin A, Snodderly DM.  Response variability of neurons in primary visual cortex (V1) of alert monkeys.  J Neurosci. 1997; 17: 2914-2920.
  35. Hammond BR, Wooten BR, Snodderly DM.  Individual variations in the spatial profile of human macular pigment.  J Opt Soc Am A. 1997; 14: 1187-1196.
  36. Hammond BR, Wooten BR, Snodderly DM.  Density of the human crystalline lens is related to the macular pigment carotenoids, lutein and zeaxanthin.  Optometry and Vision Sci. 1997; 74: 499-504.
  37. Hammond BR, Johnson EJ, Russell RM, Krinsky NI, Yeum K-J, Edwards RB, Snodderly DM.  Dietary modification of human macular pigment density. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 1997; 38: 1795-1801.
  38. Hammond BR, Wooten BR, Snodderly DM.  Preservation of visual sensitivity of older individuals:  Association with macular pigment density.  Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 1998; 39: 397-406.
  39. Gur M, Beylin A, Snodderly DM.  Physiological properties of macaque V1 neurons are correlated with extracellular spike amplitude, duration, and polarity.  J Neurophysiol. 1999; 82: 1451-1464.
  40. Wooten BR, Hammond BR, Land RI, Snodderly DM.  A practical method for measuring macular pigment optical density.  Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 1999; 40: 2481-2489.
  41. Hammond BR, Nanez JE, Fair C, Snodderly, DM.  Iris color and age-related changes in lens optical density.  Ophthalmic Physiol Opt. 2000; 20: 381-386.
  42. Johnson EJ, Hammond BR, Yeum K-J, Qin J, Wang XD, Castaneda C, Snodderly DM, Russell RM.  Relationship among serum and tissue concentrations of lutein and zeaxanthin and macular pigment density.  Am J Clin Nutr. 2000; 71: 1555-1562.
  43. Snodderly DM, Kagan I, Gur M.  Selective activation of visual cortex neurons by fixational eye movements:  Implications for neural coding.  Vis Neurosci. 2001; 18: 259-277.
  44. Delori FC, Goger DG, Hammond BR, Snodderly DM, Burns SA.  Macular pigment density measured by autofluorescence spectrometry; comparison with reflectometry and heterochromatic flicker photometry.  J Opt Soc Am A. 2001; 18: 1212-1230.
  45. Hammond BR, Ciulla TA, Snodderly, DM.  Macular pigment density is reduced in obese subjects.  Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2002; 43: 47-50.
  46. Snodderly DM, Sandstrom MM, Leung IY-F, Zucker CL, Neuringer M.  Retinal pigment epithelial cell distribution in central retina of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta).  Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2002; 43: 2815-2818.
  47. Kagan I, Gur M, Snodderly DM.  Spatial organization of receptive fields of V1 neurons of alert monkeys:  comparison with responses to gratings.  J Neurophysiol. 2002; 88: 2557-2574.
  48. Snodderly DM, Mares JA, Wooten BR, Oxton L, Gruber M, Ficek T.  Macular pigment measurement by heterochromatic flicker photometry in older subjects: the Carotenoids and Age-Related Eye Disease Study.  Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2004; 45: 531-538.
  49. Neuringer M, Sandstrom, MM, Johnson EJ, Snodderly DM.  Nutritional manipulation of primate retinas, I. Effects of lutein or zeaxanthin supplements on serum and macular pigment in xanthophyll-free monkeys. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2004; 45: 3234-3243.
  50. Leung IY-F, Sandstrom MM, Zucker CL, Neuringer M, Snodderly DM.  Nutritional manipulation of primate retinas, II. Effects of age, n-3 fatty acids, lutein, and zeaxanthin on retinal pigment epithelium. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2004; 45: 3244-3256.
  51. Johnson EJ, Neuringer M, Russell, RM, Schalch W, Snodderly DM.  Nutritional manipulation of primate retinas. III. Effects of lutein or zeaxanthin supplementation on adipose and retina of xanthophyll-free monkeys. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2005; 46: 692-702.
  52. Gur M, Kagan I, Snodderly DM.  Orientation and direction selectivity of neurons in V1 of alert monkeys: functional relationships and laminar distributions.  Cereb Cortex. 2005; 15: 1207-1221. doi:10.1093/cercor/bhi003, Advance Access publication December 22, 2004.
  53. Leung IY-F, Sandstrom MM, Zucker CL, Neuringer M, Snodderly DM.  Nutritional manipulation of primate retinas. IV. Effects of n-3 fatty acids, lutein, and zeaxanthin on S-cones and rods in the foveal region.  Exp Eye Res. 2005; 81: 513-529.
  54. Gur M, Snodderly DM. High response reliability of neurons in primary visual cortex (V1) of alert, trained monkeys.  Cereb Cortex. 2006; 16: 888-895. doi:10.1093/cercor/bhj032, Advance Access publication September 8, 2005. 
  55. p-1 mechanism. Optom.Vis.Sci. 2006; 83: 887-894.
