Integration of Descending Command Systems for the Generation of Context-Specific Locomotor Behaviors

Dopamine Pumping Up Spinal Locomotor Network Function

(2017) Simon A. Sharples   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Top down control of spinal sensorimotor circuits essential for survival

(2017) Stella Koutsikou et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Motivational neural circuits underlying reinforcement learning

(2017) Bruno B Averbeck et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Anatomical evidence for functional diversity in the mesencephalic locomotor region of primates

(2017) Sophie B. Sébille et al.   NEUROIMAGE

Rethinking the Pedunculopontine Nucleus: From Cellular Organization to Function

(2017) Juan Mena-Segovia et al.   NEURON

Neural circuitry for behavioural arrest

(2017) Thomas Roseberry et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Orexin-driven GAD65 network of the lateral hypothalamus sets physical activity in mice

(2017) Christin Kosse et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Monoamine Release in the Cat Lumbar Spinal Cord during Fictive Locomotion Evoked by the Mesencephalic Locomotor Region

(2017) Brian R. Noga et al.   Frontiers in Neural Circuits

LFP Oscillations in the Mesencephalic Locomotor Region during Voluntary Locomotion

(2017) Brian R. Noga et al.   Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Dopamine and the Brainstem Locomotor Networks: From Lamprey to Human

(2017) Dimitri Ryczko et al.   Frontiers in Neuroscience

Dopamine D2 receptors regulate unconditioned fear in deep layers of the superior colliculus and dorsal periaqueductal gray

(2016) Sangu Muthuraju et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

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

Sodium Pumps Mediate Activity-Dependent Changes in Mammalian Motor Networks

(2016) Laurence D. Picton et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Cholinergic, Glutamatergic, and GABAergic Neurons of the Pedunculopontine Tegmental Nucleus Have Distinct Effects on Sleep/Wake Behavior in Mice

(2016) Daniel Kroeger et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Midbrain circuits for defensive behaviour

(2016) Philip Tovote et al.   NATURE

Rapid signalling in distinct dopaminergic axons during locomotion and reward

(2016) M. W. Howe et al.   NATURE

Lateral hypothalamic circuits for feeding and reward

(2016) Garret D Stuber et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Decoding the organization of spinal circuits that control locomotion

(2016) Ole Kiehn   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Cholinergic Mesopontine Signals Govern Locomotion and Reward through Dissociable Midbrain Pathways

(2016) Cheng Xiao et al.   NEURON

A descending dopamine pathway conserved from basal vertebrates to mammals

(2016) Dimitri Ryczko et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Parallel basal ganglia circuits for voluntary and automatic behaviour to reach rewards

(2015) Hyoung F. Kim et al.   BRAIN

Optogenetic inhibition of cortical afferents in the nucleus accumbens simultaneously prevents cue-induced transient synaptic potentiation and cocaine-seeking behavior

(2015) Michael T. Stefanik et al.   Brain Structure & Function

Descending Command Neurons in the Brainstem that Halt Locomotion

(2015) Julien Bouvier et al.   CELL

Elucidating an Affective Pain Circuit that Creates a Threat Memory

(2015) Sung Han et al.   CELL

Firing Dynamics and Modulatory Actions of Supraspinal Dopaminergic Neurons during Zebrafish Locomotor Behavior

(2015) Michael Jay et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Dual role of dopamine D2-like receptors in the mediation of conditioned and unconditioned fear

(2015) Marcus Lira Brandão et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Dopaminergic modulation of locomotor network activity in the neonatal mouse spinal cord

(2015) Simon A. Sharples et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

The Periaqueductal Gray Orchestrates Sensory and Motor Circuits at Multiple Levels of the Neuraxis

(2015) S. Koutsikou et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Sensory Cortical Control of a Visually Induced Arrest Behavior via Corticotectal Projections

(2015) Feixue Liang et al.   NEURON

The Nucleus Accumbens: A Comprehensive Review

(2015) Sanjay Salgado et al.   STEREOTACTIC AND FUNCTIONAL NEUROSURGERY

The lateral parabrachial nucleus is actively involved in the acquisition of fear memory in mice

(2015) Masaru Sato et al.   Molecular Brain

Anatomical Location of the Mesencephalic Locomotor Region and Its Possible Role in Locomotion, Posture, Cataplexy, and Parkinsonism

