Curriculum Vitae - Neuroscience Program - Michigan State University

Name: John Irwin Johnson
Birthdate: August 18, 1931
Title: Professor
Education:
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN A.B. 1952 Philosophy
Purdue University, Lafayette, IN M.S. 1955 Psychology
Purdue University, Lafayette, IN Ph.D. 1957 Psychology
Research and Professional Experience:
1999- present Professor, Radiology Department and Neuroscience Program, Michigan State University,
East Lansing, MI.
1981-1998 Professor, Anatomy Department and Neuroscience Program, Michigan State University,
East Lansing, MI.
1969-1981, Professor, 1965-1969, Associate Professor, Biophysics, Psychology, and Zoology
Departments and Neuroscience Program (1973-1978, chairman, Biophysics Department), Michigan State
University, East Lansing, MI.
1964-1965, Fulbright-Hays Research Scholar, Brain Research Unit, Department of Physiology,
University of Sydney, Australia (Sponsor: P. O. Bishop).
1963-1964, Project Associate, Regional Primate Research Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison,
WI (Project Director: H. F. Harlow).
1960-1963, USPHS Special Research Fellow, Laboratory of Neurophysiology, University of Wisconsin,
Madison, WI (Sponsors: C. N. Woolsey and W. I. Welker).
1958-1960, Assistant Professor, 1957-1958, Instructor, Department of Psychology, Marquette
University, Milwaukee, WI.
Honors:
A.B. Magna cum Laude
XR Fellow, Purdue Research Foundation 1955-56
USPHS Special Research Fellowship 1960-1963
NIH Career Development Award 1965-1972
Third Honorary Life Member, Anatomical Assn. of Australia and New
Zealand 1973
Visiting Fellow, Dept. of Psychology, Yale Univ., New Haven, CT
1975-1976.
Editorial Board, Brain, Behavior and. Evolution 1983-1998
Major Research Interest: Evolution of Brains of Vertebrates
Professional Organizations:
Amer. Assn. Adv. Sci., Amer. Assn. Anatomists, Amer. Assn. Univ. Prof., Amer. Soc. Mammal.,
Animal Beh. Soc., J. B. Johnston Club, New York Acad. Sci., Soc. Neuroscience, Soc. Sigma Xi, Soc.
Integrative & Comparative Biol.
Served as Major Professor and Thesis Advisor for:
Edwin W Rubel, Ph. D., Psychology, 1969 (with G. I. Hatton, co-major professor), now Virginia
Merrill Bloedel Professor of Hearing Sciences, Departments of Otolaryngology and Physiology, Univ. of
Washington, Seattle, WA (president, Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1998-1999).

Philip S. Ulinski, Ph. D., Zoology, 1969, now professor, (and until recently Chairman), Department of
Anatomy and Organismic Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
John R. Haight, Ph. D., Zoology, 1971, retired Head, Dept. of Anatomy, Univ. of Tasmania, Hobart,
Tas., Australia
W. Lee Weller, Ph. D., Biophysics, 1972, now Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Anatomy, Univ. of Tasmania,
Hobart, Tas., Australia
Robert C. Switzer III, Ph. D., Biophysics, 1973, now President and CEO of NeuroScience Associates,
Knoxville, TN.
Robert G. Canada, Ph. D., Biophysics, 1979 (with M. A. El Bayoumi, co-major professor), now
Associate Professor, Physiology and Biophysics, Howard University, Washington, DC
Paul Herron, Ph. D., Psychology and Neuroscience, 1979, now Assistant Professor, Dept. of Anatomy
and Neurobiology, Univ. of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN.
Sharleen T. Sakai, Ph. D., Psychology and Neuroscience, 1980, now Associate Professor, Dept. of
Psychology, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI.
