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2245
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Overview

Robert Baker is affiliated with New York University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focused on Medicine and Physics and Astronomy. Within these broad areas, they have contributed notably to Radiation, Neurology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, and Nuclear and High Energy Physics.

Their work covers several main topics including Vestibular and auditory disorders, Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques, Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications, Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging, Retinal Development and Disorders, Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications, and Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control.

Robert Baker has published several papers that reflect this diverse scope of research. Notable publications include:

  • ID15A at the ESRF - a beamline for high speed operando X-ray diffraction, diffraction tomography and total scattering, 2020, Journal of Synchrotron Radiation
  • Velocity storage mechanism drives a cerebellar clock for predictive eye velocity control, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Cerebellar Roles in Frequency Competitive Motor Learning of the Vestibulo-ocular Reflex, 2020, Neuroscience
  • Mobile Evaluation of Heart Rate Variability Using the Diver's Reflex, 2021, NeuroRegulation
  • Design and status of the Micro-X microcalorimeter sounding rocket, 2020, Journal of Physics Conference Series

Frequent co-authors in their collaborations include Yutaka Hirata, G. Vaughan, Raymond Barret, Julien Bonnefoy, and T. Buslaps. These partnerships indicate interdisciplinary cooperation across topics related to both medical and physical sciences.

Their research has appeared repeatedly in specialized publication venues such as the Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, Scientific Reports, NeuroRegulation, Journal of Physics Conference Series, and Neuroscience, demonstrating active engagement in a variety of academic communities.

Best Publications

  • Electrotonic coupling between neurons in cat inferior olive.

    R Llinas;R Baker;C Sotelo

  • Structural study of inferior olivary nucleus of the cat: morphological correlates of electrotonic coupling.

    C Sotelo;R Llinas;R Baker

  • Anatomical connections of the nucleus prepositus of the cat.

    R. A. McCrea;R. Baker

  • Electrotonic coupling between neurones in the rat mesencephalic nucleus

    R. Baker;R. Llinás

  • Blinking and associated eye movements in humans, guinea pigs, and rabbits

    C. Evinger;M. D. Shaw;C. K. Peck;K. A. Manning

  • Neuronal activity in prepositus nucleus correlated with eye movement in the alert cat.

    J. Lopez-Barneo;C. Darlot;A. Berthoz;R. Baker

  • Afferents to the vestibulo-cerebellum and the origin of the visual climbing fibers in the rabbit

    Unknown

  • In vivo intracellular recording and perturbation of persistent activity in a neural integrator.

    E. Aksay;E. Aksay;G. Gamkrelidze;G. Gamkrelidze;H. S. Seung;H. S. Seung;R. Baker

  • Quantifying the Ontogeny of Optokinetic and Vestibuloocular Behaviors in Zebrafish, Medaka, and Goldfish

    James C. Beck;Edwin Gilland;David W. Tank;Robert Baker

  • Is the prepositus hypoglossi nucleus the source of another vestibulo-ocular pathway?

    R. Baker;A. Berthoz

  • Eye movement related activity and morphology of second order vestibular neurons terminating in the cat abducens nucleus.

    R. A. McCrea;K. Yoshida;A. Berthoz;R. Baker

  • Sexual dimorphisms in the vocal control system of a teleost fish: morphology of physiologically identified neurons.

    Andrew H. Bass;Robert Baker

  • Evolutionary Origins for Social Vocalization in a Vertebrate Hindbrain–Spinal Compartment

    Andrew H. Bass;Edwin H. Gilland;Edwin H. Gilland;Robert Baker;Robert Baker

  • Behavior of neurons in the abducens nucleus of the alert cat—I. Motoneurons

    J.M. Delgado-Garcia;J.M. Delgado-Garcia;F. Del Pozo;F. Del Pozo;R. Baker;R. Baker

  • Imaging of multicellular large-scale rhythmic calcium waves during zebrafish gastrulation

    Edwin H. Gilland;Andrew Leitch Miller;Eric Karplus;Robert G. Baker

  • Excitatory termination of abducens internuclear neurons on medial rectus motoneurons: relationship to syndrome of internuclear ophthalmoplegia.

    Unknown

  • Neuronal activity in the prepositus hypoglossi nucleus correlated with vertical and horizontal eye movement in the cat.

    R. Baker;M. Gresty;A. Berthoz

  • Evolution of homologous vocal control traits.

    Andrew Bass;Robert Baker

  • Cerebellar modulatory action on the vestibulo-trochlear pathway in the cat

    R. Baker;W. Precht;W. Precht;R. Llinás

  • Removal of vestibular commissural inhibition by antagonists of GABA and glycine

    W. Precht;W. Precht;P.C. Schwindt;P.C. Schwindt;R. Baker;R. Baker

  • Phenotypic Specification of Hindbrain Rhombomeres and the Origins of Rhythmic Circuits in Vertebrates

    Andrew H. Bass;Robert Baker

  • Morphology of posterior canal related secondary vestibular neurons in rabbit and cat.

    W. Graf;R. A. McCrea;R. Baker

  • Bilateral lesions of the medial longitudinal fasciculus in monkeys: Effects on the horizontal and vertical components of voluntary and vestibular induced eye movements

    Evinger Lc;Fuchs Af;Baker R

  • Cerebellar Role in Adaptation of the Goldfish Vestibuloocular Reflex

    A. M. Pastor;R. R. de la Cruz;R. Baker

  • Vestibular projections to medial rectus subdivision of oculomotor nucleus.

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert A. McCrea
Robert A. McCrea University of Chicago
Robert F. Spencer
Robert F. Spencer Virginia Commonwealth University
David W. Tank
David W. Tank Princeton University
Hans Straka
Hans Straka Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Craig Evinger
Craig Evinger Stony Brook University
José M. Delgado-García
José M. Delgado-García Pablo de Olavide University
Angel M. Pastor
Angel M. Pastor University of Seville
Harriet Baker
Harriet Baker Cornell University
Paul J. May
Paul J. May University of Mississippi Medical Center
Brett D. Mensh
Brett D. Mensh Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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