Development, functional organization, and evolution of vertebrate axial motor circuits

The Ancient Origins of Neural Substrates for Land Walking

(2018) Heekyung Jung et al.   CELL

Respiratory consequences of targeted losses ofHoxa5gene function in mice

(2017) Kim Landry-Truchon et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Divergent Hox Coding and Evasion of Retinoid Signaling Specifies Motor Neurons Innervating Digit Muscles

(2017) Alana I. Mendelsohn et al.   NEURON

A V0 core neuronal circuit for inspiration

(2017) Jinjin Wu et al.   Nature Communications

Columnar-Intrinsic Cues Shape Premotor Input Specificity in Locomotor Circuits

(2017) Myungin Baek et al.   Cell Reports

Motor neurons control locomotor circuit function retrogradely via gap junctions

(2016) Jianren Song et al.   NATURE

Decoding the organization of spinal circuits that control locomotion

(2016) Ole Kiehn   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Parallel Pbx -Dependent Pathways Govern the Coalescence and Fate of Motor Columns

(2016) Olivia Hanley et al.   NEURON

Iterative Role of Notch Signaling in Spinal Motor Neuron Diversification

(2016) G. Christopher Tan et al.   Cell Reports

Hox Proteins Coordinate Motor Neuron Differentiation and Connectivity Programs through Ret/Gfrα Genes

(2016) Catarina Catela et al.   Cell Reports

Assembly and Function of Spinal Circuits for Motor Control

(2015) Catarina Catela et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Primacy of Flexor Locomotor Pattern Revealed by Ancestral Reversion of Motor Neuron Identity

(2015) Timothy A. Machado et al.   CELL

Peeling back the layers of locomotor control in the spinal cord

(2015) David L McLean et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Evolution of Patterning Systems and Circuit Elements for Locomotion

(2015) Heekyung Jung et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Spinal Locomotor Circuits Develop Using Hierarchical Rules Based on Motorneuron Position and Identity

(2015) Christopher A. Hinckley et al.   NEURON

Distinct Limb and Trunk Premotor Circuits Establish Laterality in the Spinal Cord

(2015) Cyrill Goetz et al.   NEURON

Lhx3 and Lhx4 suppress Kolmer-Agduhr interneuron characteristics within zebrafish axial motoneurons

(2014) S. Seredick et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Reconstruction of phrenic neuron identity in embryonic stem cell-derived motor neurons

(2014) C. B. Machado et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Optogenetic Activation of Excitatory Premotor Interneurons Is Sufficient to Generate Coordinated Locomotor Activity in Larval Zebrafish

(2014) E. E. Ljunggren et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Separate Microcircuit Modules of Distinct V2a Interneurons and Motoneurons Control the Speed of Locomotion

(2014) Konstantinos Ampatzis et al.   NEURON

Modular Organization of Axial Microcircuits in Zebrafish

(2014) M. W. Bagnall et al.   SCIENCE

Motor neurons and the generation of spinal motor neuron diversity

(2014) Nicolas Stifani   Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Deletion of Mecom in mouse results in early-onset spinal deformity and osteopenia

(2013) Subhash C. Juneja et al.   BONE

Differences in the morphology of spinal V2a neurons reflect their recruitment order during swimming in larval zebrafish

(2013) Evdokia Menelaou et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Pattern of Innervation and Recruitment of Different Classes of Motoneurons in Adult Zebrafish

(2013) K. Ampatzis et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Hox Genes: Choreographers in Neural Development, Architects of Circuit Organization

(2013) Polyxeni Philippidou et al.   NEURON

Genetic and Functional Modularity of Hox Activities in the Specification of Limb-Innervating Motor Neurons

(2013) Julie Lacombe et al.   PLoS Genetics

A Gradient in Endogenous Rhythmicity and Oscillatory Drive Matches Recruitment Order in an Axial Motor Pool

(2012) E. Menelaou et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Sustained Hox5 gene activity is required for respiratory motor neuron development

(2012) Polyxeni Philippidou et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Zebrafish Mnx proteins specify one motoneuron subtype and suppress acquisition of interneuron characteristics

(2012) Steve D Seredick et al.   Neural Development

Origin of excitation underlying locomotion in the spinal circuit of zebrafish

(2012) E. Eklof-Ljunggren et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Understanding the Rhythm of Breathing: So Near, Yet So Far

(2011) Jack L. Feldman et al.   Annual Review of Physiology

Motor Neuron Position and Topographic Order Imposed by β- and γ-Catenin Activities

(2011) Elena Y. Demireva et al.   CELL

Functional Diversity of ESC-Derived Motor Neuron Subtypes Revealed through Intraspinal Transplantation

(2010) Mirza Peljto et al.   Cell Stem Cell

Principles governing recruitment of motoneurons during swimming in zebrafish

(2010) Jens Peter Gabriel et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Global Control of Motor Neuron Topography Mediated by the Repressive Actions of a Single Hox Gene

(2010) Heekyung Jung et al.   NEURON

Measured motion: searching for simplicity in spinal locomotor networks

(2009) Sten Grillner et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Zebrafish Motor Neuron Subtypes Differ Electrically Prior to Axonal Outgrowth

(2009) Rosa L. Moreno et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Motor Neurons with Axial Muscle Projections Specified by Wnt4/5 Signaling

(2009) Dritan Agalliu et al.   NEURON

Hox Repertoires for Motor Neuron Diversity and Connectivity Gated by a Single Accessory Factor, FoxP1

(2008) Jeremy S. Dasen et al.   CELL

Pattern formation in the vertebrate neural tube: a sonic hedgehog morphogen-regulated transcriptional network

(2008) E. Dessaud et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Continuous shifts in the active set of spinal interneurons during changes in locomotor speed

(2008) David L McLean et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Coordinated Actions of the Forkhead Protein Foxp1 and Hox Proteins in the Columnar Organization of Spinal Motor Neurons

(2008) David L. Rousso et al.   NEURON

The evolution of nervous system centralization

(2008) D. Arendt et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Organisation of the spinal central pattern generators for locomotion in the salamander: Biology and modelling

(2007) Stéphanie Chevallier et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH REVIEWS