(2015) David Sherman et al.   Frontiers in Neurology

Brainstem nucleus MdV mediates skilled forelimb motor tasks

(2014) Maria Soledad Esposito et al.   NATURE

Characterization of A11 Neurons Projecting to the Spinal Cord of Mice

(2014) Kathrin Koblinger et al.   PLoS One

Dopamine: a parallel pathway for the modulation of spinal locomotor networks

(2014) Simon A. Sharples et al.   Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Reply: The cuneiform nucleus may be involved in the regulation of skeletal muscle tone by motor pathway: a virally mediated trans-synaptic tracing study in surgically sympathectomized mice

(2013) Mesbah Alam et al.   BRAIN

The cuneiform nucleus may be involved in the regulation of skeletal muscle tone by motor pathway: a virally mediated trans-synaptic tracing study in surgically sympathectomized mice

(2013) Hong-Bing Xiang et al.   BRAIN

Hindbrain V2a Neurons in the Excitation of Spinal Locomotor Circuits during Zebrafish Swimming

(2013) Yukiko Kimura et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Rapid Innate Defensive Responses of Mice to Looming Visual Stimuli

(2013) Melis Yilmaz et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The Multifunctional Mesencephalic Locomotor Region

(2013) Dimitri Ryczko et al.   CURRENT PHARMACEUTICAL DESIGN

Ancestry of basal ganglia circuits: New evidence in teleosts

(2013) Mario F. Wullimann   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Lhx3-Chx10 Reticulospinal Neurons in Locomotor Circuits

(2013) F. Bretzner et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Optogenetic Evidence That Pallidal Projections, Not Nigral Projections, from the Nucleus Accumbens Core Are Necessary for Reinstating Cocaine Seeking

(2013) M. T. Stefanik et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Experience-dependent modification of a central amygdala fear circuit

(2013) Haohong Li et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Differential Innervation of Direct- and Indirect-Pathway Striatal Projection Neurons

(2013) Nicholas R. Wall et al.   NEURON

From the ventral to the dorsal striatum: Devolving views of their roles in drug addiction

(2013) Barry J. Everitt et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

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

Dopamine exerts activation-dependent modulation of spinal locomotor circuits in the neonatal mouse

(2012) Jennifer M. Humphreys et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

The Conserved Dopaminergic Diencephalospinal Tract Mediates Vertebrate Locomotor Development in Zebrafish Larvae

(2012) A. M. Lambert et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

The many paths to fear

(2012) Cornelius T. Gross et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Rethinking the Emotional Brain

(2012) Joseph LeDoux   NEURON

Movement- and behavioral state-dependent activity of pontine reticulospinal neurons

(2012) S. Thankachan et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Segregated Anatomical Input to Sub-Regions of the Rodent Superior Colliculus Associated with Approach and Defense

(2012) Eliane Comoli et al.   Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Motor Functions of the Superior Colliculus

(2011) Neeraj J. Gandhi et al.   Annual Review of Neuroscience

Spinal projections from the presumptive midbrain locomotor region in the mouse

(2011) Huazheng Liang et al.   Brain Structure & Function

Independent neural coding of reward and movement by pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus neurons in freely navigating rats

(2011) Alix B. W. Norton et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Nucleus Accumbens Dopamine/Glutamate Interaction Switches Modes to Generate Desire versus Dread: D1 Alone for Appetitive Eating But D1 and D2 Together for Fear

(2011) J. M. Richard et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Opposing Roles of Nucleus Accumbens Core and Shell Dopamine in the Modulation of Limbic Information Processing

(2011) R. Ito et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Organization of Functional Synaptic Connections between Medullary Reticulospinal Neurons and Lumbar Descending Commissural Interneurons in the Neonatal Mouse

(2011) K. Szokol et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Central Amygdala Activity during Fear Conditioning

(2011) S. Duvarci et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Learning and the motivation to eat: Forebrain circuitry

(2011) Gorica D. Petrovich   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Comprehensive catecholaminergic projectome analysis reveals single-neuron integration of zebrafish ascending and descending dopaminergic systems

(2011) Tuan Leng Tay et al.   Nature Communications

The Evolution of Dopamine Systems in Chordates

(2011) Kei Yamamoto et al.   Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Dopamine-Mediated Learning and Switching in Cortico-Striatal Circuit Explain Behavioral Changes in Reinforcement Learning

