Larry Swanson

Tenure Track Appointments

• Milo Don and Lucille Appleman Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, 01/01/1995 –
• Professor, Departments of Biological Sciences, Psychology and Neurology, University of Southern California, 01/01/1990 –
• Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, La Jolla, California, 01/01/1985 – 01/01/1990
• Senior Member, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 07/01/1980 – 06/01/1990
• Assistant Professor of Neurobiology, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, 01/01/1979 – 01/01/1980
• Research Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University, St. Louis, 01/01/1976 – 01/01/1979
• Research Associate, Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, 01/01/1974 – 01/01/1976
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Anatomy, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, 01/01/1972 – 01/01/1974

Research, Teaching, Practice, and Clinical Appointments

• Adjunct Professor from Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, 1982-1989

PostDoctoral Appointments

• Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Associate, Washington University Department of Biology, 1974 – 1976
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Washington University School of Medicine, 1972 – 1974

Visiting and Temporary Appointments

• Visiting Associate Professor, Institute of Anatomy, University of Bergen, Norway, 1978
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1979

Summary Statement of Research Interests

Since graduate school Dr. Swanson has been interested in clarifying the organization of brain systems that mediate the expression of motivated and emotional behaviors. His experimental research has followed two main paths. First, his group has undertaken a high resolution structural analysis of central nervous system network architecture. This work has generated a new global model of hypothalamic organization, has clarified the organization and neurotransmitter specificity of brainstem reflex inputs to the hypothalamus, and is currently focussing on a new model of cerebral hemisphere inputs to the hypothalamus that mediate the voluntary control of motivated behaviors common to all animals (ingestive, reproductive, and defensive). Beginning in the early 1980s Swanson’s group has characterized functionally relevant changes in gene expression patterns restricted to neural networks they have identified. Most of this work involves adrenal and gonadal steroid hormone effects on neuropeptide gene expression patterns in circuits controlling ingestive and reproductive behavior, and in circuits controlling stress responses generally. Two interrelated concepts have emerged—the biochemical switching of information flow through anatomically fixed networks, and the polytransmitter hypothesis (at some stage of the life cycle, all neurons use glutamate or GABA, along with a mixture of other neurotransmitters). Because motivated behavior utilizes the entire nervous system, Swanson has also carried out extensive scholarly research on the fundamental plan of the brain. Swanson has produced detailed atlases of developing and adult rat brain architecture, accompanied by a systematic, fully documented taxonomy of parts. They were the first complete computer graphics atlases of the brain, and have been used to develop databases of spatial neuroanatomical information, as well as prototype three-dimensional, vector-based computer graphics models of the brain.

