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John G.  McHaffie, Ph.D.

John G. McHaffie, Ph.D.

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  BS Old Dominion University 1976
  PhD Virginia Commonwealth University 1984
Fellowship Medical College of Virginia 1986
John G.  McHaffie, Ph.D.

John G. McHaffie, Ph.D.

Contact Information
Office:
336-716-9078
Recent Publications
Zeidan F, Martucci KT, Kraft RA, Gordon NS, McHaffie JG, Coghill RC. Brain mechanisms supporting the modulation of pain by mindfulness meditation. J Neurosci. 2011; 31(14):5540-5548.

Starr CJ, Sawaki L, Wittenberg GF, Burdette JH, Oshiro Y, Quevedo AS, McHaffie JG, Coghill RC. The contribution of the putamen to sensory aspects of pain: insights from structural connectivity and brain lesions. Brain. 2011; 134(Pt 7):1987-2004.


Jiang H, Stein BE, McHaffie JG. Unilateral visual cortex lesions produce an anomalous visual representation of central visual space in the deep layers of the cat superior colliculus [abstract]. Soc Neurosci Abstr. 2011; 2011(Neuroscience Meeting Planner):.

Flores-Cano MS, Fuentes-Farias A, McHaffie J, Stein B, Gutierrez-Ospina G. Pyramidal neuron development in anterior ectosylvian sulcus parallels the maturation of multisensory integration in their target superior colliculus [abstract]. Soc Neurosci Abstr. 2011; 2011(Neuroscience Meeting Planner):.

Redgrave P, Coizet V, Comoli E, McHaffie JG, Leriche M, Vautrelle N, Hayes LM, Overton P. Interactions between the midbrain superior colliculus and the basal ganglia. Front Neuroanat. 2010; 4():art.132.

Zeidan F, Martucci KT, Kraft RA, McHaffie JG, Gordon NS, Coghill RC. Brain mechanisms associated with meditation related pain relief [abstract]. Soc Neurosci Abstr. 2010; 2010(Neuroscience Meeting Planner):.

Jiang H, Stein BE, McHaffie JG. A physiological basis for the Sprague Effect? [abstract]. Soc Neurosci Abstr. 2010; 2010(Neuroscience Meeting Planner):.

McHaffie JG, Stein BE, Jiang H. Repetitive orienting movements to combined cross-modal cues ameliorate visuomotor deficits in visual cortex lesioned cats [abstract]. Soc Neurosci Abstr. 2010; 2010(Neuroscience Meeting Planner):.

Zeidan F, Martucci KT, Kraft RA, McHaffie JG, Gordon NS, Coghill RC. Activation of pain modulatory brain regions following brief meditation training [abstract]. In: Abstracts of the 13th World Congress on Pain; 2010 Aug 29 - Sept 2; Montreal, Quebec (Canada). 2010; ():abstr 441.

May PJ, McHaffie JG, Stanford TR, Jiang H, Costello MG, Coizet V, Hayes LM, Haber SN, Redgrave P. Tectonigral projections in the primate: a pathway for pre-attentive sensory input to midbrain dopaminergic neurons. Eur J Neurosci. 2009; 29(3):575-587.

Coizet V, Graham JH, Moss J, Bolam JP, Savasta M, McHaffie JG, Redgrave P, Overton PG. Short-latency visual input to the subthalamic nucleus is provided by the midbrain superior colliculus. J Neurosci. 2009; 29(17):5701-5709.

Jiang H, Stein BE, McHaffie JG. Cortical lesion-induced visual hemineglect is prevented by NMDA antagonist pretreatment. J Neurosci. 2009; 29(21):6917-6925.

Hudgins ED, McHaffie JG, Redgrave P, Salinas E, Stanford TR. Putative midbrain dopamine neurons encode sensory salience and reward prediction at different latencies [abstract]. Soc Neurosci Abstr. 2009; 2009(Neuroscience Meeting Planner):.

McHaffie JG, Stein BE, Jiang H. Cross-modal rehabilitative training with auditory-visual cues ameliorates visual hemineglect in visual cortex lesioned cats [abstract]. Soc Neurosci Abstr. 2009; 2009(Neuroscience Meeting Planner):.

Jiang H, Stein BE, McHaffie JG. Neural correlates of cross-modal rehabilitative training in the deep superior colliculus of visual cortex lesioned cats [abstract]. Soc Neurosci Abstr. 2009; 2009(Neuroscience Meeting Planner):.


McHaffie JG. Cross-modal rehabilitative training ameliorates visuomotor deficits produced by visual cortex lesions [abstract]. In: Abstracts of the 10th International Multisensory Research Forum; 2009 June 29 - July 2; New York (NY). 2009; ():.

