The neural bases of vertebrate motor behaviour through the lens of evolution

A functional map for diverse forelimb actions within brainstem circuitry

(2021) Ludwig Ruder et al.   NATURE

Olfaction in Lamprey Pallium Revisited—Dual Projections of Mitral and Tufted Cells

(2021) Shreyas M. Suryanarayana et al.   Cell Reports

Recent Insights into the Rhythmogenic Core of the Locomotor CPG

(2021) Vladimir Rancic et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Specific populations of basal ganglia output neurons target distinct brain stem areas while collateralizing throughout the diencephalon

(2021) Lauren E. McElvain et al.   NEURON

Freely Behaving Mice Can Brake and Turn During Optogenetic Stimulation of the Mesencephalic Locomotor Region

(2021) Cornelis Immanuel van der Zouwen et al.   Frontiers in Neural Circuits

The dorsoanterior brain of adult amphioxus shares similarities in expression profile and neuronal composition with the vertebrate telencephalon

(2021) Èlia Benito-Gutiérrez et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

The Lamprey Forebrain – Evolutionary Implications

(2021) Shreyas M. Suryanarayana et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION

The tectum/superior colliculus as the vertebrate solution for spatial sensory integration and action

(2021) Tadashi Isa et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The CPGs for Limbed Locomotion–Facts and Fiction

(2021) Sten Grillner et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Cortical control of behavior and attention from an evolutionary perspective

(2021) S. Murray Sherman et al.   NEURON

Genetic Mechanism for the Cyclostome Cerebellar Neurons Reveals Early Evolution of the Vertebrate Cerebellum

(2021) Fumiaki Sugahara et al.   Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Innovation Through Heterochrony: An Amphioxus Perspective on Telencephalon Origin and Function

(2021) Thurston Lacalli   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Microstimulation in Different Parts of the Periaqueductal Gray Generates Different Types of Vocalizations in the Cat

(2020) Hari H. Subramanian et al.   JOURNAL OF VOICE

The evolutionary origin of visual and somatosensory representation in the vertebrate pallium

(2020) Shreyas M. Suryanarayana et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

The Zebrafish Amygdaloid Complex – Functional Ground Plan, Molecular Delineation, and Everted Topology

(2020) Baylee A. Porter et al.   Frontiers in Neuroscience

Descending dopaminergic inputs to reticulospinal neurons promote locomotor movements

(2020) Dimitri Ryczko et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Parvalbumin+ and Npas1+ Pallidal Neurons Have Distinct Circuit Topology and Function

(2020) Arin Pamukcu et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Non-thalamic origin of zebrafish sensory nuclei implies convergent evolution of visual pathways in amniotes and teleosts

(2020) Solal Bloch et al.   eLife

Differential Synaptic Input to External Globus Pallidus Neuronal Subpopulations In Vivo

(2020) Maya Ketzef et al.   NEURON

Individual Dopaminergic Neurons of Lamprey SNc/VTA Project to Both the Striatum and Optic Tectum but Restrict Co-release of Glutamate to Striatum Only

(2019) Arndt von Twickel et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Evolution of the Chordate Telencephalon

(2019) Steven D. Briscoe et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The role of the optic tectum for visually evoked orienting and evasive movements

(2019) Daichi G. Suzuki et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Current Principles of Motor Control, with Special Reference to Vertebrate Locomotion

(2019) Sten Grillner et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Npas1+-Nkx2.1+ Neurons Are an Integral Part of the Cortico-pallido-cortical Loop

(2019) Zachary A. Abecassis et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

The stepwise development of the lamprey visual system and its evolutionary implications

(2018) Daichi G. Suzuki et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Evolution of Cortical Neurogenesis in Amniotes Controlled by Robo Signaling Levels

(2018) Adrián Cárdenas et al.   CELL

Breathing matters

(2018) Christopher A. Del Negro et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Connecting neuronal circuits for movement

(2018) Silvia Arber et al.   SCIENCE

The blueprint of the vertebrate forebrain – With special reference to the habenulae

(2018) Sten Grillner et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Diversity of Interneurons in the Dorsal Striatum Revealed by Single-Cell RNA Sequencing and PatchSeq

(2018) Ana B. Muñoz-Manchado et al.   Cell Reports

Roles for globus pallidus externa revealed in a computational model of action selection in the basal ganglia

(2018) Shreyas M. Suryanarayana et al.   NEURAL NETWORKS

Homology, neocortex, and the evolution of developmental mechanisms

(2018) Steven D. Briscoe et al.   SCIENCE

GABAergic modulation of olfactomotor transmission in lampreys

(2018) Gheylen Daghfous et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Locomotor speed control circuits in the caudal brainstem

(2017) Paolo Capelli et al.   NATURE

Striatal Local Circuitry: A New Framework for Lateral Inhibition

(2017) Dennis A. Burke et al.   NEURON

Direct Dopaminergic Projections from the SNc Modulate Visuomotor Transformation in the Lamprey Tectum