Research Keywords

hunger and thirst, limbic system, motivation, structural neuroscience

Contracts and Grants Awarded

• The basic wiring diagram of the brain: A global mouse brain, (NIH/UCLA Subcontract), Hong Wei Dong, L.W. Swanson, $24,987, 03/01/2012 – 08/31/2016
• Brain Architecture Knowledge Management System, (NIH/NINDS), L.W. Swanson, $317,520, 06/01/2012 – 05/31/2015
• Connections of the limbic system and hypothalamus, (NIH/NINDS), L.W. Swanson, $364,249, 06/01/2012 – 05/31/2015
• NeuArt Neurobiology, (NIH/NIMH), G.A.P.C. Burns, L.W. Swanson, $27,298, 04/01/2013 – 07/31/2013
• Computational Anatomy and Multidimensional, (UCLA Subcontract (NIH)), Swanson, L.W., $25,000, 08/01/2011 – 07/31/2012
• A mature brain architecture knowledge management system, (NIH/NINDS), Larry W. Swanson, $317,520, 06/01/2011 – 05/31/2012
• Connections of the limbic system and hypothalamus, (NIH/NINDS), Larry W. Swanson, $371,443, 06/01/2011 – 05/31/2012
• NeuArt Neurobiology, (National Institutes of Mental Health (Satellite)), Larry W. Swanson, Richard H. Thompson, $26,550, 04/01/2011 – 01/31/2012
• Computational Anatomy and Multidimensional Modeling, L.W. Swanson, $25,000, 08/01/2010 – 07/31/2011
• A Mature Brain Architecture Knowledge Management Systems (BAMS), (NIH/NIMH), L.W. Swanson, M. Bota, $320,925, 06/01/2010 – 05/31/2011
• Connections of the limbic system and hypothalamus, (NIH/NINDS), L.W. Swanson, $385,215, 06/01/2010 – 05/31/2011
• NeuArt Neurobiology, (USC Satellite Account (Burns, PI)), L.W. Swanson, R.H. Thompson, $26,084, 04/01/2010 – 03/31/2011
• A Mature Brain Architecture Knowledge Management Systems (BAMS), (Nat Inst of Neurological Disorders, Stroke), L.W. Swanson, M. Bota, $326,000, 06/01/2009 – 05/31/2010
• Connections of the limbic system and hypothalamus, (Nat Inst of Neurological Disorders, Stroke), L.W. Swanson, $356,114, 06/01/2009 – 05/31/2010
• NeuArt Neurobiology, (NIH/NIMH), L.W. Swanson, Richard Holley Thompson, $21,358, 06/01/2009 – 03/31/2010
• A Mature Brain Architecture Knowledge Management System, (Nat Inst of Neurological Disorders, Stroke), Swanson, Larry W., $423,167, 06/01/2008 – 05/31/2009
• Connections of the limbic system and hypothalamus, (NIH/NINDS), Larry W. Swanson, $356,114, 06/01/2008 – 05/31/2009
• Connections Of The Limbic System And Hypothalamus, (Nat Inst of Neurological Disorders, Stroke (NINDS)), Swanson, Larry W., $356,114, 06/01/2007 – 05/31/2008
• A Mature Brain Architecture Knowledge Management System, (National Institutes of Health), Swanson, Larry W., A. W. Toga, $314,000, 05/01/2007 – 05/31/2008
• Connections of the limbic system and hypothalamus, (NIH/NINDS), Larry W. Swanson, $366,657, 06/01/2006 – 05/31/2007
• Connections of the limbic system and hypothalamus, (NIH/NINDS), L.W. Swanson, $308,750, 06/01/2005 – 05/31/2006
• A mature brain architecture knowledge management system, (NIH/NINDS/NIMH/NIBIB/NLM), L.W. Swanson, A. W. Toga, $346,025, 05/01/2005 – 04/30/2006
• Connections of the limbic system and hypothalamus, (NIH/NINDS), L.W. Swanson, $308,750, 06/01/2004 – 05/31/2005
• Knowledge management of the neuroscientific literature, (NIH/NLM), G.A.P.C Burns, Dr. Burns is a member of the Swanson lab and occupies space in the Swanson lab., $203,125, 06/01/2004 – 05/31/2005
• A mature brain architecture knowledge management system, (NIH/NINDS/NIMH/NIBIB/NLM), L.W. Swanson, A. W. Toga, $346,025, 08/01/2004 – 04/30/2005