  56. Mares JA, LaRowe TL, Snodderly DM, Moeller SM, Gruber MJ, Klein ML, Wooten BR, Johnson EJ, Chappell RJ.Predictors of optical density of lutein and zeaxanthin in retinas of older women in the Carotenoids in Age-Related Eye Disease Study, an ancillary study of the Women's Health Initiative. Am J Clin.Nutr. 2006; 84: 1107-1122.
  57. Tang Y, Saul A, Gur M, Goei S, Wong E, Ersoy B, Snodderly DM. Eye position compensation improves estimates of response magnitude and receptive field geometry in alert monkeys. J Neurophysiol. 2007; 97: 3439-48.
  58. Direction selectivity in V1 of alert monkeys: Evidence for parallel pathways for motion processing. J Physiol (Lond) 2007; 585: 383-400.
  59. LaRowe TL, Mares JA, Snodderly DM, Klein ML, Wooten BR, Chappell R. CAREDS Macular Pigment Study Group. Macular pigment density and age-related maculopathy in the Carotenoids in Age-Related Eye Disease Study. An ancillary study of the Women's Health Initiative. Ophthalmology 2008; 115: 876-883.
  60. Moeller SM, Voland R, Tinker L, Blodi BA, Klein ML, Gehrs KM, Johnson EJ, Snodderly DM, Wallace RB, Chappell RJ, Parekh N, Ritenbaugh C, Mares JA: CAREDS Study Group: Women's Health Initiative.  Associations between age-related nuclear cataract and lutein and zeaxanthin in the diet and serum in the Carotenoids in Age-Related Eye Disease Study (CAREDS), an Ancillary Study of the Women's Health Initiative. Arch Ophthalmol. 2008; 126: 354-364.  PMC2562026
  61. Johnson EJ, Chung H, Caldarella S, Snodderly DM. The influence of supplemental lutein and docosahexaenoic acid on serum, lipoproteins, and macular pigmentation.  Am J Clin Nutr. 2008; 87:1521-1529.
  62. Nolan JM, Stringham JM, Beatty S, Snodderly DM. Spatial profile of macular pigment and its relationship to foveal architecture.  Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2008; 49: 2134-2142.
  63. Gur M, Snodderly DM. Physiological differences between neurons in layer 2 and layer 3 of primary visual cortex (V1) of alert macaque monkeys. J Physiol (Lond), 2008; 586: 2293-2306.
  64. Johnson EJ, McDonald K, Caldarella SM, Chung HY, Troen AM, Snodderly DM. Cognitive findings of an exploratory trial of docosahexaenoic acid and lutein supplementation in older women. Nutr Neurosci. 2008; 11: 75-83.
  65. Kagan I, Gur M, Snodderly DM. Saccades and drifts differentially modulate neuronal activity in V1: effects of retinal image motion, position, and extraretinal influences. J Vision. 2008; 8(14):19, 1-25.  http://journalofvision.org/8/14/19.
  66. Stringham JM, Hammond BR, Nolan JM, Wooten BR, Mammen A, Smollon W, Snodderly DM. The utility of using customized heterochromatic flicker photometry (cHFP) to measure macular pigment in patients with age-related macular degeneration.  Exp Eye Res. 2008; 87: 445-453.
  67. Snodderly DM, Kagan I, Gur M.  Linearity and selectivity of neuronal responses in awake visual cortex.  Importance of the cell sample.  eLetter  to J. Vision. 2010 http://www.journalofvision.org/content/9/9/12.short/reply#jov_el_84
  68. Mares JA, Voland R, Sondel SA, Millen AE, LaRowe T, Moeller  SM, Klein ML, Blodi BA, Chappell R, Tinker L, Ritenbaugh C, Gehrs K, Sarto G, Johnson EJ,  Snodderly DM, Wallace  RB. Healthy lifestyles related to subsequent prevalence of age-related macular degeneration.  Arch Ophthalmol. 2011; 129: 470-480
  69. Barker FM II, Snodderly DM, Johnson EJ, Schalch W, Koepcke W, Gerss J, Neuringer M.  Nutritional manipulation of primate retinas. V: effects of lutein, zeaxanthin and n–3 fatty acids on retinal sensitivity to blue light damage.  Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2011; 52:3934-3942.
  70. Vishwanathan R, Neuringer M, Snodderly DM, Schalch W, Johnson EJ.  Macular lutein and zeaxanthin are related to brain lutein and zeaxanthin in primates.  Nutr Neurosci 2012; DOI:10.1179/1476830512Y.0000000024
  71. Meyers KJ, Johnson EJ, Bernstein PS, Iyengar SK, Engelman CD, Karki CK, Liu Z, Igo RP, Jr., Truitt B, Klein ML, Snodderly DM, Blodi BA, Gehrs KM, Sarto GE, Wallace RB, Robinson J, Leblanc ES, Hageman G, Tinker L, Mares JA Genetic determinants of macular pigments in women of the carotenoids in age-related eye disease study.  Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2013; 54:2333-2345.
  72. Stringham JM, Snodderly DM.  Enhancing performance while avoiding damage: a contribution of macular pigment.  Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2013; 54:6298-6306.
  73. Przybyszewski AW, Kagan I, Snodderly DM.  Primate area V1: largest response gain for receptive fields in the straight-ahead direction. Neuroreport 2014; 25:1109-1115. 

