AdamHowardGazzaleyMDPhD

Neurology • San Francisco, CA

Professor, Neurology, Physiology,Psychiatry - UCSF School of Medicine

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Office
400 Parnassus Ave
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone+1 415-353-2273

Fax+1 415-353-2898

Education & Training

University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Neurology, 1999 - 2002
University of Pennsylvania Health SystemInternship, Internal Medicine, 1998 - 1999
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiClass of 1998

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2002 - 2019
PA State Medical License 1999 - 2002

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

446 citations
Causal role of the prefrontal cortex in top-down modulation of visual processing and working memory
Theodore P. Zanto, Michael T. Rubens, Arul Thangavel, Adam Gazzaley
Nature Neuroscience. 2011-05-01
797 citations
Top-down modulation: bridging selective attention and working memory
Adam Gazzaley, Anna C. Nobre
Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 2012-02-01
190 citations
Neural suppression of irrelevant information underlies optimal working memory performance.
Theodore P. Zanto, Adam Gazzaley
The Journal of Neuroscience. 2009-03-11

Journal Articles

Homing in on Consciousness in the Nervous System: An Action-Based Synthesis
Adam Gazzaley, Stephen C Krieger, The Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Press Mentions

The Health Concerns That Hang over the MetaverseNovember 17th, 2021
Demy-Colton Announces BioFuture™ Speaker Lineup and Panel Sessions on October 5-6 at Cure by Deerfield in New York CitySeptember 7th, 2021
Mickey Hart Discusses Healing Nature of Music on PBS ‘NewsHour’ [Video]September 7th, 2021
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Grant Support

Neural Mechanisms Underlying Cognitive AgingNational Institute On Aging2008–2012
Mechanisms Of Self-Regulation Of Internal DistractionNational Institute On Aging2011
Top-Down Modulation &Neural Networks In Cognitive AgingNational Institute On Aging2005–2008
Top-Down Modulation &Neural Networks In Cognitive AgingNational Institute On Aging2004
Neural Mechanisms Of Memory Function In Normal AgingNational Institute On Aging2002–2004