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Review
. 2021 Jan 12:11:624243.
doi: 10.3389/fneur.2020.624243. eCollection 2020.

The Scientific Contributions of Bernard Cohen (1929-2019)

Jun Maruta  1   2
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Review

The Scientific Contributions of Bernard Cohen (1929-2019)

Jun Maruta. Front Neurol. .

Abstract

Throughout Bernard Cohen's active career at Mount Sinai that lasted over a half century, he was involved in research on vestibular control of the oculomotor, body postural, and autonomic systems in animals and humans, contributing to our understanding of such maladies as motion sickness, mal de débarquement syndrome, and orthostatic syncope. This review is an attempt to trace and connect Cohen's varied research interests and his approaches to them. His influence was vast. His scientific contributions will continue to drive research directions for many years to come.

Keywords: cerebellum; eye movement; spatial orientation; velocity storage; vestibuloocular reflex.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author declares that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

Figures

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Figure 1
A rough navigation guide for Bernard Cohen's research pursuit as interpreted by the author. Many branches and links are omitted for simplicity of exposition. Note that the diagram does not depict neural processes involved in the mechanisms that Cohen studied, which are reviewed in depth and comprehensively elsewhere (1, 2). PPRF, paramedian pontine reticular formation; MdDS, mal de débarquement syndrome.
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