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Stephen C. Massey publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stephen C. Massey sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 111 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Stephen C. Massey D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stephen C. Massey sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 41 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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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

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

    Stephen C. Massey

  • Transmitter circuits in the vertebrate retina.

    Stephen C. Massey;Dianna A. Redburn

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

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

  • Pharmacology of Directionally Selective Ganglion Cells in the Rabbit Retina

    Christopher A. Kittila;Stephen C. Massey

  • Rod pathways in the mammalian retina use connexin 36.

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

  • 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

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

    S C Massey;R F Miller

  • 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

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

    Stephen C. Massey;Stephen L. Mills

  • 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

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

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

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

    Steve Massey;D. A. Redburn

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

    Stephen L. Mills;Stephen C. Massey

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

    Stephen C. Massey;Stephen L. Mills

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

    Stephen L. Mills;Stephen C. Massey

  • Photoreceptor coupling mediated by connexin36 in the primate retina.

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

  • 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

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

    S. C. Massey;R. F. Miller

  • 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

  • Acetylcholine release from the rabbit retina mediated by kainate receptors

    David M. Linn;Stephen C. Massey

Frequent Co-Authors

David L. Paul
David L. Paul Harvard University
Myung-Hoon Chun
Myung-Hoon Chun Catholic University of Korea
William H. Klein
William H. Klein The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Heinz Wässle
Heinz Wässle Max Planck Society
Jonathan B. Demb
Jonathan B. Demb Yale University
Robert E. Marc
Robert E. Marc University of Utah
Jeffrey S. Diamond
Jeffrey S. Diamond National Institutes of Health
Loren L. Looger
Loren L. Looger Howard Hughes Medical Institute
David J. Margolis
David J. Margolis University of Pennsylvania

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