Min Wei, PhD
Assistant Professor

E-mail: miwei@utmb.edu

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Min Wei obtained his PhD from Shanghai Institute of Physiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1999. He joined Dr. Angelaki’s Lab as a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis after that. He came to UTMB in 2006.

His research interest is in motion perception, multi-sensory integration during self-motion, and behavioral plasticity after vestibular system lesion. Multiple approaches, including behavioral analyses, inactivation and single unit recordings, are used in their research work.

Contact Information:

Phone: 409-772-2786
Fax: 409-772-2694
Email: miwei@utmb.edu

Recent Publications:

M. Wei and D. E. Angelaki (2006) Foveal visual strategy during self-motion is independent of spatial attention. J Neurosci. 26(2): 564-572.

N. Li, M. Wei, and D. E. Angelaki (2005) Primate memory saccade amplitude after intervened motion depends on target distance. J Neurophysiol. 94(1): 722-733.

M. Wei and D. E. Angelaki (2004) Viewing distance dependence of the vestibulo-ocular reflex during translation: extra-otolith influences. Vision Res.  44(9): 933-942.

M. Wei and D. E. Angelaki (2004) Does head rotation contribute to gaze stability during passive translations. J Neurophysiol. 91(4): 1913-1918.

J. Tian, M. Wei, PJ Liang, and F. Sun (2003) Effects of diazepam on closed- and open-      loop optokinetic nystagmus (OKN) in humans. Exp Brain Res. 152(4): 523-527.

M. Wei, G. C. DeAngelis, and D. E. Angelaki (2003) Do visual cues contribute to the       neural estimate of viewing distance used by the oculomotor system. J Neurosci. 23(23): 8340-8350. 

D.E. Angelaki, H.H. Zhou, and M Wei (2003) Foveal versus full-field visual stabilization strategies for translational and rotational head movements. J Neurosci. 23(4):1104-1108.

H.H. Zhou, M. Wei, and D.E. Angelaki (2002) Motor scaling by viewing distance of early visual motion signals during smooth pursuit. J Neurophysiol. 88(5): 2880-2885.

J. Tian, Q. Yang, M. Wei, J. Terdiman, and F. Sun (2002) Neostigmine-induced      alterations in fast phase of optokinetic responses in myasthenic ocular palsies. J Neurol. 249(7): 867-874.

D. E. Angelaki, M. Wei, and D. M. Merfeld (2001) Verstibular discrimination of gravity and translation accelerations. Ann N. Y. Acad. Sci. 942: 114-127.

M Wei and D. E. Angelaki (2001) Cross-Axis  adaptation of the translational vestibulo-ocular  reflex.  Exp Brain Res.  138(3): 304-12.

Q. Yang, M.Wei, F. Sun, X. J. Chen, and C. Z. Lu (2000) Open-loop and closed-loop optokinetic nystagmus (OKN) in myasthenia gravis and nonmyasthenic  subjects. Exp Neurol. 166 (1): 166-172.

M. Wei and F. Sun (1998) The alternation of optokinetic responses driven by moving  stimuli in humans. Brain Research., 813 (2): 406-410.