(2011) Simon Hong et al.   Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

The pedunculopontine nucleus area: critical evaluation of interspecies differences relevant for its use as a target for deep brain stimulation

(2010) M. Alam et al.   BRAIN

Projections from the brain to the spinal cord in the mouse

(2010) Huazheng Liang et al.   Brain Structure & Function

Encoding of conditioned fear in central amygdala inhibitory circuits

(2010) Stephane Ciocchi et al.   NATURE

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

(2010) Alexxai V. Kravitz et al.   NATURE

Activation of groups of excitatory neurons in the mammalian spinal cord or hindbrain evokes locomotion

(2010) Martin Hägglund et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

The influence of vibrissal somatosensory processing in rat superior colliculus on prey capture

(2010) P.D.N. Favaro et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Neuronal control of swimming behavior: Comparison of vertebrate and invertebrate model systems

(2010) Olivia J. Mullins et al.   PROGRESS IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Effects of pedunculopontine nucleus area stimulation on gait disorders in Parkinson's disease

(2009) M. U. Ferraye et al.   BRAIN

Lateral hypothalamic orexin/hypocretin neurons: A role in reward-seeking and addiction

(2009) Gary Aston-Jones et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

Orexin-A and Orexin-B During the Postnatal Development of the Rat Brain

(2009) Irina I. Stoyanova et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY

GABAergic neuron distribution in the pedunculopontine nucleus defines functional subterritories

(2009) J. Mena-Segovia et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Evidence for a dopaminergic innervation of the pedunculopontine nucleus in monkeys, and its drastic reduction after MPTP intoxication

(2009) Anne-Sophie Rolland et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY

Neurons of the Dopaminergic/Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide A11 Cell Group Modulate Neuronal Firing in the Trigeminocervical Complex: An Electrophysiological and Immunohistochemical Study

(2009) A. R. Charbit et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

The locus coeruleus and noradrenergic modulation of cognition

(2009) Susan J. Sara   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Dissecting the brain's fear system reveals the hypothalamus is critical for responding in subordinate conspecific intruders

(2009) S. C. Motta et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The ventral basal ganglia, a selection mechanism at the crossroads of space, strategy, and reward.

(2009) Mark D. Humphries et al.   PROGRESS IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Dopamine Signaling in the Dorsal Striatum Is Essential for Motivated Behaviors

(2008) Richard D. Palmiter   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

The problem of relating plasticity and skilled reaching after motor cortex stroke in the rat

(2008) Ian Q. Whishaw et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Thigmotactic responses in an open-field

(2008) M.R. Lamprea et al.   BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL AND BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Diencephalic Locomotor Region in the Lamprey—Afferents and Efferent Control

(2008) Ariane Ménard et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Preferential Enhancement of Dopamine Transmission within the Nucleus Accumbens Shell by Cocaine Is Attributable to a Direct Increase in Phasic Dopamine Release Events

(2008) B. J. Aragona et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Cholinergic brainstem neurons modulate cortical gamma activity during slow oscillations

(2008) Juan Mena-Segovia et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

The bivalent side of the nucleus accumbens

(2008) Liat Levita et al.   NEUROIMAGE

Cocaine Seeking Habits Depend upon Dopamine-Dependent Serial Connectivity Linking the Ventral with the Dorsal Striatum

(2008) David Belin et al.   NEURON

Biological substrates of reward and aversion: A nucleus accumbens activity hypothesis

(2008) William A. Carlezon et al.   NEUROPHARMACOLOGY

Neuroanatomical and neurochemical organization of projections from the central amygdaloid nucleus to the nucleus retroambiguus via the periaqueductal gray in the rat

(2008) Tatsuro Oka et al.   NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH

A reciprocal connection between the ventral lateral geniculate nucleus and the pretectal nuclear complex and the superior colliculus: An in vitro characterization in the rat

(2008) GESCHE BORN et al.   VISUAL NEUROSCIENCE

Zebrafish and motor control over the last decade

(2007) Joseph R. Fetcho et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH REVIEWS

Neural bases of goal-directed locomotion in vertebrates—An overview

(2007) Sten Grillner et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH REVIEWS

The basal ganglia: An overview of circuits and function

(2007) Amy A. Utter et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS