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Overview

Stephen M. Highstein was affiliated with the Marine Biological Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily focused on areas within neuroscience and medicine, with specific attention to neurology, sensory systems, and pathology and forensic medicine.

Their scholarly work addressed several main topics, including:

  • Vestibular and auditory disorders
  • Hearing, cochlea, tinnitus, genetics
  • Ophthalmology and eye disorders

Highstein's research contributions appeared in the journal Neuroscience, which served as the primary publication venue for their work.

A notable paper published in 2020 is titled Cerebellar Roles in Frequency Competitive Motor Learning of the Vestibulo-ocular Reflex, appearing in Neuroscience. This publication examines motor learning related to vestibulo-ocular reflex mechanisms.

The scientist collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Soga Jinya
  • Masayuki Matsuyama
  • Hiroaki Miura
  • R. Baker
  • Yutaka Hirata

These collaborations contributed to cross-disciplinary insights within their fields of study.

Stephen M. Highstein's research emphasized understanding sensory systems and disorders related to hearing and balance, contributing to the knowledge base of neurology, pathology, and ophthalmology within the context of medical and neuroscience research.

Best Publications

  • THE MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE MAMMALIAN SACCADIC SYSTEM

    A.K. Moschovakis;C.A. Scudder;S.M. Highstein

  • Anatomical and physiological characteristics of vestibular neurons mediating the vertical vestibulo‐ocular reflexes of the squirrel monkey

    R. A. McCrea;A. Strassman;S. M. Highstein

  • Anatomy and physiology of saccadic burst neurons in the alert squirrel monkey. II. Inhibitory burst neurons.

    A. Strassman;S. M. Highstein;R. A. McCrea

  • Structure-function relationships in the primate superior colliculus. II. Morphological identity of presaccadic neurons

    A. K. Moschovakis;A. B. Karabelas;S. M. Highstein

  • Structure-function relationships in the primate superior colliculus. I. Morphological classification of efferent neurons

    A. K. Moschovakis;A. B. Karabelas;S. M. Highstein

  • Structure of the primate oculomotor burst generator. I. Medium-lead burst neurons with upward on-directions.

    A. K. Moschovakis;C. A. Scudder;S. M. Highstein

  • Inputs from regularly and irregularly discharging vestibular nerve afferents to secondary neurons in the vestibular nuclei of the squirrel monkey. II. Correlation with output pathways of secondary neurons.

    S. M. Highstein;J. M. Goldberg;A. K. Moschovakis;C. Fernandez

  • The Anatomy and Physiology of Primate Neurons that Control Rapid Eye Movements

    and A K Moschovakis;S M Highstein

  • The anatomy of the vestibular nuclei.

    Stephen M Highstein

  • Acute Adaptation of the Vestibuloocular Reflex: Signal Processing by Floccular and Ventral Parafloccular Purkinje Cells

    Y. Hirata;S. M. Highstein

  • Anatomy and physiology of saccadic long-lead burst neurons recorded in the alert squirrel monkey. I. Descending projections from the mesencephalon

    C. A. Scudder;A. K. Moschovakis;A. B. Karabelas;S. M. Highstein

  • Inputs from regularly and irregularly discharging vestibular nerve afferents to secondary neurons in the vestibular nuclei of the squirrel monkey. I. An electrophysiological analysis.

    J. M. Goldberg;S. M. Highstein;A. K. Moschovakis;C. Fernandez

  • Inputs from regularly and irregularly discharging vestibular nerve afferents to secondary neurons in squirrel monkey vestibular nuclei. III. Correlation with vestibulospinal and vestibuloocular output pathways

    R. Boyle;J. M. Goldberg;S. M. Highstein

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

    Unknown

  • Depletion of vesicles and fatigue of transmission at a vertebrate central synapse

    Pat G. Model;Stephen M. Highstein;Michael V.L. Bennett

  • Anatomy and physiology of the primate interstitial nucleus of Cajal I. efferent projections

    T. Kokkoroyannis;C. A. Scudder;C. D. Balaban;S. M. Highstein

  • A method to measure the effective spread of focally injected muscimol into the central nervous system with electrophysiology and light microscopy.

    Rasim Arikan;Nicquet M.J Blake;Joseph P Erinjeri;Thomas A Woolsey

  • Anatomy and physiology of intracellularly labelled omnipause neurons in the cat and squirrel monkey

    A. Strassman;C. Evinger;R. A. McCrea;R. G. Baker

  • Comparison of the morphology of physiologically identified abducens motor and internuclear neurons in the cat: A light microscopic study employing the intracellular injection of horseradish peroxidase

    S. M. Highstein;A. Karabelas;R. Baker;R. A. McCrea

  • The central nervous system efferent control of the organs of balance and equilibrium.

    Stephen M. Highstein

  • Neural readaptation to Earth's gravity following return from space.

    Richard Boyle;Allen F. Mensinger;Kaoru Yoshida;Shiro Usui

  • Vestibular projections to medial rectus subdivision of oculomotor nucleus.

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Jay M. Goldberg
Jay M. Goldberg University of Chicago
Robert A. McCrea
Robert A. McCrea University of Chicago
Andrew M. Strassman
Andrew M. Strassman Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Robert Baker
Robert Baker New York University
Claus Peter Richter
Claus Peter Richter Northwestern University
Carey D. Balaban
Carey D. Balaban University of Pittsburgh
Arthur N. Popper
Arthur N. Popper University of Maryland, College Park
Thomas A. Woolsey
Thomas A. Woolsey Washington University in St. Louis
Tom J. H. Ruigrok
Tom J. H. Ruigrok Erasmus University Rotterdam
David C. Martin
David C. Martin University of Delaware

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