Alan Roberts

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Alan Roberts

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PhD Neuroscience University of California, Berkeley
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Dual‐component amino‐acid‐mediated synaptic potentials: excitatory drive for swimming in Xenopus embryos. (1985) (340)
The neuroanatomy of an amphibian embryo spinal cord. (1982) (256)
Central Circuits Controlling Locomotion in Young Frog Tadpoles (1998) (203)
Sensory physiology, anatomy and immunohistochemistry of Rohon‐Beard neurones in embryos of Xenopus laevis. (1984) (175)
Inhibitory neurones of a motor pattern generator in Xenopus revealed by antibodies to glycine (1986) (156)
How Neurons Generate Behavior in A Hatchling Amphibian Tadpole: An Outline (2010) (147)
Excitatory amino acid receptors in Xenopus embryo spinal cord and their role in the activation of swimming. (1984) (138)
The early development of neurons with GABA immunoreactivity in the CNS of Xenopus laevis embryos (1987) (134)
Mutual Re‐excitation with Post‐Inhibitory Rebound: A Simulation Study on the Mechanisms for Locomotor Rhythm Generation in the Spinal Cord of Xenopus Embryos (1990) (131)
Early functional organization of spinal neurons in developing lower vertebrates (2000) (130)
The central nervous origin of the swimming motor pattern in embryos of Xenopus laevis. (1982) (125)
A neuronal mechanism for sensory gating during locomotion in a vertebrate (1988) (124)
Persistent Responses to Brief Stimuli: Feedback Excitation among Brainstem Neurons (2006) (118)
Primitive Roles for Inhibitory Interneurons in Developing Frog Spinal Cord (2004) (116)
Experiments on the central pattern generator for swimming in amphibian embryos. (1982) (113)
The morphology and distribution of ‘Kolmer–Agduhr cells’, a class of cerebrospinal-fluid-contacting neurons revealed in the frog embryo spinal cord by GABA immunocytochemistry (1987) (107)
Activity of commissural interneurons in spinal cord of Xenopus embryos. (1984) (103)
Neuronal control of swimming locomotion: analysis of the pteropod mollusc Clione and embryos of the amphibian Xenopus (1993) (103)
Crab Muscle Receptor which responds without Impulses (1968) (100)
Spinal Interneurones and Swimming in Frog Embryos (1986) (97)
Glutamate and acetylcholine corelease at developing synapses. (2004) (94)
Pineal eye and behaviour in Xenopus tadpoles (1978) (87)
Defining the excitatory neurons that drive the locomotor rhythm in a simple vertebrate: insights into the origin of reticulospinal control (2009) (86)
The anatomy and function of 'free' nerve endings in an amphibian skin sensory system (1977) (85)
Roles for Multifunctional and Specialized Spinal Interneurons During Motor Pattern Generation in Tadpoles, Zebrafish Larvae, and Turtles (2010) (85)
Locomotor rhythm maintenance: electrical coupling among premotor excitatory interneurons in the brainstem and spinal cord of young Xenopus tadpoles (2009) (85)
The neuromuscular basis of swimming movements in embryos of the amphibian Xenopus laevis. (1982) (85)
Tonic and phasic synaptic input to spinal cord motoneurons during fictive locomotion in frog embryos. (1982) (83)
Reconfiguration of a Vertebrate Motor Network: Specific Neuron Recruitment and Context-Dependent Synaptic Plasticity (2007) (80)
The negative inotropic effect of acetylcholine on ferret ventricular myocardium. (1988) (80)
Development and characterization of commissural interneurones in the spinal cord of Xenopus laevis embryos revealed by antibodies to glycine. (1988) (78)
Sensory Activation and Role of Inhibitory Reticulospinal Neurons that Stop Swimming in Hatchling Frog Tadpoles (2002) (71)
Synaptic potentials in motoneurons during fictive swimming in spinal Xenopus embryos. (1985) (70)
Recurrent inhibition in the giant-fibre system of the crayfish and its effect on the excitability of the escape response. (1968) (69)
Specific Brainstem Neurons Switch Each Other into Pacemaker Mode to Drive Movement by Activating NMDA Receptors (2010) (68)
Control of frequency during swimming in Xenopus embryos: a study on interneuronal recruitment in a spinal rhythm generator. (1993) (68)
A direct comparison of whole cell patch and sharp electrodes by simultaneous recording from single spinal neurons in frog tadpoles. (2004) (68)
Interneurones in the Xenopus embryo spinal cord: sensory excitation and activity during swimming. (1984) (68)
Origin of excitatory drive to a spinal locomotor network (2008) (67)
Defining classes of spinal interneuron and their axonal projections in hatchling Xenopus laevis tadpoles (2001) (65)
The early development of the primary sensory neurones in an amphibian embryo: a scanning electron microscope study. (1983) (65)
Spinal Inhibitory Neurons that Modulate Cutaneous Sensory Pathways during Locomotion in a Simple Vertebrate (2002) (63)
The giant axon escape system of a hydrozoan medusa, Aglantha digitale. (1980) (62)
Human vascular tissues produce thromboxane as well as prostacyclin. (1983) (61)
Preliminary observations on escape swimming and giant neurons in Aglantha digitale (Hydromedusae: Trachylina) (1980) (60)
Responses of young Xenopus laevis tadpoles to light dimming: possible roles for the pineal eye. (2000) (59)
Unmyelinated cutaneous afferent neurons activate two types of excitatory amino acid receptor in the spinal cord of Xenopus laevis embryos (1988) (59)
Descending projections and excitation during fictive swimming in Xenopus embryos: Neuroanatomy and lesion experiments (1986) (59)