Conference Presentations

• Development of Adult Connectomics of the Cerebral Cortex (Inaugural Speaker) , Floyd H. Gilles Lecture in Neuroscience ResearchKeynote Lecture, Children’s Hospital, Invited, Los Angeles, CA, 2013-2014
• Development of Adult Connectomics of the Cerebral Cortex (Inaugural Speaker) , Sage Center for the Study of the MindKeynote Lecture, University of California, Santa Barbara, Invited, Santa Barbara, California, 2013-2014
• Development of Adult Connectomics of the Cerebral Cortex (Inaugural Speaker) , W.M. Keck Center for Behavioral BiologyKeynote Lecture, North Carolina State University, Invited, Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, 2013-2014
• Cortical Connectomics , Distinguished Scientist EMBL Seminar SeriesKeynote Lecture, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Invited, Monterotondo, Rome, Italy, 05/30/2014
• Data Deluge for the Brain Activity Map , 10th Kavli Futures – Data Deluge for the Brain Activity MapRoundtable/Panel, Kavli, Invited, Cal Tech, Pasadena, California, 2012-2013
• Organization of neural systems underlying motivated and emotional behavior , Pinckney J. Harmon Memorial LectureKeynote Lecture, Cajal Club, Invited, Barcelona, Spain, 2012-2013
• Organization of the neural system controlling motivation and emotion , Segerfalk Lecture, Neuroscience DayLecture/Seminar, Lund University, Invited, Lund, Sweden, 2012-2013
• Neurocircuits Coordinating Physiology and Behavior , Joseph Erlanger LectureLecture/Seminar, American Physiological Society, Invited, Washington DC, 2011-2012
• Nucleus accumbens ‘hedonic hot spot’: A new strategy for unraveling its neural circuitry , Neuroscience SeminarLecture/Seminar, NIH/NINDS, Invited, Bethesda, Maryland, 2010-2011
• Organization of neural circuitry underlying motivated and emotional behavior , University of California, San Diego Neuroscience Seminar SeriesLecture/Seminar, UCSD, Invited, La Jolla, California, 2010-2011
• Selective Topics in the History of Neural Plasticity , Winter Conference on Neural PlasticityRoundtable/Panel, Winter Conference on Neural Plasticity, Invited, Moorea, French Polynesia, 2010-2011
• A new experimental approach to understanding hypothalamic connectivity , HypothalamusTalk/Oral Presentation, Janelia Farm, Invited, Ashburn, Virginia, 2009-2010
• Connectivity Mapping , Mouse Brain ArchitectureTalk/Oral Presentation, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, Invited, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, 2009-2010
• Forebrain system controlling motivation and emotion , Howard University Seminar SeriesLecture/Seminar, Howard University, Invited, Washington, DC, 2009-2010
• Studying brain circuits for motivation and emotion , Eugene and Ruth Roberts Summer Student AcademyTalk/Oral Presentation, City of Hope, Invited, Duarte, California, 07/22/2010
• A Double Coinjection Strategy for Visualizing Extended Neuroanatomical Connections and Progressively Elaborating the Brain’s Basic Wiring Sysem , Forum of European NeuroscienceTalk/Oral Presentation, FENS, Invited, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 07/03/2010 – 07/07/2010
• Nucleus accumbens “hedonic hot spot”: A new strategy for unraveling its neural circuitry , Southern California Learning and Memory SymposiumTalk/Oral Presentation, UCLA, Invited, Los Angele, CA, 06/02/2010
• Richard Thompson as a colleague , RF Thompson: A Bridge Between 20th and 21st Century NeuroscienceTalk/Oral Presentation, College Deans, Invited, USC, 05/20/2010 – 05/21/2010
• Nucleus accumbens “hedonic hot spot”: A new strategy for unraveling its neural circuitry , Neuroscience ProgramLecture/Seminar, Columbia University, Invited, New York, New York, Fall 2009
• Presentation of Cajal Club’s highest honor, the Krieg Lifetime Achievement Award, to Nobel Prize winner Rita Levi-Montalcini , Cajal Club Annual MeetingPresentation of award, Cajal Club, Invited, Pavia, Italy, Fall 2009
• A brief history of the cerebral ventricles from antiquity to Thomas Willis , American Association of Neurological SurgeonsLecture/Seminar, AANS – Section on the History of Neurological Surg, Invited, San Diego, California, 2008-2009
• Consciousness and Anatomy of the Forebrain , BASIC Initiative WorkshopTalk/Oral Presentation, Washington University School of Medicine, Invited, St. Louis MO, 2008-2009
• Nucelus accumbens “hedonic hot spot”: A new strategy for unraveling its neural circuitry. , Distinguished Lecture in NeuroscienceKeynote Lecture, Boston College, Invited, Boston, Massachusetts, 2008-2009
• Quest for the basic plan of the nervous system. , Spring Brain Conference 2009Keynote Lecture, Spring Brain Conference, Invited, Palm Springs, CA, 2008-2009
• The hippocampus and an “hedonic hot spot” , CNS SeminarLecture/Seminar, Cal Tech, Invited, Pasadena, CA, 2008-2009
• Neural Systems Underlying Behavior , PPG MeetingLecture/Seminar, The Salk Institute, Invited, La Jolla, CA, 06/22/2009
• Cajal and the quest for the nervous system’s basic plan , Inaugural Historical Perspectives in Neuroscience LectureLecture/Seminar, New York University School of Medicine, Invited, New York, New York, 2007-2008
• Incorporating neuroinformatics into experimental and theoretical analyses of the brain circuits controlling stress , 2008 Workshop on the Neuroendocrinology of StressTalk/Oral Presentation, American Neuroendocrine Society, Invited, San Rafael, California, 2007-2008
• Introduction— toward a global nervous system parts taxonomy , INCF WorkshopTalk/Oral Presentation, International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facili, Invited, Stockholm, Sweden, 2007-2008
• Motivation circuits: past, present, and future , Janelia Farm SeminarTalk/Oral Presentation, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Janelia Farm, Invited, Ashburn, Virginia, 2007-2008
• New Insights Into Brain Organization Talk/Oral Presentation, Salk Institute, Invited, La Jolla, California, 2007-2008
• The Quest for the Basic Wiring Diagram of the Brain , 19th Annual Meeting American Neuropsychiatric AssociationTalk/Oral Presentation, The Ohio State University Medical Center and the A, Invited, Savannah, Georgia, 2007-2008
• Brain Control of Eatng Behavior , Winter Confernce on Neural PlasticityTalk/Oral Presentation, Invited, Morrea, French Polynesia, 2006-2007
• Opening Plenary Lecture , The Neurosciences in the XXl CenturyTalk/Oral Presentation, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Instituto de Ciencias B, Invited, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2006-2007
• Organization of Forebrain Circuits Controlling Motivated Behaviior , Kaka’ako Colloquium for Molecular and Behavioral Neurosciences and CMB Seminar SeriesTalk/Oral Presentation, University of Hawaii, Invited, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2006-2007
• Solving the Brain Nomenclature Problem , Brain Architecture ProjectTalk/Oral Presentation, Cold Spring Harbor Labs, Invited, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, 2006-2007
• The First Realistic Views of the Brain , The International Society for the History of the NeurosciencesTalk/Oral Presentation, ISHN, Invited, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 2006-2007
• The hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus: a model for neuroendocrine, autonomic, and behavioral integration of nerual systems. , XLlX Congresso Nacional de Ciencias FisiologicasTalk/Oral Presentation, Instituto de Neurobiologica, UNAM, Invited, Queratro City, Mexico, 2006-2007
• The organization of neural systems controlling motivated and emotional behavior. , Murray Bar LectureTalk/Oral Presentation, University of Western Canada Department of Anatomy, Ontario, Canada, 2006-2007

