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Brody School of Medicine
Department of Physiology


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Dr. Richard H. Ray, Ph.D.
Richard Ray Professor
Department of Physiology

Adjunct Professor
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
 
Phone: (252) 744-2766
Fax: (252) 744-3460
Email: RayRi@ecu.edu

Mailing Address:
Brody School of Medicine, 6E-116A
600 Moye Blvd.
Greenville, NC 27834


 
Education/Employment
1972 B.A., University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
1980 Ph.D., Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA
1980-1982 Ahmanson Fellow, Brain Research Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA


 
Educational Projects
  • Course Director: Medical Neuroscience
  • Co-Director: Distance Learning COurses: PHLY 4330 - Human Physiology and PHLY 6050 - Pathophysiology
 
Professional Societies
  • Society for Neuroscience
  • International Association of Medical Science Educators
  • American Physiological Society
  • Human Anatomy and Physiology Society
  • International Brain Research Organization
 
Representative Manuscripts
Ray RH and Doetsch GS. Coding of stimulus location and intensity in populations of mechanosensitive nerve fibers of the raccoon: I. Single fiber response properties. Brain Research Bulletin 25:517-532, 1990.

Craner SL and Ray RH. Somatosensory cortex of the neonatal pig: I. Topographic organization of the primary somatosensory cortex (SI). Journal of Comparative Neurology 306:24-38, 1991.

Hamilton GF, Robinson TK and Ray RH. The effects of helium-neon laser upon regeneration of the crushed peroneal nerve. Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy 15:209- 214, 1992.
 
Recent Presentations
Brewer KL and Ray RH. Contributions ofthe dorsal column nuclei to functional plasticity in adult rats. Experimental Biology '95, Atlanta, GA, April, 1995.

Ray RH and Iams SG. Copyright issues in distance education: fair use interpretation for timely development of web-based teaching of basic sciences. Proceedings of the 4th Biennial Conference of the International Association of Medical Science Educators, Washington, D.C., July, 1999.

Iams SG and Ray RH. Teaching a physiology course for physician assistant students using the internet. Proceedings of the 4th Biennial Conference of the International Association of Medical Science Educators, Washington, D.C., July, 1999.

Ray RH. Historical perspectives from neuroscience case studies. Human Anatomy and Physiology Society Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC, January, 2000.
 
PubMed Publications
1: Craner SL, Ray RH.
Abstract Somatosensory cortex of the neonatal pig: II. Topographic organization of the secondary somatosensory cortex (SII).
J Comp Neurol. 1991 Apr 1;306(1):39-48.
PMID: 2040728 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
2: Craner SL, Ray RH.
Abstract Somatosensory cortex of the neonatal pig: I. Topographic organization of the primary somatosensory cortex (SI).
J Comp Neurol. 1991 Apr 1;306(1):24-38.
PMID: 2040727 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
3: Ray RH, Doetsch GS.
Abstract Coding of stimulus location and intensity in populations of mechanosensitive nerve fibers of the raccoon: II. Across-fiber response patterns.
Brain Res Bull. 1990 Oct;25(4):533-50.
PMID: 2271958 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
4: Ray RH, Doetsch GS.
Abstract Coding of stimulus location and intensity in populations of mechanosensitive nerve fibers of the raccoon: I. Single fiber response properties.
Brain Res Bull. 1990 Oct;25(4):517-32.
PMID: 2271957 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
5: Klein CM, Ray RH, Burden HW.
Abstract Direct electrical stimulation of the superior ovarian nerve in rats causes an increase in neuronal activity in the ipsilateral ovarian plexus nerve.
Brain Res. 1989 Feb 6;479(1):194-200.
PMID: 2924149 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]