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Overview

Steven K. Fisher is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields with a primary focus on medicine and neuroscience. Within these areas, they have contributed to subfields such as molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, ophthalmology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

Their research topics cover a broad range of scientific inquiries including retinal development and disorders, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, maternal and fetal healthcare, photochromic and fluorescence chemistry, retinal diseases and treatments, ectopic pregnancy diagnosis and management, and cerebral palsy and movement disorders.

Steven K. Fisher has published multiple papers, including recent contributions such as:

  • Utility of pelvic examination in assessing women with bleeding in early pregnancy: a multicenter Canadian emergency department study (2024) published in International Journal of Emergency Medicine
  • Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Bleeding in Early Pregnancy: Comparing Different Models to Predict Pregnancy Success (2025) published in Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada
  • Amelioration of Photoreceptor Degeneration by Intravitreal Transplantation of Retinal Progenitor Cells in Rats (2024) published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Amelioration of Photoreceptor Degeneration by Intravitreal Transplantation of Retinal Progenitor Cells in Rats (2024) published in Preprints.org
  • Three-Dimensional Ultrastructure of the Normal Rod Photoreceptor Synapse and Degenerative Changes Induced by Retinal Detachment (2023) published in Journal of Neuroscience

Frequent collaborators in Fisher's scientific work include Gabriel Luna, Geoffrey P. Lewis, Chinhui Hsiang, Steven Menges, and William Cho. These collaborations have contributed to the diversity and depth of their publications.

The primary venues where Fisher has published their research are the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Journal of Neuroscience, Preprints.org, Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, and International Journal of Emergency Medicine.

Best Publications

  • Disc morphogenesis in vertebrate photoreceptors

    R.H. Steinberg;S.K. Fisher;D.H. Anderson

  • Apoptotic photoreceptor degeneration in experimental retinal detachment.

    Briggs Cook;Geoffrey P. Lewis;Steven K. Fisher;Ruben Adler

  • Electrophysiologic and retinal penetration studies following intravitreal injection of bevacizumab (Avastin)

    Jonathan Shahar;Robert L Avery;Gad Heilweil;Adiel Barak

  • Neurons of the human retina: a Golgi study.

    Helga Kolb;Kenneth A. Linberg;Steven K. Fisher

  • Up-regulation of glial fibrillary acidic protein in response to retinal injury: its potential role in glial remodeling and a comparison to vimentin expression.

    Geoffrey P Lewis;Steven K Fisher

  • Cellular remodeling in mammalian retina: results from studies of experimental retinal detachment.

    Steven K. Fisher;Geoffrey P. Lewis;Kenneth A. Linberg;Mark R. Verardo

  • Retinal detachment in the cat: the outer nuclear and outer plexiform layers.

    P A Erickson;S K Fisher;D H Anderson;W H Stern

  • Morphological Recovery in the Reattached Retina

    Don H. Anderson;Christopher J. Guerin;Page A. Erickson;Walter H. Stern

  • Mechanisms of photoreceptor death and survival in mammalian retina.

    Jonathan Stone;Juliani Maslim;Krisztina Valter-Kocsi;Kyle Mervin

  • Retinal detachment in the cat: the pigment epithelial-photoreceptor interface.

    D H Anderson;W H Stern;S K Fisher;P A Erickson

  • Mammalian cones: disc shedding, phagocytosis, and renewal.

    Don H. Anderson;Steven K. Fisher;Roy H. Steinberg

  • Neurite Outgrowth from Bipolar and Horizontal Cells after Experimental Retinal Detachment

    Geoffrey P. Lewis;Kenneth A. Linberg;Steven K. Fisher

  • Müller cell and neuronal remodeling in retinal detachment and reattachment and their potential consequences for visual recovery: a review and reconsideration of recent data

    Steven K. Fisher;Geoffrey P. Lewis

  • Drusen-associated degeneration in the retina.

    Patrick T. Johnson;Geoffrey P. Lewis;Kevin C. Talaga;Meghan N. Brown

  • Glial fibrillary acidic protein increases in Müller cells after retinal detachment.

    Page A. Erickson;Steven K. Fisher;Christopher J. Guérin;Don H. Anderson

  • Intraretinal proliferation induced by retinal detachment.

    Steven K. Fisher;Page A. Erickson;Geoffery P. Lewis;Don H. Anderson

  • Limiting photoreceptor death and deconstruction during experimental retinal detachment: the value of oxygen supplementation

    Kyle Mervin;Krisztina Valter;Juliani Maslim;Geoffrey Lewis

  • Glial remodeling and neural plasticity in human retinal detachment with proliferative vitreoretinopathy.

    Charanjit S. Sethi;Geoffrey P. Lewis;Steven K. Fisher;William P. Leitner

  • Changes in the expression of specific Müller cell proteins during long-term retinal detachment.

    Geoffrey P. Lewis;Page A. Erickson;Christopher J. Guérin;Don H. Anderson

  • Proliferative vitreoretinopathy—developments in adjunctive treatment and retinal pathology

    D G Charteris;C S Sethi;G P Lewis;S K Fisher

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert N. Fariss
Robert N. Fariss National Institutes of Health
Gerald H. Jacobs
Gerald H. Jacobs University of California, Santa Barbara
B.S. Manjunath
B.S. Manjunath University of California, Santa Barbara
John G. Flannery
John G. Flannery University of California, Berkeley
Helga Kolb
Helga Kolb University of Utah
Robert E. Marc
Robert E. Marc University of Utah
David S. Williams
David S. Williams University of California, Los Angeles
Nicolás Cuenca
Nicolás Cuenca University of Alicante
Jonathan Stone
Jonathan Stone University of Sydney
Benjamin E. Reese
Benjamin E. Reese University of California, Santa Barbara

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