Joanna M. Hill, Ph. D., Zoology, 1981, now staff Expert, Lab. of Developmental Neurobiology,
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
E. -Michael Ostapoff, Ph. D., Psychology and Neuroscience, 1982, now Asst. Professor in Residence,
Department of Anatomy, Univ. of Connecticut Center for Health Sci., Farmington, CT
Steven Warach, Ph. D., Psychology and Neuroscience, 1983, now Chief, Section on Stroke Diagnostics
and Therapeutics, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, National Institutes of Health,
Bethesda, MD
Sidney I. Wiener, Ph. D., Biophysics and Neuroscience, 1983, now Research Fellow, C.N.R.S.
Laboratory of Sensory Physiology, Paris, France.
Sanford H. Feldman, Ph. D., Biophysics, 1985, now Director, Center for Comparative Medicine, Univ.
of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Sponsored Postdoctoral Research Associates:
Gilberto B. Campos, M. D., 1970-71, retired head, Dept. of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Fed. Univ. of
Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Charles R. R. Watson, M. D., 1974, 1978, now Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Division of Health Sciences,
Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia
Laura L. Symonds, Ph. D., 1987-8, now Asst. Prof., Psychiatry and Radiology Depts., Michigan State
Univ., East Lansing, MI
Current Teaching:
Anatomy 551 (with Anatomy faculty, Dr. E. J. Potchen, coordinator) Medical Gross Anatomy (for M.
D. and D. O. students)
Anatomy 552 (interdepartmental with Neurology and Ophthalmology, Physiology and Radiology depts.)
(with Anatomy, Physiology, Radiology Faculty, Dr. D. I. Kaufman, coordinator) Medical Neuroscience
(for D. O. and M. D. students)
Anatomy 820. (coordinator) Advanced Neuroanatomy (for M.S. and Ph. D. students)
Anatomy 839 (interdepartmental with Pharmacology/Toxicology and Physiology Depts.). (coordinator)
Systems Neuroscience (for M. S. and Ph. D. students).
Anatomy 885 (interdepartmental with Physiology Dept.). Vertebrate Neural Systems. (for M. S. and Ph.
D. students)
Publications:

PAPER
2001
Marino L, Sudheimer KD, Murphy TL, Davis KK, Pabst DA, McLellan WA, Rilling JK, Johnson JI
2001 Anatomy and three-dimensional reconstructions of the brain of a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops
truncatus) from magnetic resonance images (MRI). The Anatomical Record, 264:397–414.
. Marino L, Murphy TL, Morris JA, DeWeerd AL, Ridgway SH, Fobbs AJ, Humblot N, Johnson JI.
2001 Anatomy and three-dimensional reconstructions of the brain of the white whale from magnetic
resonance images. The Anatomical Record 262 (4): 429 – 439.
Marino L, Murphy TL, Gozal L, Johnson JI. 2001 Magnetic resonance imaging and three-dimensional
reconstructions of the brain of a fetal common dolphin. Anatomy and Embryology 203 (5): 393 – 402.
Johnson JI, Marino L, Sudheimer KD, Rilling JK, Davis KK, Murphy, TL, Fobbs AJ. 2001 A 3-D atlas
of the brain of a bottlenose dolphin in magnetic resonance images. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts
27:23.61.
