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75
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36424
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1969
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943

Overview

Stephen J. Smith is affiliated with the Allen Institute for Brain Science in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these main fields, their work extensively covers specialized subfields such as cellular and molecular neuroscience, neurology, molecular biology, ophthalmology, and cognitive neuroscience.

Their research contributions include a strong interest in topics related to neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, cell image analysis techniques, neural dynamics and brain function, receptor mechanisms and signaling, advanced electron microscopy techniques and applications, as well as retinal diseases and treatments.

Frequent publication venues for Stephen J. Smith's research include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Current Opinion in Neurobiology
  • eLife
  • Translational Vision Science & Technology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Their notable recent papers are:

  • A scalable and modular automated pipeline for stitching of large electron microscopy datasets, 2022, eLife
  • Automatic Identification of Referral-Warranted Diabetic Retinopathy Using Deep Learning on Mobile Phone Images, 2020, Translational Vision Science & Technology
  • Cell-type-specific neuromodulation guides synaptic credit assignment in a spiking neural network, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Transcriptomic evidence for dense peptidergic networks within forebrains of four widely divergent tetrapods, 2021, Current Opinion in Neurobiology
  • A Molecular Landscape of Mouse Hippocampal Neuromodulation, 2022, Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Stephen J. Smith frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Forrest Collman
  • Kristina D. Micheva
  • Richard J. Weinberg
  • Uygar Sümbül
  • Gayathri Mahalingam

Best Publications

  • The classical complement cascade mediates CNS synapse elimination.

    Beth Stevens;Nicola J. Allen;Luis E. Vazquez;Gareth R. Howell

  • Glutamate induces calcium waves in cultured astrocytes: long-range glial signaling

    Ann H. Cornell-Bell;Steven M. Finkbeiner;Mark S. Cooper;Stephen J. Smith

  • NMDA-receptor activation increases cytoplasmic calcium concentration in cultured spinal cord neurones

    Amy B. MacDermott;Amy B. MacDermott;Mark L. Mayer;Gary L. Westbrook;Stephen J. Smith

  • Functional cortical neurons and astrocytes from human pluripotent stem cells in 3D culture

    Anca M Paşca;Steven A Sloan;Laura E Clarke;Yuan Tian

  • Astrocytes mediate synapse elimination through MEGF10 and MERTK pathways

    Won-Suk Chung;Laura E. Clarke;Gordon X. Wang;Benjamin K. Stafford

  • Evidence for a Role of Dendritic Filopodia in Synaptogenesis and Spine Formation

    Noam E. Ziv;Stephen J Smith

  • Actions of cytochalasins on the organization of actin filaments and microtubules in a neuronal growth cone.

    P Forscher;S J Smith

  • Gabapentin Receptor α2δ-1 Is a Neuronal Thrombospondin Receptor Responsible for Excitatory CNS Synaptogenesis

    Çagla Eroglu;Çagla Eroglu;Nicola J. Allen;Michael W. Susman;Nancy A. O'Rourke

  • Oligomeric amyloid β associates with postsynaptic densities and correlates with excitatory synapse loss near senile plaques

    Robert M. Koffie;Melanie Meyer-Luehmann;Tadafumi Hashimoto;Kenneth W. Adams

  • Calcium action in synaptic transmitter release.

    G J Augustine;M P Charlton;S J Smith

  • Array Tomography: A New Tool for Imaging the Molecular Architecture and Ultrastructure of Neural Circuits

    Kristina D. Micheva;Stephen J Smith

  • Calcium ions, active zones and synaptic transmitter release

    Stephen J. Smith;George J. Augustine

  • Neuronal activity triggers calcium waves in hippocampal astrocyte networks

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  • The Dynamics of Dendritic Structure in Developing Hippocampal Slices

    Michael E. Dailey;Stephen J Smith

  • Astrocyte glypicans 4 and 6 promote formation of excitatory synapses via GluA1 AMPA receptors

    Nicola J. Allen;Mariko L. Bennett;Lynette C. Foo;Gordon X. Wang

  • Assembly of presynaptic active zones from cytoplasmic transport packets.

    Susanne E. Ahmari;JoAnn Buchanan;Stephen J Smith

  • Neural activity and the dynamics of central nervous system development

    Jackie Yuanyuan Hua;Stephen J Smith

  • The kinetics of synaptic vesicle recycling measured at single presynaptic boutons

    Timothy A. Ryan;Harald Reuter;Beverly Wendland;Felix E. Schweizer

  • Diverse migratory pathways in the developing cerebral cortex.

    Nancy A. O'Rourke;Michael E. Dailey;Stephen J. Smith;Susan K. McConnell

  • Neuronal cytomechanics: the actin-based motility of growth cones

    Stephen J. Smith

  • Detection of glutamate release from neurons by genetically encoded surface-displayed FRET nanosensors

    Sakiko Okumoto;Loren L. Looger;Kristina D. Micheva;Richard J. Reimer

  • Ionic Currents in Molluscan Soma

    David J Adams;Stephen J Smith;Stuart H Thompson

  • Single-synapse analysis of a diverse synapse population: proteomic imaging methods and markers.

    Kristina D. Micheva;Brad Busse;Nicholas C. Weiler;Nancy O'Rourke

  • Gabapentin Receptor alpha 2 delta-1 Is a Neuronal Thrombospondin Receptor Responsible for Excitatory CNS Synaptogenesis

    Cagla Eroglu;Nicola J. Allen;Michael W. Susman;Nancy A. O'Rourke

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard J. Weinberg
Richard J. Weinberg University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Milton P. Charlton
Milton P. Charlton University of Toronto
Ed S. Lein
Ed S. Lein University of Washington
Michael Hawrylycz
Michael Hawrylycz Allen Institute for Brain Science
Ben A. Barres
Ben A. Barres Stanford University
Hongkui Zeng
Hongkui Zeng Allen Institute for Brain Science
James S. Harris
James S. Harris Stanford University
Zizhen Yao
Zizhen Yao Allen Institute for Brain Science
Nicola J. Allen
Nicola J. Allen Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Robert S. Zucker
Robert S. Zucker University of California, Berkeley

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