Distributed rhythm generators underlie Caenorhabditis elegans forward locomotion

Excitatory motor neurons are local oscillators for backward locomotion

(2018) Shangbang Gao et al.   eLife

Feedback Signal from Motoneurons Influences a Rhythmic Pattern Generator

(2017) Horacio G. Rotstein et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Antidromic-rectifying gap junctions amplify chemical transmission at functionally mixed electrical-chemical synapses

(2017) Ping Liu et al.   Nature Communications

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

Highly efficient optogenetic cell ablation in C. elegans using membrane-targeted miniSOG

(2016) Suhong Xu et al.   Scientific Reports

The intrinsic operation of the networks that make us locomote

(2015) Sten Grillner et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

C. elegans locomotion: small circuits, complex functions

(2015) Mei Zhen et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Illuminating neural circuits and behaviour inCaenorhabditis eleganswith optogenetics

(2015) Christopher Fang-Yen et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The NCA sodium leak channel is required for persistent motor circuit activity that sustains locomotion

(2015) Shangbang Gao et al.   Nature Communications

Neurobiology of Caenorhabditis elegans Locomotion: Where Do We Stand?

(2014) Julijana Gjorgjieva et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Archaerhodopsin variants with enhanced voltage-sensitive fluorescence in mammalian and Caenorhabditis elegans neurons

(2014) Nicholas C. Flytzanis et al.   Nature Communications

An AP2 Transcription Factor Is Required for a Sleep-Active Neuron to Induce Sleep-like Quiescence in C. elegans

(2013) Michal Turek et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Long-Term Imaging of Caenorhabditis elegans Using Nanoparticle-Mediated Immobilization

(2013) Eric Kim et al.   PLoS One

Efficient Single-Cell Transgene Induction in Caenorhabditis elegans Using a Pulsed Infrared Laser

(2013) Matthew A. Churgin et al.   G3-Genes Genomes Genetics

Controlling interneuron activity in Caenorhabditis elegans to evoke chemotactic behaviour

(2012) Askin Kocabas et al.   NATURE

Proprioceptive Coupling within Motor Neurons Drives C. elegans Forward Locomotion

(2012) Quan Wen et al.   NEURON

Microbial Light-Activatable Proton Pumps as Neuronal Inhibitors to Functionally Dissect Neuronal Networks in C. elegans

(2012) Steven J. Husson et al.   PLoS One

Photo-inducible cell ablation in Caenorhabditis elegans using the genetically encoded singlet oxygen generating protein miniSOG

(2012) Y. B. Qi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gait Modulation in C. elegans: An Integrated Neuromechanical Model

(2012) Jordan H. Boyle et al.   Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

Real-time multimodal optical control of neurons and muscles in freely behaving Caenorhabditis elegans

(2011) Jeffrey N Stirman et al.   NATURE METHODS

Optogenetic manipulation of neural activity in freely moving Caenorhabditis elegans

(2011) Andrew M Leifer et al.   NATURE METHODS

An Imbalancing Act: Gap Junctions Reduce the Backward Motor Circuit Activity to Bias C. elegans for Forward Locomotion

(2011) Taizo Kawano et al.   NEURON

Structural Properties of the Caenorhabditis elegans Neuronal Network

(2011) Lav R. Varshney et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Motoneurons Dedicated to Either Forward or Backward Locomotion in the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

(2010) G. Haspel et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Biomechanical analysis of gait adaptation in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

(2010) C. Fang-Yen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

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

Forward locomotion of the nematode C. elegans is achieved through modulation of a single gait

(2009) Stefano Berri et al.   HFSP Journal

Circuits controlling vertebrate locomotion: moving in a new direction

(2009) Martyn Goulding   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Interactions between innexins UNC-7 and UNC-9 mediate electrical synapse specificity in the Caenorhabditis elegans locomotory nervous system

(2009) Todd A Starich et al.   Neural Development

Optogenetic analysis of synaptic function

(2008) Jana F Liewald et al.   NATURE METHODS

Genetic analysis of crawling and swimming locomotory patterns in C. elegans

(2008) J. T. Pierce-Shimomura et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA