2026 Stephen C. Massey: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	41	7917	7311	3403	3078	111	5799

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Overview

Stephen C. Massey is affiliated with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with particular attention to retinal development, photoreceptor function, and related molecular and cellular mechanisms.

The main fields of study encompassing their work include:

Neuroscience
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these broad fields, their research spans several specialized subfields:

Molecular Biology
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
Materials Chemistry
Biophysics

Key topics they investigate are focused on retinal science and neural mechanisms, including:

Retinal Development and Disorders
Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research
Circadian Rhythm and Melatonin
Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry
Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling

Massey has contributed to various scientific publications, featuring in journals related to neuroscience and cellular biology. Frequent publication venues include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Science Advances
Cell Reports
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
The Journal of Comparative Neurology

Their recent scientific papers include:

"Molecular and functional architecture of the mouse photoreceptor network," 2020, Science Advances
"Divergent outer retinal circuits drive image and non-image visual behaviors," 2022, Cell Reports
"Rod and Cone Connections With Bipolar Cells in the Rabbit Retina," 2021, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
"Genetic elimination of rod/cone coupling reveals the contribution of the secondary rod pathway to the retinal output," 2022, Science Advances
"Characterization of Tbr2-expressing retinal ganglion cells," 2021, The Journal of Comparative Neurology

Collaboration is a regular aspect of their work, with frequent coauthors including:

Christophe Ribelayga
Nange Jin
Zhijing Zhang
Munenori Ishibashi
Iris Fahrenfort

Best Publications

Differential properties of two gap junctional pathways made by AII amacrine cells

Stephen L. Mills;Stephen C. Massey

442
Citations
Chapter 11 Cell types using glutamate as a neurotransmitter in the vertebrate retina

Stephen C. Massey

435
Citations
Transmitter circuits in the vertebrate retina.

Stephen C. Massey;Dianna A. Redburn

377
Citations
Dopamine-Stimulated Dephosphorylation of Connexin 36 Mediates AII Amacrine Cell Uncoupling

W. Wade Kothmann;Stephen C. Massey;John O'Brien

218
Citations
Pharmacology of Directionally Selective Ganglion Cells in the Rabbit Retina

Christopher A. Kittila;Stephen C. Massey

190
Citations
Rod pathways in the mammalian retina use connexin 36.

Stephen L. Mills;Jennifer J. O'Brien;Wei Li;John O'Brien

179
Citations
ON inputs to the OFF layer: bipolar cells that break the stratification rules of the retina.

Hideo Hoshi;Wei-Li Liu;Stephen C. Massey;Stephen L. Mills

151
Citations
Glutamate receptors of ganglion cells in the rabbit retina: evidence for glutamate as a bipolar cell transmitter.

S C Massey;R F Miller

150
Citations
The light evoked release of acetylcholine from the rabbit retina iN vivo and its inhibition by γ‐aminobutyric acid

S. C. Massey;M. J. Neal

145
Citations
A calbindin-immunoreactive cone bipolar cell type in the rabbit retina.

Stephen C. Massey;Stephen L. Mills

142
Citations
The effects of 2-amino-4-phosphonobutyric acid (APB) on the ERG and ganglion cell discharge of rabbit retina

Stephen C. Massey;Dianna A. Redburn;M.L.J. Crawford

125
Citations
Screening of gap junction antagonists on dye coupling in the rabbit retina

Feng Pan;Stephen L. Mills;Stephen C. Massey

123
Citations
A tonic gamma-aminobutyric acid-mediated inhibition of cholinergic amacrine cells in rabbit retina

Steve Massey;D. A. Redburn

118
Citations
Morphology of bipolar cells labeled by DAPI in the rabbit retina.

Stephen L. Mills;Stephen C. Massey

115
Citations
Antibody to calretinin stains AII amacrine cells in the rabbit retina: Double-label and confocal analyses

Stephen C. Massey;Stephen L. Mills

107
Citations
AII Amacrine Cells Limit Scotopic Acuity in Central Macaque Retina: A Confocal Analysis of Calretinin Labeling

Stephen L. Mills;Stephen C. Massey

105
Citations
Photoreceptor coupling mediated by connexin36 in the primate retina.

Jennifer J. O'Brien;Xiaoming Chen;Peter R. MacLeish;John O'Brien

104
Citations
Simultaneous contribution of two rod pathways to AII amacrine and cone bipolar cell light responses.

E. Brady Trexler;E. Brady Trexler;Wei Li;Stephen C. Massey

104
Citations
Excitatory amino acid receptors of rod- and cone-driven horizontal cells in the rabbit retina

S. C. Massey;R. F. Miller

102
Citations
Nonsynaptic NMDA Receptors Mediate Activity-Dependent Plasticity of Gap Junctional Coupling in the AII Amacrine Cell Network

W. Wade Kothmann;E. Brady Trexler;Christopher M. Whitaker;Wei Li

100
Citations
Acetylcholine release from the rabbit retina mediated by kainate receptors

David M. Linn;Stephen C. Massey

96
Citations