Stephen Massey: a career in visual neuroscience

Front Ophthalmol (Lausanne). 2023 Apr 25:3:1194837. doi: 10.3389/fopht.2023.1194837. eCollection 2023.

Abstract

This review is a memoir by Dr. Stephen C. Massey's longtime collaborator, Dr. Stephen L. Mills, and written, for the most part, in the first person. It also serves as an introduction to the virtual festschrift to celebrate Dr. Massey's retirement. and. The references cited here are only a few of the highlights of Dr. Massey's distinguished career. A complete list is found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=massey+sc+%28retina+or+photoreceptors%29&sort=date.

Keywords: acetylcholine; cones; cyclic GMP; direction selectivity; gap junctions; glutamate; retina; rods.

Publication types

  • Review

Grants and funding

Much of the research described in this review was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health (Grant EY 06515 to S.C.M., Grant EY 10121 to S.L.M. and Vision Core Grant EY10608). It was also supported by Research to Prevent Blindness via an unrestricted award to the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Texas at Houston Health Science Center. Dr. Mills was The John P. McGovern Distinguished Chair in Ophthalmology and Dr. Massey was the Elizabeth Morford Chair.