Sudheimer KD, Winn MB, Shoaps JM, Davis KK, Fobbs AJ, Johnson JI. 2001 Three-dimensional MRI
atlas of the human brain for classroom use. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 27: 855.7
Johnson JI, Sudheimer KD, Marino L, Rilling JK, Murphy TL, Fobbs AJ. 2001 Atlas of the brain of
bottle-nose dolphin Tursiops truncatus using magnetic resonance images and corresponding stained
sections. American Zoologist 41 (6): 1487-8. Abstract P2.19
2000
Johnson JI, Sudheimer KD, Davis KK, Osborn CE, Winn MB, Fobbs AJ, Humblot N 2000 Online atlas of the
sheep brain for use in classes in neuroscience. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 26:21.10
Murphy TL, Marino L, Morris JA, DeWeerd AL, Ridgway SH, Fobbs AJ, Humblot N, Johnson JI. 2000
A 3-d atlas of the brain of a beluga whale in magnetic resonance images. Society for Neuroscience
Abstracts. 26: 462.3
1999
A. J. Fobbs, L. Marino, J. I. Johnson, J. A. Morris 1999 Three-dimensional reconstruction of cetacean (dolphin,
whale, and porpoise) brains from postmortem magnetic resonance images. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts
25: 47.21
J. I. Johnson, C. E. Osborn, J. A. Morris, P. M. Gorayski, S. E. Sheppard, R. A. Carloni 1999 Bat diets related
to volumes of the superior and inferior colliculi. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts. 25: 249.23
J. I. Johnson , M. LeGare, W. Welker, C. L. Dizack, K. L. Graeme, J. A. Morris, P. M. Gorayski, C. E.
Osborn, S. E. Sheppard, R. A. Carloni, B. M. Winn, A. J. Fobbs, A. Noe 1999 Use of brain collections
on the internet in undergraduate instruction in neuroscience. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts. 25:
104,55
Johnson JI, LeGare M, Welker WI, Fobbs AJ, Noe A, Humblot N, Graeme KL, Dizack CL, Morris JA,
Gorayski PM, Carloni RA, Sheppard SE, Winn BM, Osborn CE. 1999 Use of museum specimens in
undergraduate and K-12 instruction by means of images on the internet. American Zoologist, 1999, 39
(5): 34a
1998
Johnson, J. I., C. E. Osborn, J. A. Morris, S. E. Sheppard, P. M. Gorayski. 1998 A neuroanatomical measure of
visual and auditory dominance in behavioral guidance. American Zoologist 38: 58A

Johnson, J. I., A.J. Fobbs, A. Noe, W. I. Welker, B.R.Walker.1998 Educational materials for
comparative neurobiology from museum resources. American Zoologist 38: 132A
Fobbs, A. J., A. Noe, J. I. Johnson, W. I. Welker, B. R. Walker. 1998 Museum resources for teaching of
neuroscience. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 24:248.
Haight, J. R., J. I. Johnson 1998 Marsupials, nervous system. In Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, 2d
paper edition. G. Adelman and B. H. Smith, eds., Amsterdam: Elsevier Science.
Johnson, J. I., Welker, W.I., Dizack, C. L., Fobbs, A. J., Noe, A. 1997 Comparative mammalian brain
collections web site: a neuroscience teaching resource. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts. 23:284.
1997
Johnson, J. I., Welker, W.I., Dizack, C. L., Fobbs, A. J. and Noe, A.
Comparative mammalian brain collections web site: a neuroscience teaching
resource. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts. 23:284.
Switzer, R.C.III, Johnson, J.I., Kurtz, A.J., McIncrow, R.G., Welker, W., Noe, A. and Fobbs, A. J.
Brain Library: Primate brains--Prototype of a CD-ROM for making available images of whole brains and
stained sections from museum collections. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts. 23:284.
1994
Johnson, J. I., J. A. W. Kirsch, R. L. Reep, and R. C. Switzer Phylogeny through brain traits: More
characters for the analysis of mammalian evolution. Brain, Beh. and Evolution, 43: 319-347.
Johnson, J.I. and W. I. Welker Collections of mammalian brains at the University of Wisconsin and
Michigan State University. Association of Systematics Collections Newsletter, 22: 77-79.
1993
Johnson, J. I. and J. A. W. Kirsch Phylogeny through brain traits: interordinal relationships among
mammals including Primates and Chiroptera. Ch. 9 in R. D. E. MacPhee, ed., Primates and Their
Relatives in Phylogenetic Perspective. New York: Plenum. pp. 293-332.
Johnson, J. I. and W. W. Liston 1993 Posterior border zones like the anterior border zones in S I
cortex of raccoons. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 19: 764.