Other Presentations

• Understanding the nervous system’s basic wiring diagram: experimental and computational challenges, Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience (CRNS) Program, 2008 PI Meeting, Los Angeles, CA (USC), 2007-2008

Book

• Swanson, L. W. Neuroanatomical Terminology: A Lexicon of Classical Origins and Historical Foundations, pp. New York, New York: Oxford University Press, 2014.
• Amramburo, C., Jones, E.G., Larriva-Sahd, J.A & Swanson, L.W. (Ed.). (2009). From Development to Degeneration and Regeneration of the Nervous System. New York, New York: Oxford University Press.

Book Chapters

• Swanson, L. (2013). Basic Plan of the Nervous System. Fundamental Neuroscience, 4th edition pp. 15-38. Academic Press.
• Horn, J., Swanson, L. (2013). The autonomic nervous system and the hypothalamus. Chapter 47 in: Principles of Neural Science, 5th Edition, E.R. Kandel, J. Schwartz & T. Jessell (eds.). Amsterdam: Elsevier.
• Swanson, L. (2013). Nervous system organization: connectonomics and connectome. Neurosciences in the 21st Century Springer Science.
• Card, P., Swanson, L. (2013). The hypothalamus: an overview of regulatory systems. Fundamental Neuroscience, 4th edition pp. 717-727. Amsterdam: Elsevier/Academic Press.
• Swanson, L. (2012). Thoughts on translating Cajal. In. Ove Hagelin Fetschrift.
• Swanson, L.W., Ribak, C., Aramburo, C., Jones, E.G. Larriva Sahd, J.A. (Ed.). (2009). Development of the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus. In:From Development to Degeneration and Regeneration of the Nervous System. pp. 69-84. New York: Oxford University Press.
• Swanson, L. (2008). Basic plan of the nervous system. Ch. 2 In: Fundamental Neuroscience, 3rd Editiion, L.R. Squire, D. Berg, F.E. Bloom, S. du Lac, A. Ghosh & N.C. Spitzer (eds.). 3rd Edition pp. Chapter Two. Amsterdam: Academic Press.
• Swanson, L. (2008). The hypothalamus: an overview of regulatory systems. Ch. 34 in: Fundamental Neuroscience, 3rd Edition, L.R. Squire, D. Berg, F.E. Bloom, S. du Lac, A. Ghosh & N.C. Spitzer (eds.). 3rd Edition pp. 795-806. Amsterdam: Academic Press.
• Pfaff, D., Kieffer, B., Swanson, L. (2008). Mechanisms for the regulation of state changes in the CNS; an introduction. (Vol. 1129) pp. 1-7. New York, New York: Annals of the New York Academy of Science.
• Swanson, L. (2007). Paraventricular nucleus. In: Encyclopedia of Stress, 2nd Edition, G. Fink (ed.). 2nd Edition pp. 75-78. San Diego: Academic Press.
• Kruger, L., Swanson, L. (2007). 1710: the introduction of experimental nervous system physiology and anatomy by Francois Pourfour du Petit. In: Brain, Mind and Medicine: Essays in 18th Century Neuroscience, H. Whitaker, C.U.M. Smith, S. Finger (eds.). New York: Springer.

