Contact Information

(267) 519-4858

Jie Ma

Research Associate

Education

M.D., Wuhan University, School of Medicine
M.S., Wuhan university, School of Medicine
Ph.D., Huazhong University of Science & Technology, School of Medicine

Research Summary

My background is in cardiology. My recent work has been focused on understanding the alterations in ionic conductances and gene expression in cardiac myocytes, associated with myocardial infarction. I am extending my interests to cellular neurophysiology, studying the vertebrate olfactory pathway as a model system. My research is applying patch clamp and optical methods to investigate voltage and calcium signaling in neurons of the olfactory bulb. The goal is to understand how these signals regulate synaptic transmission during odor information processing.

Keywords

olfaction, neurophysiology

Recent Publications

Ma, J. and Lowe, G. (2010). Correlated firing in tufted cells of mouse olfactory bulb. Neuroscience, 169, 1715-1738.

McQuade, L.E., Ma, J., Lowe, G., Ghatpande A., Gelperin A., Lippard, S.J. (2010) Visualization of nitric oxide production in the mouse main olfactory bulb by a cell-trappable copper (II) fluorescent probe. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 107, 8525-8530.

Lowe, G., Buerk, D. G., Ma, J., & Gelperin, A. (2008). Tonic and stimulus-evoked nitric oxide production in the mouse olfactory bulb. Neuroscience, 153, 842-850.

Ma, J. & Lowe, G. (2007). Calcium permeable AMPA receptors and autoreceptors in external tufted cells of rat olfactory bulb. Neuroscience, 144, 1094-1108.