Johnson, J. I. 1993 Wally Welker: A career in relating brains, behaviors, and evolutions. Brain, Beh.
and Evol. 41: 51-56.
1991
Johnson, J. I. and J. A. W. Kirsch Phylogeny through brain traits: interordinal relationships among
mammals including Primates and Chiroptera. Amer. J. Phys. Anthropol. Suppl. 12: 100 (Abstract).
1990
Johnson, J. I. Comparative development of somatic sensory cortex, Ch. 15 in E. G. Jones and A.
Peters, eds., Cerebral Cortex, vol. 8B, Comparative Structure and Evolution of Cerebral Cortex. New
York: Plenum. pp. 331-445.
1989

Reep, R. L., J. I. Johnson, R. C. Switzer and W. I. Welker Manatee cerebral cortex: cytoarchitecture of
the frontal region in Trichechus manatus latirostris. Brain Beh. Evol., 34: 365-386.
Johnson, J. I., R. L. Reep, R. C. Switzer, J. A. W. Kirsch and W. I. Welker Seven more brain traits
whose variants elucidate mammalian phylogeny. Soc. Neuroscience Abstr. 15: 376.
Johnson, J. I., and J. A. W. Kirsch Contributions of neuromorphology to the analysis of mammalian
phylogeny, and vice versa. Ann. Soc. roy. zool. Belg. vol. 119, Suppl. 1: 16 (Abstracts, Third
International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology).
1988
Ostapoff, E. -M., and J. I. Johnson Distribution of cells projecting to thalamus vs. those projecting to
cerebellum in subdivisions of the dorsal column nuclei in raccoons. J. Comp. Neurol. 267: 211-230.
Ostapoff, E. -M., J. I. Johnson and B. C. Albright Medullary sources of projections to the kinesthetic
thalamus in raccoons: External and basal cuneate nuclei, and cell groups x and z. J. Comp. Neurol. 267:
230-257.
Feldman, S. H. and J. I. Johnson Kinesthetic cortical area anterior to primary somatic sensory cortex in
the raccoon (Procyon lotor). J. Comp. Neurol. 277: 80-95.
Johnson, J. I. Whose brain is initial-like? (invited commentary on Glezer et al., Implications of the
"initial brain" concept for brain evolution in Cetacea). Behavioral and Brain Sciences 11: 96.
Johnson, J. I. and J. A. W. Kirsch Phylogeny through brain traits redux: The relationships among
eutherian orders. Symposium of Asian-Pacific Mammalogy, Beijing, PRC, 26-30 July 1988. Abstracts.
Johnson, J. I., R. L. Reep, R. C. Switzer, J. A. W. Kirsch and W. I. Welker Well-developed brainstem
auditory nuclei in manatees Trichechus manatus. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 14:491.
Holst, M. -C., J. I. Johnson, R. L. Reep and W. I. Welker The inferior olivary complex (IOC) of the
manatee, Trichechus manatus: unequivocal evidence for subnucleus c and nucleus beta as separate
entities. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 14:338
1987
Herron, P., and J. I. Johnson Organization of intracortical and commissural connections in
somatosensory cortical areas I and II in the raccoon. J. Comp. Neurol. 257: 359-371.
Johnson, J. I., R. L. Reep and W. I. Welker The motor nuclei of the cranial nerves in manatees,
Trichechus manatus. Anat. Rec. 218:68A.
Wiener, S. I., J. I. Johnson, and E. -M. Ostapoff Organization of postcranial kinesthetic projections to
the ventrobasal thalamus in raccoons. J. Comp. Neurol. 258: 496-508.
Wiener, S. I., J. I. Johnson, and E. -M. Ostapoff Demarcations of the mechanosensory projection zones
in the raccoon thalamus, shown by cytochrome oxidase, acetylcholinesterase, and Nissl stains. J. Comp.
Neurol. 258: 509-526.
1986
Johnson, J. I. Mammalian evolution as seen in visual and other neural systems, Ch. 14 in J. D.
Pettigrew, K. J. Sanderson, and W. R. Levick, eds., Visual Neuroscience, a Festschrift for P. O. Bishop.
London: Cambridge Univ. Press
Johnson, J. I., W. I. Welker, R. L. Reep and R. C. Switzer III Dorsal column nuclei of the aquatic
herbivorous manatee (Trichechus manatus). Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 12: 110 (Abstract no.
32.11)
Welker, W. I., J. I. Johnson and R. L. Reep Morphology and cytoarchitecture of the brains of Florida
manatees (Trichechus manatus). Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 12: 110 (Abstract no. 32.12)
1985

Johnson, J. I. Thalamocortical organization in the raccoon: comparison with the primate, in I. Darian-
Smith and A. W. Goodwin, eds., Hand Function and the Neocortex, Expl. Brain Res. Suppl.10: 294-312.
1984
Johnson, J. I. and M. D. Krieger Kinesthetic projections to ventrobasal thalamus in Virginia
opossums. Anat. Rec. 208:82a.
Johnson, J. I., J. A. W. Kirsch and R. C. Switzer Brain traits through phylogeny: the evolution of
neural characters. Brain, Beh. Evol. 24:169-176.
1983
Albright, B. C., J. I. Johnson and E. -M. Ostapoff The projection of cervical primary fibers to the
DCN of the squirrel, Sciurus niger: Fiber sorting in the dorsal columns. Brain, Beh. Evol. 22: 118-131.
Kirsch, J.A.W. and J.I.Johnson Phylogeny through brain traits: Trees generated by neural characters.
Brain,Beh.Evol.,22: 60-69.
Kirsch, J.A.W., J.I.Johnson and R.C.Switzer Phylogeny through brain traits: The mammalian family
tree. Brain, Beh. Evol., 22: 70-74.
Ostapoff, E. -M., J. I. Johnson and B. C. Albright Mechanosensory projections to cuneate, gracile, and
external cuneate nuclei in a tree squirrel (fox squirrel, Sciurus niger). Neuroscience 9:107-127.
Ostapoff, E. -M. and J. I. Johnson Contralateral as well as ipsilateral projections to raccoon
cerebellum from external cuneate nuclei and cell groups f and x. Brain, Beh. Evol., 23: 184-194.
1982
Johnson, J. I., J. A. W. Kirsch, and R. C. Switzer Phylogeny through brain traits: fifteen characters
which adumbrate mammalian genealogy. Brain, Beh. Evol., 20:72-83.
Johnson, J. I., R. C. Switzer and J. A. W. Kirsch. Phylogeny through brain traits: the distribution of
categorizing characters in contemporary mammals. Brain, Beh. Evol., 20:97-117.
Johnson, J. I., E. -M. Ostapoff, and S. Warach The anterior border zones of primary somatic sensory
(SI) neocortex and their relations to cerebral convolutions, shown by micromapping of peripheral
projections to the region of the fourth forepaw digit representation in raccoons. Neuroscience, 7:915-
936.
1980
Johnson, J. I. Morphological correlates of specialized elaborations in somatic sensory neocortex. Ch.
14 in S. O. E. Ebbesson, ed., Comparative Neurology of the Telencephalon, New York: Plenum. pp.423-
447
Pimentel-Souza, F., R. M. Cosenza, G. B. Campos and J. I. Johnson Somatic sensory areas in cortex of
agouti Dasyprocta aguti. Brain, Beh. Evol., 17:218-240.
Brenowitz, G. L., C. D. Tweedle and J. I. Johnson The development of receptors in the glabrous
forepaw skin of pouch young opossums. Neuroscience, 5:1303-1310.
Johnson, J. I. and J. M. Hill A metal microelectrode for finely localized intracerebral application of
chemicals with electrophysiological guidance. Anat. Rec., 196:236A.
Switzer, R. C., J. I. Johnson and J. A. W. Kirsch Phylogeny through brain traits: the course of the
dorsal lateral olfactory tract past the accessory olfactory formation as a palimpsest of mammalian descent.
Brain, Beh. Evol., 17: 339-363.
1977

Switzer, R.C. and J.I.Johnson Absence of mitral cell layer in monotremes: variations in vertebrate
olfactory bulbs. Acta Anat., 99:36-42.
Johnson, J. I. Central nervous system of marsupials. Ch. 4, pp. 157-278 in D. Hunsaker, ed., Biology
of marsupials, New York, Academic Press.
1975
Weller, W. L. and J. I. Johnson Barrels in cerebral cortex altered by receptor disruption in newborn,
but not in five-day-old mice (Cricetidae and Muridae). Brain Res., 83:504-508.
Bombardieri, R. A., J. I. Johnson and G. B. Campos Species differences in mechanosensory
projections from the mouth to the ventrobasal thalamus. J. comp. Neurol., 163:41-64.
1974
Johnson, J. I., E. W Rubel and G. I. Hatton
J. comp. Neurol., 158:81-108.
Mechanosensory projections to cerebral cortex of sheep.
1973
Hamilton, T. C., and J. I. Johnson Somatotopic organization related to nuclear morphology in the
cuneate-gracile complex of opossums Didelphis marsupialis virginiana. Brain Res., 51:125-140.
1972
Campos, G. B., J. I. Johnson and R. A. Bombardieri Organization of tactile thalamus and related
behavior in the agouti Dasyprocta aguti. Physiology and Behavior, 8:553-556.
Johnson, J. I., T. C. Hamilton, J. -C. Hsung and P. S. Ulinski Gracile nucleus absent in adult opossums
after leg removal in infancy. Brain Res., 38:421-424.
Hatton, G. I., J. I. Johnson and C. Z. Malatesta Supraoptic nuclei of rodents adapted for mesic and
xeric environments: numbers of cells, multiple nucleoli and their distributions. J. comp. Neurol., 145:43-
60.
1970
Cabral, R. J. and J. I. Johnson The organization of mechanoreceptive projections in the ventrobasal
thalamus of sheep. J. comp. Neurol., 141:17-36.
1969
Bombardieri, R. A. and J. I. Johnson Daily activity schedule of captive opossums. Psychonomic
Science, 17:135-136.
Johnson, J. I. and M. P. Marsh Laminated lateral geniculate in the nocturnal marsupial Petaurus
breviceps (Sugar glider). Brain Res., 15:250-254.
Johnson, J. I., G. I. Hatton and R. W. Goy The physiological analysis of animal behaviour. Ch. 7, pp.
131-191 in E. S. E. Hafez, ed., The Behaviour of Domestic Animals, 2nd edition, London: Bailliere,
Tindall and Cassell.
1968
Johnson, J. I., W. I. Welker and B. H. Pubols
nuclei. J. comp. Neurol., 132:1-44.
Somatotopic organization of raccoon dorsal column
1965

Welker, W. I. and J. I. Johnson Correlation between nuclear morphology and somatotopic
organization in ventrobasal complex of the raccoon's thalamus. J. Anatomy (London), 99:761-790.
Pubols, B. H., W. I. Welker and J. I. Johnson Somatic sensory representation of forelimb in dorsal
root fibers of raccoon, coatimundi, and cat. J. Neurophysiol., 28:312-341.
1964
Welker, W. I., J. I. Johnson and B. H. Pubols Some morphological and physiological characteristics of
the somatic sensory system in raccoons. Amer. Zoologist, 4:75-94.
1962
Johnson, J. I., R. W. Goy and K. M. Michels Physiological mechanisms and behavior patterns. Ch. 7
in E. S. E. Hafez, ed., Behaviour of domestic animals, London: Bailliere, Tindall and Cox.