Proceedings of Meetings:

  1. M1.  Snodderly DM, Leung WP, Timberlake GT, Smith DPB.  Mapping retinal features in a freely moving eye with precise control of retinal stimulus position.  In: Cool SJ, Smith EL III, eds. Frontiers in Visual Science.  New York: Springer, 1978: 79-92.
  2. M2.  Snodderly DM.  Visual discriminations encountered in food foraging by a neotropical primate: Implications for the evolution of color vision.  In: Burtt EH Jr., ed.  The Behavioral Significance of Color.  New York: Garland Press, 1979: 238-285.

Reviews and Chapters (*Starred items are peer-reviewed):

    R1.  Snodderly DM.  Extracellular single unit recording.  In: Thompson RF, Patterson MM, eds.  Bioelectric Recording Techniques, Part A.  Cellular Processes and Brain Potentials.  New York: Academic Press, 1973: 137-163.
  1. R2. *Snodderly DM.  Biomedical and social aspects of air pollution.  In: Pitts JN, Metcalf RL, eds.  Advances in Environmental Sciences and Technology, Vol. III. New York: Wiley-Interscience, 1974: 157-281.
  2. R3.  Snodderly DM.  Visual processing in the primate geniculocortical system:  A brief review.  In: Pruett RC, Regan DJ, eds.  Retina Congress.  New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1974: 19-40.
  3. R4.  Snodderly DM.  Outline of a primate visual system.  In: Chiarelli AB, ed.  Perspectives in Primate Biology.  New York: Plenum Press, 1974: 93-149.
  4. R5.  Handelman GJ, Snodderly DM, Adler AJ, Russett MD, Dratz EA.  Measurement of carotenoids in human and monkey retinas.  Methods in Enzymology.  1992; 213: 220-230.
  5. R6. *Snodderly DM.  Evidence for protection against age-related macular degeneration (AMD) by carotenoids and antioxidant vitamins.  Am J Clin Nutr. 1995; 62 (Suppl): 1448S-1461S.
  6. R7.  Snodderly DM, Hammond BR.  In vivo psychophysical assessment of nutritional and environmental influences on human ocular tissues:  Lens and macular pigment.  In: Taylor, A, ed.  Nutritional and Environmental Influences on Vision.  Boca Raton:  CRC Press, 1999.
  7. R8. *Snodderly DM. A physiological perspective on fixational eye movements. Online (2014) Vision Res, doi:10.1016/j.visres.2014.12.006; NIHMS # 651159.

Patents:

1967    US Patent 3,326,792, Snodderly, DM, Ehrenbeck R, inventors,
US Government, assignee.  “Differential etching apparatus.”

2001    US Patent 6,315,412 B1, Snodderly DM, Land RI, Wooten BR, inventors.
“Method and apparatus for measuring visual sensitivity and optical components of the eye.”