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Stephen W. Kuffler

Stephen W. Kuffler

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Neuroscience

D-Index
51
Citations
19430
World Ranking
5429
National Ranking
2415

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1978 - Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience, Society for Neuroscience
  • 1972 - Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, Columbia University
  • 1964 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1955 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1951 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Stephen W. Kuffler was affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research contributions were noted in collaboration with several co-authors.

  • Joshua Sanes Born
  • Paul Finnegan

Throughout their career, Kuffler received multiple awards highlighting various stages of their professional journey.

  • Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience, Society for Neuroscience (1978)
  • Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, Columbia University (1972)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1964)
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1955)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1951)

There were no records of specific papers, fields of study, subfields, topics of work, or book publications available from the data provided. The absence of this data does not diminish the visible markers of Kuffler's academic engagement and recognition through prestigious awards and distinguished affiliations.

Best Publications

  • DISCHARGE PATTERNS AND FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION OF MAMMALIAN RETINA

    Stephen W. Kuffler

  • Effect of nerve impulses on the membrane potential of glial cells in the central nervous system of amphibia.

    R K Orkand;J G Nicholls;S W Kuffler

  • Change of organization in the receptive fields of the cat's retina during dark adaptation

    H. B. Barlow;R. Fitzhugh;S. W. Kuffler

  • Physiological properties of glial cells in the central nervous system of amphibia.

    S W Kuffler;J G Nicholls;R K Orkand

  • GLIA IN THE LEECH CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM: PHYSIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES AND NEURON-GLIA RELATIONSHIP

    Stephen W. Kuffler;David D. Potter

  • Presynaptic inhibition at the crayfish neuromuscular junction

    J. Dudel;S. W. Kuffler

  • Processes of excitation in the dendrites and in the soma of single isolated sensory nerve cells of the lobster and crayfish.

    Carlos Eyzaguirre;Stephen W. Kuffler

  • The number of transmitter molecules in a quantum: an estimate from iontophoretic application of acetylcholine at the neuromuscular synapse.

    S W Kuffler;D Yoshikami

  • EXTRACELLULAR SPACE AS A PATHWAY FOR EXCHANGE BETWEEN BLOOD AND NEURONS IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM OF THE LEECH: IONIC COMPOSITION OF GLIAL CELLS AND NEURONS

    John G. Nicholls;Stephen W. Kuffler

  • A peptide as a possible transmitter in sympathetic ganglia of the frog

    Yuh Nung Jan;Lily Yeh Jan;Stephen W. Kuffler

  • Maintained activity in the cat's retina in light and darkness.

    S. W. Kuffler;R. Fitzhugh;H. B. Barlow

  • Small-nerve junctional potentials; the distribution of small motor nerves to frog skeletal muscle, and the membrane characteristics of the fibres they innervate.

    Stephen W. Kuffler;E. M. Vaughan Williams

  • The Ferrier Lecture: Neuroglial Cells: Physiological Properties and a Potassium Mediated Effect of Neuronal Activity on the Glial Membrane Potential

    Stephen William Kuffler

  • MECHANISM OF GAMMA AMINOBUTYRIC ACID (GABA) ACTION AND ITS RELATION TO SYNAPTIC INHIBITION

    Stephen W. Kuffler;Charles Edwards

  • FUNCTION OF MEDULLATED SMALL-NERVE FIBERS IN MAMMALIAN VENTRAL ROOTS: EFFERENT MUSCLE SPINDLE INNERVATION

    Stephen W. Kuffler;Carlton C. Hunt;Juan P. Quilliam

  • SYNAPTIC INHIBITION IN AN ISOLATED NERVE CELL

    Stephen W. Kuffler;Carlos Eyzaguirre

  • NATURE OF THE "ENDPLATE POTENTIAL" IN CURARIZED MUSCLE

    John C. Eccles;Bernhard Katz;Stephen W. Kuffler

  • Stretch receptor discharges during muscle contraction.

    Carlton C. Hunt;Stephen W. Kuffler

  • Post-synaptic potentiation: interaction between quanta of acetylcholine at the skeletal neuromuscular synapse.

    H C Hartzell;S W Kuffler;D Yoshikami

  • Synaptic excitation and inhibition resulting from direct action of acetylcholine on two types of chemoreceptors on individual amphibian parasympathetic neurones

    H. Criss Hartzell;Stephen W. Kuffler;Robert Stickgold;Doju Yoshikami

  • The physiology of neuroglial cells

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Frequent Co-Authors

John C. Eccles
John C. Eccles Australian National University
Horace Barlow
Horace Barlow University of Cambridge
Lily Yeh Jan
Lily Yeh Jan University of California, San Francisco
Edward A. Kravitz
Edward A. Kravitz Harvard University
Akira Kaji
Akira Kaji University of Pennsylvania

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