Dr. Richard H. Ray, Ph.D.

Professor

Phone: 252-744-2766
Fax: 252-744-3460
E-mail: rayri@ecu.edu

Education/Employment

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

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.

PubMed Publications

1. Craner SL, Ray RH.
   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.
   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.
   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.
   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.
   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]