motoneurons

Neural network development group

The genetic specification and assembly of neural networks

Recent Publications

Berni J, Pulver SR, Griffith LC, Bate M (2012) Autonomous Circuitry for Substrate Exploration in Freely Moving Drosophila Larvae. Curr Biol 22(20): 1-10

Thackray AM, Muhammad F, Zhang C, Di Y, Jahn TR, Landgraf M, Crowther DC, Evers JF, Bujdoso R (2012) Ovine PrP transgenic Drosophila show reduced locomotor activity and decreased survival. Biochem J 444: 487-495

Crisp S, Evers JF, Bate M (2011) Endogenous patterns of activity are required for the maturation of a motor network. J Neurosci 31(29):10445-50

Berni J, Muldal AM, Pulver SR (2010) Using Neurogenetics and the Warmth-Gated Ion Channel TRPA1 to Study the Neural Basis of Behavior in Drosophila. The Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education 9(1):A5-A14

Nicolai L, Ramaekers A, Raemaekers T, Drozdzecki A, Mauss A, Yan J, Landgraf M, Annaert W, Hassan B (2010) A genetically encoded dendritic marker sheds light on neuronal connectivity in Drosophila. PNAS 107(47):20553-8

Nair A, Bate M, Pulver SR (2010) Characterization of voltage-gated ionic currents in a peripheral sensory neuron in larval Drosophila. BMC Res Notes 2;3:154.

Mauss A, Tripodi M, Evers JF, Landgraf M (2009) Midline signalling systems direct the formation of a neural map by dendritic targeting in the Drosophila motor system. PLoS Biol 7(9):e1000200.

Zlatic M, Li F, Strigini M, Grueber W, Bate M (2009) Positional cues in the Drosophila nerve cord: semaphorins pattern the dorso-ventral axis. PLoS Biol 7(6):e1000135.

Tripodi M, Evers JF, Mauss A, Bate M, Landgraf M (2008) Structural homeostasis: compensatory adjustments of dendritic arbor geometry in response to variations of synaptic input. PLoS Biol 6(10):e260.

Crisp S, Evers JF, Fiala A, Bate M (2008) The development of motor coordination in Drosophila embryos. Development 135(22):3707-17.

Diegelmann S, Bate M, Landgraf M (2008) Gateway cloning vectors for the LexA-based binary expression system in Drosophila. Fly 2(4):236-9.

Ou Y, Chwalla B, Landgraf M, van Meyel DJ (2008) Identification of genes influencing dendrite morphogenesis in developing peripheral sensory and central motor neurons. Neural Dev 10;3:16.

Dixit R, Vijayraghavan K, Bate M (2008) Hox genes and the regulation of movement in Drosophila. Dev Neurobiol 68(3):309-16.

Roy B, Singh AP, Shetty C, Chaudhary V, North A, Landgraf M, Vijayraghavan K, Rodrigues V (2007) Metamorphosis of an identified serotonergic neuron in the Drosophila olfactory system. Neural Dev 24;2:20.

Landgraf M, Thor S (2006) Development and structure of motoneurons. Int Rev Neurobiol 75:33-53.

Strigini M, Cantera R, Morin X, Bastiani MJ, Bate M, Karagogeos D (2006) The IgLON protein Lachesin is required for the blood-brain barrier in Drosophila. Mol Cell Neurosci 32(1-2):91-101.

Landgraf M, Thor S (2006) Development of Drosophila motoneurons: specification and morphology. Semin Cell Dev Biol 17(1):3-11.

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