Journal Article

• Bota, M., Talpalaru, S., Hiniryan, H., Dong, H., Swanson, L., W., L. W. (2014). BAMS2 Workspace: a comprehensive and versatile neuroinformatic platform for collating and processing neuroanatomical connections. Journal of Comparative Neurology.Vol. 522,pp. 3160-3176.
• Brown, R. A., Swanson, L. (2013). Neural systems language: a formal modeling language for the systematic description , unambiguous communication, and automated digital curation of neural connectivity. Journal of Comparative Neurology. Vol. 521, pp. 2889-2906.
• Bota, M., Sporns, O., Swanson, L. (2012). Neuroinformatics analysis of molecular expression patterns, and neuron populations in gray matter regions: the rat BST as a rich exemplar. Brain Research Reiews. Vol. 1450, pp. 174-193.
• Hahn, J., Swanson, L. (2012). Connections of the lateral hypothalamic area juxtadorsalmedial region in the male rat. Journal of Comparative Neurology. Vol. 520, pp. 1831-1890.
• Bota, M., Dong, H., Swanson, L. (2012). Combining collation and annotation efforts toward completion of the rat and mouse connectomes in BAMS. Neuroinformatics. Vol. 6, pp. 1-10.
• Swanson, L. (2012). Obituary notice for Edward G. Jones. Journal of the History of Neuroscience: Basic Clinical Perspectives. Vol. 21, pp. 316-318.
• Canteras, N., Ribeiro-Barbosa, E., Goto, M., Cipolla-Neto, J., Swanson, L. (2011). The retinohypothalamic tract: comparison of axonal projection pattern from the four major targets. Brain Research Reviews. Vol. 65, pp. 150-183.
• Baudry, M. & Swanson, L.W. (Ed.). (2011). R.F. Thompson: A Bridge Between 20th and 21st Century Neuroscience. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. Vol. 95, pp. 103-220.
• Bentivoglio, M., Jones, E.G., Mazzarello, P., Ribak, C.E., Shepherd, G.M. & Swanson, L.W., (Ed.). (2011). Camillo Golgi and Modern Neuroscience. Brain Research Reviews. Vol. 66 (1-269)
• Thompson, R., Swanson, L. (2010). Hypothesis-driven structural connectivity analysis supports network over hierarchical model of brain architecture. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Vol. 107, pp. 15235-15239.
• Hahn, J., Swanson, L. (2010). Distinct patterns of neural input and outputs of the juxtaparaventricular and suprafornical regions in the lateral hypothalamic area in the male rat. Brain Research Reviews. Vol. 64, pp. 14-103.
• Bota, M., Swanson, L. (2010). Collating and curating neuroanatomical nomenclatures: principles and use of the Brain Architecture Knowledge Management System (BAMS). Frontiers in Neuroinformatics. Vol. 4 (3), pp. 1-16.
• Swanson, L., Bota, M. (2010). Foundational Model of nervous system structural connectivity: a schema for wiring diagrams, connectome, and basic plan architecture. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Vol. 107, pp. 20610-20617.
• Simmons, D., Swanson, L. (2009). Comparing histological data from different brains: sources of error and strategies for minimizing them. Brain Research Review. Vol. 60, pp. 349-367.
• Dong, H., Swanson, L., Chen, L., Fanselow, M., Toga, A. (2009). Genomic-anatomic evidence for distinct functional domains in hippocampal field CA1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. Vol. 106, pp. 11794-11799.
• Simmons, D., Swanson, L. (2009). Comparison of the spatial distribution of seven type os neuroendocrine neurons in the rat paraventricular nucleus: toward a global 3-D model. Journal of Comparative Neurology. Vol. 516, pp. 423-441.
• Motta, S., Goto, M., Gouveia, G., Baldo, M., Canteras, N., Swanson, L. (2009). Dissecting the brain’s fear system reveals the hypothalamus is critical for responding in subordinate conspecific intruders. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Vol. 106, pp. 4870-4875.