1961
Johnson, J. I. Double alternation by raccoons. J. comp. physiol. Psychol., 54:248-251. Reprinted in S.
C. Ratner and M. R. Denny 1965 Comparative Psychology: Research in Animal Behavior, Homewood,
IL: Dorsey.
Michels, K. M., J. J. Pustek and J. I. Johnson The solution of patterned strings problems by raccoons.
J. comp. physiol. Psychol., 54:439-441
1960
Michels, K. M., B. E. Fischer and J. I. Johnson Raccoon performance on color discrimination
problems. J. comp. physiol. Psychol., 53: 379-380.
1959
Johnson, J. I. and K. M. Michels
72:417-422.
Mirror-tracing: handedness, scoring, and set. Amer. J. Psychol.
1958
Johnson, J. I. and K. M. Michels Learning sets and object size effects in visual discrimination learning
by raccoons. J. comp. physiol. Psychol., 51:376-379.
Johnson,J.I. and K. M. Michels Discrimination of small intervals and objects by raccoons. Animal
Behaviour, 6:164-170.
Grant Support:
1960-1963: Special Postdoctoral Fellowship, NIH
1964-1965: Fulbright Hayes Scholarship
1965-1972: Career Development Award, NIH
1966-1978: Principal Investigator, Research Grant, NINDB: "Development of Afferent Neural Centers"
(NS-5982)
1969-1975: Principal Investigator, Research Grant, NSF: "Determining factors in Brain Evolution"
(three successive grants, GB 13854 1969-1971, GB 30783, 1971-1973, NB 43236, 1973-1975).
19781980: Principal Investigator, Research Grant, NSF: "Regional specializations in cerebral
neocortex" (NB78-00879)
1980-1984: Principal Investigator, Research Grant, NSF: "Anatomical and electrophysiological
organization of dorsal column nuclei" (NB 79-03421)

1985-1990 Principal Investigator, Research Grant, NSF: "Mammalian Phylogeny through Brain Traits
and DNA Similarities" Co-investigators: J. A. W. Kirsch, R. L. Reep, W. Welker, R. C. Switzer (BSR
85-03687)
1991-1994 Principal Investigator,Research Grant, NSF: "Imaging the diversity of mammalian brains: an
electronic catalog for wide accessibility" (IBN 9111592)
1995-1996: Co-Investigator (with R.C. Switzer and Wally Welker,) Research Grant, NIMH, "Brain
Library"(Primate Brains) (MH54366-01;#95-SB-2).
1995-present: Co-Investigator (With Wally Welker, and Adrianne Noe,), NSF Grant Collaborative
research: "Accessing brain collection information via Internet, CD-ROM, and centralized
location"(NSF, IBN-9528326).
INTERNET
Wally Welker, John Irwin Johnson, and Adrianne Noe. Comparative Mammalian Brain Collections.
http://brainmuseum.org.
J. I. Johnson, Wally Welker and R.C. Switzer II Producing Digital Images of Brain Sections
http://www.msu.edu/user/brains/WYCD/digimage.html
J. I. Johnson, K.L. Lookingland, P. J. Gaynor, L. T. Chapin, and H. A. Tucker. Cytoarchitectural
Landmarks of the Bovine Hypothalamus
http://www.neurophys.wisc.edu/brain/cowhypo.htmlx
CD-ROM
1997
Haight, J. R. and J. I. Johnson Marsupials, Nervous system. In Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, 2nd
edition, on CD-ROM, G. Adelman and B. H. Smith, eds., Amsterdam: Elsevier Science.
Johnson, J.I., A.J. Kurtz, R.G. McIncrow, C. J. Heeter, W. Welker, C. L.Dizack, R.C. Switzer III, S. K.
Campbell, J. Morris, and S. T. Yamamoto Brain Library: Primates - Human. Owl Monkey. Slow Loris.
Prototype volume. Knoxville: NeuroScience Associates.