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Biomedical Engineering Faculty

Charles J. Wilson, Ph.D.
Roland K. and Jane W. Blumberg Professor
Department of Biology

Educational Background:
B.S., University of Colorado
Ph.D., University of Colorado
Postdoctoral, Michigan State University

Areas of Research Interest:

  • Origin of natural firing patterns in the cerebral cortex and basal ganglia
  • Principles of synaptic integration by neurons
  • Generation of autonomous activity in the nervous system
  • Mathematical Modeling of neurons in the basal ganglia

    • Selected Publications:

    Joshua A. Goldberg, Chris A. Deister, and Charles J. Wilson: Response properties and synchronization of rhythmically firing dendritic neurons. Journal of Neurophysiology 2007 97:208-219.

    Alexey S. Kuznetsov, Nancy J. Kopell, and Charles J. Wilson: Transient high-frequency firing in a coupled-oscillator model of the mesencephalic dopaminergic neuron. Journal of Neurophysiology 2006 95(2):932-947

    Charles J. Wilson and Joshua A. Goldberg: Origin of the slow afterhyperpolarization and slow rhythmic bursting in striatal cholinergic interneurons. Journal of Neurophysiology 2006 95(1):196-220.

    Joshua A. Goldberg and Charles J. Wilson: Control of Spontaneous Firing Patterns by the Selective Coupling of Calcium Currents to Calcium Activated Potassium Currents in Striatal Cholinergic Interneurons. Journal of Neuroscience, 2005 5:10230-10238.

    Charles J. Wilson: The Mechanism of Intrinsic Amplification of Hyperpolarizations and Spontaneous Bursting in Striatal Cholinergic Interneurons. Neuron, 2005 45(4):575-585.

    Robert N. S. Sachdev, Ford F. Ebner, & Charles J. Wilson: The Effect of Sub-threshold Up and Down States on the Whisker Evoked Response in Somatosensory Cortex. Journal of Neurophysiology, 2004, 92:3511-3521.

    James M. Tepper, Tibor Koos, & Charles J. Wilson: GABAergic Microcircuits In the Neostriatum. Trends in Neuroscience, 2004 27(11):662-669.

    Tibor Koos, James M. Tepper, Charles J. Wilson: Comparison Of IPSCs Evoked By Spiny And Fast Spiking Neurons In The Neostriatum. Journal of Neuroscience 2004, 24(36):7916-7922.

    Charles J. Wilson, Angela Weyrick, David Terman, Nicholas E. Hallworth, & Mark D. Bevan: A Model of Reverse Spike Frequency Adaptation and Repetitive Firing of Subthalamic Nucleus Neurons. Journal of Neurophysiology 2004, 91(5):1963-1980.

    Nicholas E. Hallworth, Charles J. Wilson, Mark D. Bevan: Apamin-sensitive SK KCa channels, through their selective coupling to Cav channels, are critical determinants of the precision, pace and pattern of action potential generation in rat subthalamic nucleus neurons in vitro. Journal of Neuroscience 2003, 23(20):7525-42.

    Medvedev GS, Wilson CJ, Callaway JC, Kopell N.: Dendritic synchrony and transient dynamics in a coupled oscillator model of the dopaminergic neuron. J Comput Neurosci. 2003, 15(1):53-69.

    Contact Information:

    College of Sciences, Room BSB 1.03.14
    Department of Biology
    University of Texas at San Antonio
    Phone: 210-458-5654
    Fax: 210-458-5658
    Charles.Wilson@utsa.edu

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