• Bohland, J., Wu, C., Barbas, H., Bokil, H., Bota, M., Breiter, H., Cline, H., Doyle, J., Freed, P., Greenspan, R., Hererra, D., Hiletag, C., Huang, Z., Jones, A., Hawrylycz, M., Haber, S., Karten, H., Kleinfeld, D., Kotter, R., Lester, H., Lin, J., Mensh, B., Mikula, S., Pansepp, J., Price, J., Safdieh, J., Saper, C., Stillman, B., Schiff, N., Schmahmann, J., Svoboda, K., Swanson, L., Toga, A., Van Essen, D., Watson, J., Mitra, P. (2009). A proposal for a coordinated effort for the determination of brainwide neuroanatomical connectivity in model organisms at a mesoscopic scale. PLoS Computational Biology. Vol. 5, pp. e1000334.
• Bota, M., Swanson, L. (2008). BAMS neuroantomical ontology: design and implementation. Frontiers in Neuroscience. Vol. doi:10.3389/neuro.11.002.2008
• Cenquizca, L., Swanson, L. (2008). Spatial organization of direct hippocampal field CA1 axonal projections to the rest of the crebral cortex. Brain Research Reivew. Vol. 56, pp. 1-26.
• Simmons, D., Swanson, L. (2008). High resolution paraventricular nucleus serial section model constructed within a traditional rat brain atlas. Neuroscience Letters. Vol. 438, pp. 85-89.
• Bota, M., Swanson, L. (2007). Online workbenches for neural network connections. Journal of Comparative Neurology/Wiley. Vol. 500(5) 807-814
• Swanson, L. (2007). The neuron classification problem. Brain Research Reivew.
• Swanson, L. (2007). Quest for the basic plan of nervous system circuitry. Brain Research Review. Vol. 55, pp. 356-372.
• Dong, H., Swanson, L. (2006). Projections from the bed nuclei of the stria terminalis, dorsomedial nucleus: implicatons for cerebral hemisphere integration of neuroendocrine, autonomic and drinking responses. Journal of Comparative Neurology/Wiley. Vol. 494, pp. 75-107.
• Dong, H., Swanson, L. (2006). Projections from the bed nuclei of the stria terminalis, magnocellular nucleus: implications for cerebral hemisphere regulation of micutrition, defecation and penile erection. Journal of Comparative Neurology/Wiley. Vol. 494, pp. 108-141.
• Cenquizca, L., Swanson, L. (2006). An analysis of direct hippocampal cortical field CA1 axonal projections to diencephalons in the rat. Journal of Comparative Neurology/Wiley. Vol. 497, pp. 101-114.
• Burns, A. P., Cheng, W., Thompson, R. F., Swanson, L. (2006). The NeuARt II system: a viewing tool for neuroanatomical data based on published neuroanatomical atlases. BMC Bioinformatics. Vol. n/a
• Dong, H., Swanson, L. (2006). Projections from bed nuclei of the stria terminalis, anteromedial area: cerebral hemisphere integration of neuroendocrine, autonomic, and behavioral aspects of energy balance. Journal of Comparative Neurology/Wiley. Vol. 494, pp. 142-178.
• Swanson, L. (2006). A new module for online manipulation and display of molecular information in the brain architecture managment system. Informatics/Humane. Vol. 4, pp. 275-298.
• Choi, G., Dong, H., Murphy, A., Valenzuela, D., Yancopoulos, G., Swanson, L., Anderson, D. (2005). Lhx6 delineates a pathway mediating innate reproductive behaviors frm the amygdala to the hypothalamus. Neuron. Vol. 46, pp. 647-660.
• Goto, M., Canteras, N., Burns, A. P., Swanson, L. (2005). Projections from the subfornical region of the lateral hypothalamic area. Journal of Comparative Neurology/Wiley. Vol. 493(3), pp. 412-38.
• Bota, M., Dong, H., Swanson, L. (2005). Brain architecture management system. Neuroinformatics/Humane. Vol. 3, pp. 15-48.
• Swanson, L., Sanchez-Watts, G., Watts, A. (2005). Comparison of melanin-concentrating hormone and hypocretin/orexin mRNA expression patterns in a new parcelating scheme of the lateral hypothalamic zone. Neuroscience Letters/Elsevier. Vol. 387, pp. 80-84.
• Swanson, L. (2005). Anatomy of the soul as reflected in the cerebral hemispheres: neural circuits underlying voluntary control of basic motivated behaviors. Journal of Comparative Neurology/Wiley. Vol. 493, pp. 122-131.
• Bota, M., Dong, H., Swanson, L. (2003). From gene networks to brain networks. Nature Neuroscience/Nature Publishing Group. Vol. 8(6), pp. p. 795-799.

