Carla Shatz

Published8 Dec 2020
Author Calli McMurray
Source BrainFacts/SfN

Neuroscientist Carla Shatz discovered how the prenatal brain hones its visual circuits before the eyes ever see the world.

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About the Author

Calli McMurray

Calli McMurray is the Media & Science Writing Associate at SfN. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2019 with a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience.

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References

2016 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience. (2016, December 16). Retrieved November 10, 2020, from http://kavliprize.org/prizes-and-laureates/prizes/2016-kavli-prize-neuroscience

Stanford Medicine, N. C. (2017). Carla Shatz, her breakthrough discovery in vision and the developing brain. Retrieved November 10, 2020, from https://stanmed.stanford.edu/2017summer/carla-shatz-vision-brain.html

Carla Shatz. (2018). Neuron, 99(5), 880-883. doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2018.08.027