(2017) Juan Pérez-Fernández et al.   NEURON

Emergence of visually-evoked reward expectation signals in dopamine neurons via the superior colliculus in V1 lesioned monkeys

(2017) Norihiro Takakuwa et al.   eLife

Cell-Type-Specific Control of Brainstem Locomotor Circuits by Basal Ganglia

(2016) Thomas K. Roseberry et al.   CELL

The Basal Ganglia Over 500 Million Years

(2016) Sten Grillner et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The external globus pallidus: progress and perspectives

(2016) Daniel J. Hegeman et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

The pretectal connectome in lamprey

(2016) Lorenza Capantini et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

A basal ganglia circuit for evaluating action outcomes

(2016) Marcus Stephenson-Jones et al.   NATURE

Thalamus plays a central role in ongoing cortical functioning

(2016) S Murray Sherman   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Arkypallidal Cells Send a Stop Signal to Striatum

(2016) Nicolas Mallet et al.   NEURON

Spatiotemporal interplay between multisensory excitation and recruited inhibition in the lamprey optic tectum

(2016) Andreas A Kardamakis et al.   eLife

Levels of Homology and the Problem of Neocortex

(2015) Jennifer Dugas-Ford et al.   Annual Review of Neuroscience

The Lamprey Pallium Provides a Blueprint of the Mammalian Motor Projections from Cortex

(2015) Francisco M. Ocaña et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The neocortical circuit: themes and variations

(2015) Kenneth D Harris et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Vertebrate brains and evolutionary connectomics: on the origins of the mammalian 'neocortex'

(2015) H. J. Karten   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Tectal microcircuit generating visual selection commands on gaze-controlling neurons

(2015) Andreas A. Kardamakis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The cough reflex is upregulated by lisinopril microinjected into the caudal nucleus tractus solitarii of the rabbit

(2015) Elenia Cinelli et al.   RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROBIOLOGY

A new scenario of hypothalamic organization: rationale of new hypotheses introduced in the updated prosomeric model

(2015) Luis Puelles et al.   Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Evolutionarily conserved organization of the dopaminergic system in lamprey: SNc/VTA afferent and efferent connectivity and D2 receptor expression

(2014) Juan Pérez-Fernández et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

GABAergic and glycinergic inputs modulate rhythmogenic mechanisms in the lamprey respiratory network

(2014) Elenia Cinelli et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Dopamine Differentially Modulates the Excitability of Striatal Neurons of the Direct and Indirect Pathways in Lamprey

(2013) J. Ericsson et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Forebrain dopamine neurons project down to a brainstem region controlling locomotion

(2013) Dimitri Ryczko et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Independent circuits in the basal ganglia for the evaluation and selection of actions

(2013) M. Stephenson-Jones et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evolution of the basal ganglia: Dual-output pathways conserved throughout vertebrate phylogeny

(2012) Marcus Stephenson-Jones et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Evolutionarily conserved differences in pallial and thalamic short-term synaptic plasticity in striatum

(2012) Jesper Ericsson et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Dichotomous Organization of the External Globus Pallidus

(2012) Nicolas Mallet et al.   NEURON

The Dopamine D2 Receptor Gene in Lamprey, Its Expression in the Striatum and Cellular Effects of D2 Receptor Activation

(2012) Brita Robertson et al.   PLoS One

Generation of the masticatory central pattern and its modulation by sensory feedback

(2012) Philippe Morquette et al.   PROGRESS IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Modulation of Striatal Projection Systems by Dopamine

(2011) Charles R. Gerfen et al.   Annual Review of Neuroscience

Evolutionary Conservation of the Basal Ganglia as a Common Vertebrate Mechanism for Action Selection

(2011) Marcus Stephenson-Jones et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Genetic dissection of the zebrafish habenula, a possible switching board for selection of behavioral strategy to cope with fear and anxiety

(2011) Hitoshi Okamoto et al.   Developmental Neurobiology

Striatal cellular properties conserved from lampreys to mammals

(2011) Jesper Ericsson et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Evolutionary conservation of the habenular nuclei and their circuitry controlling the dopamine and 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HT) systems

(2011) M. Stephenson-Jones et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Specific neural substrate linking respiration to locomotion

(2011) J.-F. Gariepy et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Evolution of Dopamine Systems in Chordates

(2011) Kei Yamamoto et al.   Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Regulation of parkinsonian motor behaviours by optogenetic control of basal ganglia circuitry

(2010) Alexxai V. Kravitz et al.   NATURE

A Novel Neural Substrate for the Transformation of Olfactory Inputs into Motor Output

(2010) Dominique Derjean et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Selective projection patterns from subtypes of retinal ganglion cells to tectum and pretectum: Distribution and relation to behavior

(2009) Marcus Robert Jones et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Corticostriatal and Thalamostriatal Synapses Have Distinctive Properties

(2008) J. Ding et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Multisensory integration: current issues from the perspective of the single neuron

(2008) Barry E. Stein et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Evolution of brains, cognition, and consciousness

(2007) Ann B. Butler   BRAIN RESEARCH BULLETIN