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Steven J. Schiff

Steven J. Schiff

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Neuroscience

D-Index
70
Citations
17108
World Ranking
2521
National Ranking
1196

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2005 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his contributions to the physical and biological understanding and control of the dynamics of neural signals in the brain

Overview

Steven J. Schiff is affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on subfields including Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health; Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience; Molecular Biology; Neurology; and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The main topics of their research include cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus, fetal and pediatric neurological disorders, traumatic brain injury and neurovascular disturbances, advanced MRI techniques and applications, Vibrio bacteria research studies, intracerebral and subarachnoid hemorrhage research, and atomic and subatomic physics research.

Notable recent papers by Steven J. Schiff and collaborators include:

  • Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection Burden and Epidemiologic Risk Factors in Countries With Universal Screening, 2021, JAMA Network Open
  • Inflammation in acquired hydrocephalus: pathogenic mechanisms and therapeutic targets, 2020, Nature Reviews Neurology
  • Exome sequencing implicates genetic disruption of prenatal neuro-gliogenesis in sporadic congenital hydrocephalus, 2020, Nature Medicine
  • Global, regional and national epidemiology and prevalence of child stunting, wasting and underweight in low- and middle-income countries, 2006-2018, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • The choroid plexus links innate immunity to CSF dysregulation in hydrocephalus, 2023, Cell

Frequent coauthors in their research collaborations include Christine Hehnly, James R. Broach, Jessica E. Ericson, Benjamin C. Warf, and Joseph N. Paulson.

Their work has been published extensively in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Neurosurgery
  • Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition/Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Scientific Meeting and Exhibition

Their professional recognitions include the National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award awarded in 2015, Fellowship of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) awarded in 2011, and Fellowship of the American Physical Society (APS) awarded in 2005 with a citation noting contributions to understanding and control of the dynamics of neural signals in the brain.

Best Publications

  • Controlling chaos in the brain

    Steven J. Schiff;Kristin Jerger;Duc H. Duong;Taeun Chang

  • Randomized trial of cerebrospinal fluid shunt valve design in pediatric hydrocephalus.

    James M. Drake;John R.W. Kestle;Ruth Milner;Giuseppe Cinalli

  • Synchronization and desynchronization in epilepsy: controversies and hypotheses

    Premysl Jiruska;Premysl Jiruska;Premysl Jiruska;Marco de Curtis;John G R Jefferys;Catherine A Schevon

  • Detecting dynamical interdependence and generalized synchrony through mutual prediction in a neural ensemble

    Steven J. Schiff;Paul So;Taeun Chang;Robert E. Burke

  • Long-Term Follow-Up Data from the Shunt Design Trial

    John Kestle;J. Drake;R. Milner;C. Sainte-Rose

  • Spiral Waves in Disinhibited Mammalian Neocortex

    Xiaoying Huang;William C. Troy;Qian Yang;Hongtao Ma

  • Stochastic Resonance in a Neuronal Network from Mammalian Brain

    Bruce J. Gluckman;Theoden I. Netoff;Emily J. Neel;William L. Ditto

  • Noninvasive assessment of language dominance in children and adolescents with functional MRI A preliminary study

    Lucie Hertz-Pannier;W. D. Gaillard;W. D. Gaillard;S. H. Mott;S. H. Mott;C. A. Cuenod

  • Decreased neuronal synchronization during experimental seizures.

    Theoden I. Netoff;Theoden I. Netoff;Steven J. Schiff;Steven J. Schiff

  • Sensitivity of Neurons to Weak Electric Fields

    Joseph T. Francis;Bruce J. Gluckman;Steven J. Schiff

  • Interneuron and pyramidal cell interplay during in vitro seizure-like events.

    Jokubas Ziburkus;John R. Cressman;Ernest Barreto;Steven J. Schiff

  • The influence of sodium and potassium dynamics on excitability, seizures, and the stability of persistent states: I. Single neuron dynamics

    John R. Cressman;Ghanim Ullah;Jokubas Ziburkus;Steven J. Schiff

  • Fast wavelet transformation of EEG

    Steven J. Schiff;Akram Aldroubi;Michael Unser;Susumu Sato

  • Adaptive Electric Field Control of Epileptic Seizures

    Bruce J. Gluckman;Hanh Nguyen;Steven L. Weinstein;Steven L. Weinstein;Steven J. Schiff;Steven J. Schiff

  • Unification of Neuronal Spikes, Seizures, and Spreading Depression

    Yina Wei;Ghanim Ullah;Steven J. Schiff

  • Electric field suppression of epileptiform activity in hippocampal slices

    Bruce J. Gluckman;Emily J. Neel;Theoden I. Netoff;William L. Ditto

  • Adaptive electric field modulation of neural systems

    Bruce J. Gluckman;Steven J. Schiff

  • Inflammation in acquired hydrocephalus: pathogenic mechanisms and therapeutic targets.

    Jason K. Karimy;Benjamin C. Reeves;Eyiyemisi Damisah;Phan Q. Duy

  • Costs and benefits of neurosurgical intervention for infant hydrocephalus in sub-Saharan Africa.

    Benjamin C. Warf;Blake C. Alkire;Salman Bhai;Christopher Hughes

  • Early seizure detection.

    Kristin K. Jerger;Theoden I. Netoff;Theoden I. Netoff;Joseph T. Francis;Joseph T. Francis;Timothy Sauer

  • The effects of temperature on synaptic transmission in hippocampal tissue slices.

    Steven J. Schiff;George G. Somjen

Frequent Co-Authors

Theoden I. Netoff
Theoden I. Netoff University of Minnesota
James R. Broach
James R. Broach Pennsylvania State University
George G. Somjen
George G. Somjen Duke University
Daniela Mapelli
Daniela Mapelli University of Padua
David B. Grayden
David B. Grayden University of Melbourne
Gaute T. Einevoll
Gaute T. Einevoll Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Chunfeng Zhang
Chunfeng Zhang Nanjing University
Vivek Kapur
Vivek Kapur Pennsylvania State University
Patrizia Bisiacchi
Patrizia Bisiacchi University of Padua
Heidi I.L. Jacobs
Heidi I.L. Jacobs Harvard University

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