# Stephen Massey: a career in visual neuroscience

**Authors:** Stephen L. Mills, David W. Marshak

PMC · DOI: 10.3389/fopht.2023.1194837 · Frontiers in Ophthalmology · 2023-04-25

## TL;DR

This paper is a tribute to Dr. Stephen C. Massey's career in visual neuroscience, highlighting key contributions and celebrating his retirement.

## Contribution

The paper provides a personal memoir and overview of Dr. Massey's influential work in visual neuroscience.

## Key findings

- The paper summarizes Dr. Massey's career highlights in visual neuroscience.
- It introduces a virtual festschrift to honor his retirement.

## 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.

## Full-text entities

- **Genes:** Gja8 (gap junction protein, alpha 8) [NCBI Gene 14616] {aka Aey5, Cnx50, Cx50, Cxnl, Lop10, dcm}, Gjd2 (gap junction protein, delta 2) [NCBI Gene 14617] {aka Cxns, Gja9, connexin36, cx36}, Cartpt (CART prepropeptide) [NCBI Gene 27220] {aka Cart}, Slc1a2 (solute carrier family 1 (glial high affinity glutamate transporter), member 2) [NCBI Gene 20511] {aka 1700091C19Rik, 2900019G14Rik, Eaat2, GLT-1, GLT1, MGLT1}, Arg2 (arginase type II) [NCBI Gene 11847] {aka AII}
- **Diseases:** myopia (MESH:D009216), Blindness (MESH:D001766)
- **Chemicals:** nitric oxide (MESH:D009569), acetylcholine (MESH:D000109), DAPI (MESH:C007293), sodium nitroprusside (MESH:D009599), Ames solution (-), biocytin (MESH:C013411), dopamine (MESH:D004298), Lucifer Yellow (MESH:C017475), tungsten (MESH:D014414), Neurobiotin (MESH:C070614), cGMP (MESH:D006152)
- **Species:** Mus musculus (house mouse, species) [taxon 10090], Oryctolagus cuniculus (domestic rabbit, species) [taxon 9986]

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## References

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