Oshiro Y, Quevedo AS, McHaffie JG, Kraft RA, Coghill RC. Brain mechanisms supporting discrimination of sensory features of pain: a new model. J Neurosci. 2009; 29(47):14924-1431.

Fuentes-Santamaria V, Alvarado Romero JC, McHaffie JG, Stein BE. Anatomical and physiological evidence for driver and modulator inputs in the anterior ectosylvian sulcus-superior colliculus pathway [abstract]. Histol Histopathol. 2009; 24(Suppl 1 Pt 59):S31.



McHaffie JG, Stein BE, Jiang H. Cross-modal rehabiliative training ameliorates visumotor deficits in visual cortex lesioned cats [abstract]. Soc Neurosci Abstr. 2008; 2008(Neuroscience Meeting Planner):.

Fuentes-Santamaria V, McHaffie JG, Stein BE. Anterior ectosylvian subregions send converging inputs with multiple morphologies to multisensory superior colliculus neurons [abstract]. Soc Neurosci Abstr. 2008; 2008(Neuroscience Meeting Planner):.

Jiang H, Stein BE, McHaffie JG. Cross-modal rehabiliative training reinstates lost visual responsiveness to deep superior colliculus (SC) neurons [abstract]. Soc Neurosci Abstr. 2008; 2008(Neuroscience Meeting Planner):.

Hadsel MS, Quevedo A, Oshiro Y, Houle TT, McHaffie JG, Kraft RA, Coghill RC. Precuneus/posterior cingulate cortex activity in experimental pain--a functional magnetic resonance imaging (FMRI) study [abstract]. In: Abstracts of the 12th World Congress on Pain [on CD]. 2008; ():PF 139.

Oshiro Y, Quevedo AS, McHaffie JG, Kraft RA, Coghill RC. Brain mechanisms supporting spatial discrimination of pain. J Neurosci. 2007; 27(13):3388-3394.

Fathke R Jr, McHaffie J, Henkel C, Gabriele M. Patterns of convergence for multiple afferent projections to the central nucleus of the inferior colliculus prior to the onset of hearing [abstract]. Assoc Res Otolaryngol Abstr. 2007; 30():285.


Jiang H, Stein BE, McHaffie JG. Deactivation of crossed nigrotectal neurons reinstates visual responsiveness in deep laminae superior colliculus (SC) neurons following large visual cortex lesions [abstract]. Soc Neurosci Abstr. 2007; 2007(Abstr Viewer):.

Fuentes-Santamaria V, McHaffie JG, Stein BE. Development of the cortico-collicular circuitry underlying multisensory integration involves nitric oxide containing interneurons [abstract]. Soc Neurosci Abstr. 2007; 2007(Abstr Viewer):.

Coizet V, McHaffie J, May P, Stanford T, Jiang H, Costello Grinberg M, Graham J, Overton P, Redgrave P. The tecto-subthalamic projection: a source of short-latency visual input to the subthalamic nucleus [abstract]. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2007; 13(Suppl 2):S41.

Gabriele ML, Fathke RL, Shahmoradian SH, French CC, Henkel CK, McHaffie JG. Segregation of multiple layered projections to the central nucleus of the inferior colliculus in the neonatal cat [abstract]. Soc Neurosci Abstr. 2006; 2006(Abstr Viewer):.

McHaffie JG, Jiang H, Stanford TR, Costello MG, Redgrave P, Coizet V, May PJ. The subthalamic nucleus receives afferents from the superior colliculus in cats and macaque monkeys [abstract]. Soc Neurosci Abstr. 2006; 2006(Abstr Viewer):.

May PJ, McHaffie JG, Jiang H, Stanford TR, Costello MG, Haber SN, Coizet V, Redgrave P. Projections from the superior colliculus to substantai nigra pars compacta in a primate [abstract]. Soc Neurosci Abstr. 2006; 2006(Abstr Viewer):.

Fuentes-Santamaria V, McHaffie JG, Stein BE. Postnatal maturation of converging visual and auditory cortico-collicular inputs onto multisensory superior colliculus neurons [abstract]. Soc Neurosci Abstr. 2006; 2006(Abstr Viewer):.

Jiang H, Stein BE, McHaffie JG. NMDA antagonist pretreatment prevents visual orientation deficits induced by visual cortex lesions and facilitates postlesion acquisition of pattern discrimination [abstract]. Soc Neurosci Abstr. 2006; 2006(Abstr Viewer):.

McHaffie JG, Jiang H, Stein BE. Superior colliculus mediated visuomotor function depends on coupling global inhibition and focal disinhibition. In: Bezard E, ed. Recent breakthroughs in basal ganglia research. New York: Nova Science Publishers; 2006: 173-184.
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