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.
• 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.