Monograph

• Swanson, L.W., Grant, G., Grillner, S., Hökfelt, T., Johnes, E.G. & Morrison, J. (Ed.). (2007). A Century of Neuroscience Discovery: Reflecting on the Nobel Prize to Golgi and Cajal in 1906. Brain Research Reviews.

Proceedings

• Bota, M., Swanson, L. (2008). 1st INCF Workshop on Neuroanatomical Nomenclature and Taxonomy. Nature Precedings.
• Swanson, L.Architecture of the neural system that controls eating and drinking behavior. Stockholm, Sweden.

Other

• Swanson, L.Petrovich GD, Scicli AP, Thompson RF, Swanson LW Associative fear conditioning of enkephalin mRNA levels in central amygdalar neurons. Behav. Neurosci. 114:681-686 (2000).
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• Swanson, L.Swanson LW, Lufkin T, Colman DR Organization of nervous systems. In: Functional Neuroscience, chapter 2, MJ Zigmond, FE Bloom, SC Landis, JL Roberts, LR Squire (eds.), Academic Press, San Diego, pp.9-37 (1999).
• Swanson, L.Swanson LW Brain Maps: Structure of the Rat Brain. A Laboratory Guide with Printed and Electronic Templates for Data, Models and Schematics. Second revised edition (includes double CD ROM). 268 pp., Elsevier, Amsterdam (1998-1999).
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• Swanson, L.Swanson LW, Petrovich GD What is the amygdala. Trends in Neurosci. 28:323-331 (1998).
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• Brain Architecture, Biological Sciences, Spring 2010
• Brain and Emotion, Biological Sciences, 2006-2007

• USC University Professor, 2012
• National Academy Member, National Academy of Sciences, 2010
• American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, Fellow, 2002
• USC Endowed Professorship, University Professor and Appleman Professor of Biological Sciences, Neurology and Psychology, 1995/01/01
• 2nd Javits Investigator Award in Neuroscience, 2006-2013
• USC Associates Award For Creativity In Research And Scholarship, The University’s highest research award, 2005
• American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow, Fellow, 2003
• Doctor of Laws (honoris causa), Concordia University, Montreal, 2003
• Fellow (or Equivalent) of National Society in Discipline, American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, 2003
• Institute for Scientific Information, 100 most cited scientific resesarcher from 1980 to 2000, 2001
• USC Raubenheimer Outstanding Senior Faculty Award, The USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences award for distinguished Faculty in combined teaching, research and service, 1996
• Javits Neuroscience Investigator (MERIT) award, NINDS, 1986-1992
• Institute for Scientific Information, 100 most cited scientific resesarcher from 1980 to 2000, 1991
• McKnight Neuroscience Development Award, 1985-1987
• C.J. Herrick Award (American Association of Anatomists), 1980
• Sloan Research Fellowship Recipient, A.P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship in Neuroscience, 1977-1980

Office Hours

Monday, Wednesdays and Thursdays : 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m, By appointment

Administrative Appointments

• Director, NIBS-Neuroscience Program, 2001 – 2004
• Founding Coordinator, Neuroscience Graduate Program, 1997 – 2004
• Dean of Research, 1998 – 2000
• Director, Research and Graduate Program in Neurobiology, 1993 – 1997

Committees

• Co-Chair, USC Strategic Planning subcommittee on Research and Innovation, 2011 –
• Co-Chair, Search Committee, Keck Chair in Biological Sciences, 07/01/2010 – 06/30/2011
• Co-Chair, Planning Committee, Richard F. Thompson Symposium: A bridge between 20th and 21st Century Neuroscience., 01/09/2009 – 05/22/2010
• Chair, Provost’s Neuroscience Advisory Group, 2001 – 2006
• Member, Faculty Senate Executive Committee, 1992-1993

