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Jim Baker, PhD
Professor of Physiology and Physical Therapy

j-baker@northwestern.edu

Education

BS, Psychology, Florida State University
PhD, Physiological Psychology, Brown University

Teaching Interests

Physiology, Neuroscience

Research Interests

Sensory-Motor Systems, Balance Reflexes

Professional Activities

Senior Editor, Brain Research: Sensory and Motor Systems

Representative Publications

Killian, E., and Baker J.F.  Electromyographic activity of dorsal neck muscles of squirrel monkeys during rotations in an upright or upside down posture.  J. Neurophysiol. (2005) 93: 2587-2599.

Baizer, J.S., and Baker, J.F.  Immunoreactivity for calcium-binding proteins defines subregions of the vestibular nuclear complex of the cat.  Exp. Brain Res. (2005) 164: 78-91.

Sekerkova, G., Ilijic, E., Mugnaini, E., and Baker J.F. Otolith Organ or Semicircular Canal Stimulation Induces c-fos Expression in Unipolar Brush Cells and Granule Cells of Cat and Squirrel Monkey.  Exp. Brain Res. (2005) 164: 286-300.

Baker, J.F.  Dynamics and Directionality of the Vestibulo-Collic Reflex (VCR) in Mice.  Exp. Brain Res. (2005) 167: 108-113.

Baizer, J.S., and Baker, J.F.  Immunoreactivity for calretinin and calbindin in the vestibular nuclear complex of the monkey.  Exp. Brain Res. (2006) 172: 103-13.

Baizer, J.S., and Baker, J.F.  Neurochemically defined cell columns in the nucleus prepositus hypoglossi of the cat and monkey.  Brain Res. (2006) 1094: 127-37.

 Last updated onJanuary 28, 2007

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