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Neuroscience

D-Index
39
Citations
5276
World Ranking
8374
National Ranking
3578

Steven Barnes 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 Steven Barnes sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 104 publications — 19th percentile

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

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

Steven Barnes 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 Steven Barnes sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Steven Barnes is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience. Within these broad areas, they have focused on molecular biology and cellular and molecular neuroscience, with additional work touching on ophthalmology, management science and operations research, and cognitive neuroscience.

Barnes's research contributions cover multiple intersecting topics including retinal development and disorders, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, retinal diseases and treatments, simulation techniques and applications, and mitochondrial function and pathology.

Frequent publication venues for Barnes's work include:

  • Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Journal of Neuroscience

They have collaborated regularly with several researchers, including James C. R. Grove, Arlene A. Hirano, Nicholas C. Brecha, Jack T. Fuller, and Lorenzo Sadun.

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Steven Barnes include:

  • Horizontal Cell Feedback to Cone Photoreceptors in Mammalian Retina: Novel Insights From the GABA-pH Hybrid Model, 2020, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
  • Vesicular Release of GABA by Mammalian Horizontal Cells Mediates Inhibitory Output to Photoreceptors, 2020, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
  • Coenzyme Q10 trapping in mitochondrial complex I underlies Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Single Cell Transcriptomic Analyses Reveal the Impact of bHLH Factors on Human Retinal Organoid Development, 2021, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Transient and Sustained Ganglion Cell Light Responses Are Differentially Modulated by Intrinsically Produced Reactive Oxygen Species Acting upon Specific Voltage-Gated Na+Channel Isoforms, 2023, Journal of Neuroscience

Best Publications

  • Ionic channels of the inner segment of tiger salamander cone photoreceptors.

    Steven Barnes;Bertil Hille

  • Mutation of the calcium channel gene Cacna1f disrupts calcium signaling, synaptic transmission and cellular organization in mouse retina

    Fiona Mansergh;Noelle C. Orton;John P. Vessey;Melanie R. Lalonde

  • Cyclic-nucleotide-gated channels mediate synaptic feedback by nitric oxide

    Alexei Savchenko;Steven Barnes;Richard H. Kramer

  • β-Alanine as a small molecule neurotransmitter

    K.E. Tiedje;K. Stevens;S. Barnes;D.F. Weaver

  • Modulation of ion channels in rod photoreceptors by nitric oxide

    Dmitry E. Kurenny;Leonid L. Moroz;Ray W. Turner;Keith A. Sharkey

  • Carbenoxolone Inhibition of Voltage-Gated Ca Channels and Synaptic Transmission in the Retina

    John P. Vessey;Melanie R. Lalonde;Hossein A. Mizan;Nicole C. Welch

  • Modulation of transmission gain by protons at the photoreceptor output synapse.

    Steven Barnes;Vaishali Merchant;Farid Mahmud

  • Proton-mediated feedback inhibition of presynaptic calcium channels at the cone photoreceptor synapse.

    John P. Vessey;Anna K. Stratis;Bryan A. Daniels;Noel Da Silva

  • The dihydropyridine-sensitive calcium channel subtype in cone photoreceptors.

    Marshall F. Wilkinson;Steven Barnes

  • The Ca(2+) channel antagonists mibefradil and pimozide inhibit cell growth via different cytotoxic mechanisms.

    Gabriel E. Bertolesi;Chanjuan Shi;Lindsy Elbaum;Christine Jollimore

  • Veratridine modifies open sodium channels.

    Steven Barnes;Bertil Hille

  • Characterization of a voltage-gated K+ channel that accelerates the rod response to dim light.

    D.J. Beech;S. Barnes

  • Modulation of calcium-activated chloride current via pH-induced changes of calcium channel properties in cone photoreceptors

    Steven Barnes;Quynh Bui

  • Hearing Loss and Hair Cell Death in Mice Given the Cholesterol-Chelating Agent Hydroxypropyl-β-Cyclodextrin

    Mark A. Crumling;Liqian Liu;Paul V. Thomas;Jennifer Benson

  • Gated currents generate single spike activity in amacrine cells of the tiger salamander retina.

    Steven Barnes;Frank Werblin

  • Calcium channels at the photoreceptor synapse.

    Steven Barnes;Melanie E. M. Kelly

  • Intrinsic oscillatory activity arising within the electrically coupled AII amacrine-ON cone bipolar cell network is driven by voltage-gated Na+ channels.

    Stuart Trenholm;Stuart Trenholm;Joanna Borowska;Jiawei Zhang;Alex Hoggarth

  • Calcium channels in rat horizontal cells regulate feedback inhibition of photoreceptors through an unconventional GABA- and pH-sensitive mechanism.

    Xue Liu;Arlene A. Hirano;Arlene A. Hirano;Xiaoping Sun;Nicholas C. Brecha;Nicholas C. Brecha

  • Calcium Channel Activation Facilitated by Nitric Oxide in Retinal Ganglion Cells

    Kazuyuki Hirooka;Dmitri E. Kourennyi;Steven Barnes

  • After transduction: Response shaping and control of transmission by ion channels of the photoreceptor inner segment

    S. Barnes

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas C. Brecha
Nicholas C. Brecha University of California, Los Angeles
Melanie E. M. Kelly
Melanie E. M. Kelly Dalhousie University
Naweed I. Syed
Naweed I. Syed University of Calgary
Leonid L. Moroz
Leonid L. Moroz University of Florida
Ken Lukowiak
Ken Lukowiak University of Calgary
William K. Stell
William K. Stell Alberta Children's Hospital
Matteo Pellegrini
Matteo Pellegrini University of California, Los Angeles
Ray W. Turner
Ray W. Turner University of Calgary
Michael B. Gorin
Michael B. Gorin University of California, Los Angeles
Bertil Hille
Bertil Hille University of Washington

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