J. Steven Thomas, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Medical and Professional Education
Department of Biomedical Sciences

615 327 6418
B115 West Basic Science Bldg
1005 Dr. D.B. Todd Boulevard
Nashville, TN  37208

jsthomas@mmc.edu

1963 BA, DePauw University, German & Philosophy
1971 PhD, Indiana University, Neurophysiology
1971-1974 Post Doctural, University of Western Ontario, Neuroscience
1974-1976 Staff Fellow, National Institute of Health Neuroscience

Teaching of physiology, neuroscience and neuroanatomy to medical and dental students.  Development of learning exercises to facilitate conversion of new facts and concepts to “conversational vocabulary”

Thomas, J.S., Schmidt, E.M., and Hambrecht, F.T., Facility of motor unit control during tasks defined directly in terms of unit behaviors.  Exp. Neurol. 59:384-395, 1978

Cooke, J.D. and Thomas, J.S., Forearm oscillation during cooling of the dentate nucleus in the monkey.  Can. J. Physiol. Pharm. 54: 430436, 1976

Thomas, J.S., Croft, D.A., and Brooks, V.B., A manipulandum for human motor studies.  I.E.E.E. Trans. Bio-med. Eng., Vol. BME-23; 83-8, 1976

Barnes, C.D. and Thomas, J.S., Effects of acoustic stimulation on the spinal cord.  Brain Res. 7: 303-305, 1968