Amir Zarrinpar
Amir Zarrinpar, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Zarrinpar graduated Magna Cum Laude with an AB in Psychology and Biology (certificate Cognitive Neuroscience) from Harvard University in 1999 and entered the MD/PhD program in at UCSD. He earned his PhD in Neurosciences in 2006 working with Dr. Ed Callaway at the Salk Institute on his thesis entitled "Local Functional Input to Neurons in the Deep Layers of Rat Visual Cortex." He also served as an associate editor for the medical student section of JAMA from 2001 to 2004. He is currently a first year resident and he will pursue his fellowship training in Gastroenterology.
Selected Publications
Zarrinpar, A. & Callaway, E.M. (in preparation) "Functional local input to layer 5 pyramidal neurons in the rat visual cortex."
Zarrinpar, A. & Callaway, E.M. (2006) "Local connections to specific types of layer 6 neurons in the rat visual cortex." Journal of Neurophysiology, 95, 1751-1761.
Zarrinpar, A., Deldin, P., and Kosslyn, S.M. (2006) "Effects of Depression on sensory/motor vs. central processing in visual mental imagery." Cognition and Emotion, 20, 737-758.
Laeng, B., Zarrinpar, A., Kosslyn, S.M. (2003) "Do separate processes identify objects as exemplars versus members of basic-level categories? Evidence from hemispheric specialization." Brain and Cognition 53, 15-27.
Zarrinpar, A. (2003) "MSJAMA: Quarantine." JAMA 290, 2872.
Zarrinpar, A. (2003) "MSJAMA: Roles for medical students in the political process." JAMA 290, 1774.
Zarrinpar, A. (2002) "MSJAMA: Psychiatry and stigmatization." JAMA 287, 1856.