Media, Alumni, and Community Relations

• ALOUD Series, Library Foundation of Los Angeles: Terry McDermott, author of 101 Theory Drive and Dr. Gary Lynch —How Memories Get Made, moderated by Dr. Larry Swanson, 2009-2010
• ALOUD Series, Library Foundation of Los Angeles: Robert P. Crease, author of The Great Equations: Breakthroughs in Science from Pythagorus to Heisenberg, in conversation with Dr. Larry Swanson, 2009-2010

Committees

• Member, Friedman Brain Institute at Mt. Sinai Advisory Committee, 2011 –
• Member, American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Class II, Section 3 membership panel, 2007 –
• Chair, Audit Committee, Society for Neuroscience, 2013 – 2014
• Member, NIMH Board of Scientific Counselors, 2006 – 2012
• Member, Society for Neurosciences Publications Committee, 2006 – 2009

Conferences Organized

• President, Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC, 2013
• Co-Organizer, Cajal Club, Davis, California, 2009-2010
• Co-Organizer, RF Thompson: A Bridge Between 20th and 21st Century Neuroscience, USC, 05/20/2010 – 05/21/2010
• Co-Chair, International Symposium of the Cajal Club, Juquilla, Qro, Mexico, 2007-2008

Editorships and Editorial Boards

• Founding Editorial Board Member, ASN Neuro, 2008 –
• Editorial Board, Elsevier LabSuite BrainNavigator, 2008 –
• Associate Editor, Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2007 –
• Editorial Board, Handbook of Behavioral Neurobiology, 1995 –
• Editorial Board Member, Journal of the History of Neurosciences, 1995 –
• Editorial Baord Member, Brain Research Reviews, 1993 –
• Editorial Board Member, Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, 1993 –
• Editorial Advisory Board Member, Brain Research Bulletin, 1988 –
• Editorial Board Member, European Journal of Neuroscience, 1987 –
• Member, Board of Co-Editors, Experimental Brain Research, 1984 –
• Editorial Board Member, Journal of Comparative Neurology, 1993 – 2005

Professional Offices

• Historian, Cajal Club, 09/01/2008 –
• President, Society for Neuroscience, 10/18/2012 – 11/12/2013
• President, Cajal Club , 09/01/2004 – 08/31/2006
• Secretary, Society for Neuroscience, 11/01/1998 – 10/31/2000

Professional Memberships

• National Academy of Sciences (elected Member), 2010 –
• Groiler Club (elected Member), 2009 –
• Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities, Elected Fellow (2007), 2007 –
• Dana Alliance for Brain Initiative, 2005 –
• American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Elected Fellow, 2003, 2003 –
• American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow (2002), 2002 –
• Cajal Club (President, 2004 -2006; Historian 2008-Present ), 2002 –
• Society for Neuroscience (Secretary, 1998-2000; President 2012-2013), 1971 –
• International Behavioral Neuroscience Society, 1999 – 2006
• International Society for Autonomic Neuroscience (International Steering Committee), 1999 – 2006
• International Society for the History of the Neurosciences, 1995 – 2006

Review Panels

• NIH/NIMH, Blue Ribbon Evaluation Meeting, 2008-2009

Media, Alumni, and Community Relations

• ALOUD Series, Library Foundation of Los Angeles: Simon LeVay, author of Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why: The Science of Sexual Orientation, in conversation with Larry Swanson (October 5, 2010), 2010-2011
• PBS/Nobel Media/KIKlm Media: The Mystery of Memory, interviewed in the documentary; see Nobelprize.org, 2010-2011
• ALOUD series, Library Foundation of Los Angeles, Robert P. Crease, author of The Great Equations: Breakthroughs in Science from Pythagoras to Heisenberg, in conversation with Larry Swanson, 2009-2010
• ALOUD Series, Library Foundation of Los Angeles: Terry McDermott, author of 101 Theory Drive and Dr. Gary Lynch —How Memories Get Made, moderated by Dr. Larry Swanson, 2009-2010
• ALOUD Series, Library Foundation of Los Angeles: Jonah Lehrer, author of How We Decide, in conversation with Larry Swanson (February 12), 2008-2009

Other Service to the Profession

• Consultant, Allen Institute for Brain Science; Advisory Council, Human Gene Expression Brain Atlas Project, 08/01/2007 –
• Visiting Scholar, Department of Neurobiology, UCLA, 2010-2011