Newcastle University

Research Interests

The neural control of movement
Oscillations and the role of synchronous neural activity in information processing
Tremor
Motor cortex, spinal cord, cerebellum

Current Work

See the laboratory web site at
http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/stuart.baker
for full details of my research

• Jaiser S, Fisher KM, Zaaimi B, Seow H, Miller JAL, Chinnery PF, Williams TL, Baker SN, Baker MR. 15-30 HZ Intermuscular Coherence as a Potential Biomarker of Upper Motor Neuron Dysfunction in Motor Neuron Disease. In: Annual Meeting of the Association of British Neurologists 2011. 2012, Gateshead, UK: B M J Group.
• Baker MR, Baker SN. Beta-Adrenergic Modulation of Tremor and Corticomuscular Coherence in Humans. PLoS One 2012, 7(11), e49088.
• Fisher KM, Zaaimi B, Williams TL, Baker SN, Baker MR. Beta-band intermuscular coherence: a novel biomarker of upper motor neuron dysfunction in motor neuron disease. Brain 2012, 135(9), 2849-2864.
• Soteropoulos DS, Williams ER, Baker SN. Cells in the Monkey Ponto-medullary Reticular Formation Modulate Their Activity with Slow Finger Movements. Journal of Physiology 2012, 590, 4011-4027.
• Witham CL, Baker SN. Coding of digit displacement by cell spiking and network oscillations in the monkey sensorimotor cortex. Journal of Neurophysiology 2012, 108(12), 3342-3352.
• Perez MA, Soteropoulos DS, Baker SN. Corticomuscular coherence during bilateral isometric arm voluntary activity in healthy humans. Journal of Neurophysiology 2012, 107(8), 2154-2162.
• Witham CL, Baker SN. Directional coherence disentangles causality within the sensorimotor loop, but cannot open the loop Reply. Journal of Physiology 2012, 590(10), 2531-2533.
• Fisher KM, Zaaimi B, Baker SN. Reticular formation responses to magnetic brain stimulation of primary motor cortex. Journal of Physiology 2012, 590(16), 4045-4060.
• Witham CL, Riddle CN, Baker MR, Baker SN. Contributions of descending and ascending pathways to corticomuscular coherence in humans. Journal of Physiology 2011, 589(15), 3789-3800.
• Telenczuk B, Baker SN, Herz AV, Curio G. High-frequency EEG covaries with spike burst patterns detected in cortical neurons. Journal of Neurophysiology 2011, 105(6), 2951-2959.
• Soteropoulos DS, Edgley SA, Baker SN. Lack of evidence for direct corticospinal contributions to control of the ipsilateral forelimb in monkey. Journal of Neuroscience 2011, 31(31), 11208-112019.
• Witham CL, Baker SN. Modulation and transmission of peripheral inputs in monkey cuneate and external cuneate nuclei. Journal of Neurophysiology 2011, 106(5), 2764-2775.
• Cassidy AJ, Williams ER, Goldsmith P, Baker SN, Baker MR. The Man Who Could Not Walk Backward: A Unusual Presentation of Neuroferritinopathy. Movement Disorders 2011, 26(2), 362-364.
• Baker SN. The primate reticulospinal tract, hand function and functional recovery. The Journal of Physiology 2011, 589(23), 5603-5612.
• Sohal H, Jackson A, Jackson R, Vasilevskiy K, Clowry GJ, O'Neill A, Baker SN. A novel flexible sinusoidal electrode to enhance longevity of chronic neuronal recordings. In: 40th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. 2010, San Diego, California, USA: Society for Neuroscience.
• Witham CL, Wang M, Baker SN. Corticomuscular coherence between motor cortex, somatosensory areas and forearm muscles in the monkey. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience 2010, 4, 38.