Sustained Responses to Brief Stimuli: Swimming in Xenopus Embryos (1984) (59)
Effects of repetitive activity on developed force and intracellular sodium in isolated sheep and dog Purkinje fibres. (1987) (59)
The Spinal Interneurons and Properties of Glutamatergic Synapses in a Primitive Vertebrate Cutaneous Flexion Reflex (2003) (59)
Characterization and Function of Spinal Excitatory Interneurons with Commissural Projections in Xenopus laevis embryos (1990) (58)
Segmental giant: evidence for a driver neuron interposed between command and motor neurons in the crayfish escape system. (1982) (57)
Axon and dendrite geography predict the specificity of synaptic connections in a functioning spinal cord network (2007) (57)
Resistance Reflexes from a Crab Muscle Receptor without Impulses (1968) (56)
The development of a population of spinal cord neurons and their axonal projections revealed by GABA immunocytochemistry in frog embryos (1987) (55)
Activity of myotomal motoneurons during fictive swimming in frog embryos. (1982) (54)
Anatomy, physiology and behavioural rôle of sensory nerve endings in the cement gland of embryonic Xenopus (1975) (54)
The neuromuscular basis of rhythmic struggling movements in embryos of Xenopus laevis. (1982) (52)
Role of type-specific neuron properties in a spinal cord motor network (2007) (52)
Coxal muscle receptors in the crab: the receptor potentials of S and T fibers in response to ramp stretches. (1971) (51)
Can Simple Rules Control Development of a Pioneer Vertebrate Neuronal Network Generating Behavior? (2014) (49)
Development of early swimming inXenopus laevis embryos: Myotomal musculature, its innervation and activation (1989) (45)
A study of the growth cones of developing embryonic sensory neurites. (1983) (44)
Conducted Impulses in the Skin of Young Tadpoles (1969) (43)
A scanning electron microscope study of the development of a peripheral sensory neurite network. (1982) (43)
Neuromuscular transmission in the jellyfish Aglantha digitale. (1985) (42)
Longitudinal coordination of motor output during swimming in Xenopus embryos (1991) (42)
Coxal muscle receptors in the crab: the receptor current and some properties of the receptor nerve fibres. (1971) (41)
A functional scaffold of CNS neurons for the vertebrates: The developing Xenopus laevis spinal cord (2012) (40)
Simple mechanisms organise orientation of escape swimming in embryos and hatchling tadpoles of Xenopus laevis. (2000) (40)
Neurones without impulses : their significance for vertebrate and invertebrate nervous systems (1981) (39)
Mechanisms for the excitation of ‘free nerve endings’ (1975) (39)
Dorsal spinal interneurons forming a primitive, cutaneous sensory pathway. (2004) (39)
Initiation and control of swimming in amphibian embryos. (1983) (38)
Roles for inhibition: studies on networks controlling swimming in young frog tadpoles (2008) (37)
Receptor crosstalk protein, calcyon, regulates affinity state of dopamine D1 receptors. (2001) (36)
Modelling Inter-Segmental Coordination of Neuronal Oscillators: Synaptic Mechanisms for Uni-Directional Coupling During Swimming in Xenopus Tadpoles (2002) (36)
The stopping response of Xenopus laevis embryos: behaviour, development and physiology (1992) (35)
Axon projections of reciprocal inhibitory interneurons in the spinal cord of young Xenopus tadpoles and implications for the pattern of inhibition during swimming and struggling (1998) (35)
The Neurons that Control Axial Movements in a Frog Embryo (1989) (34)
Motoneurons of the axial swimming muscles in hatchling Xenopus tadpoles: Features, distribution, and central synapses (1999) (34)
Spinal cord neuron classes in embryos of the smooth newt Triturus vulgaris: a horseradish peroxidase and immunocytochemical study. (1993) (34)
Habituation of the Crayfish Escape Response during Release from Inhibition induced by Picrotoxin (1967) (34)
The anatomy of two functional types of mechanoreceptive 'free' nerve-ending in the head skin of Xenopus embryos (1983) (33)
The fade of the response to acetylcholine at the rabbit isolated sino‐atrial node. (1987) (32)
The development of the peripheral trigeminal innervation in Xenopus embryos. (1982) (31)
The role of premotor interneurons in phase-dependent modulation of a cutaneous reflex during swimming in Xenopus laevis embryos (1992) (31)
Comparative effects of nitroglycerin and nitroprusside on prostacyclin generation in adult human vessel wall. (1983) (30)
Functional projection distances of spinal interneurons mediating reciprocal inhibition during swimming in Xenopus tadpoles (2001) (30)
A Developmental Approach to Predicting Neuronal Connectivity from Small Biological Datasets: A Gradient-Based Neuron Growth Model (2014) (29)
Neuronal growth cones in an amphibian embryo (1976) (29)
The Influence of Magnesium lons on the NMDA Mediated Responses of Ventral Rhythmic Neurons in the Spinal Cord of Xenopus Embryos (1989) (29)
Competition during innervation of embryonic amphibian head skin (1983) (28)
The pineal eye inXenopus laevis embryos and larvae: A photoreceptor with a direct excitatory effect on behaviour (1982) (28)
Phase‐dependent Modulation of a Cutaneous Sensory Pathway by Glycinergic Inhibition from the Locomotor Rhythm Generator in Xenopus Embryos (1992) (27)
Synaptic junction development in the spinal cord of an amphibian embryo: An electron microscope study (1973) (26)
The neuronal targets for GABAergic reticulospinal inhibition that stops swimming in hatchling frog tadpoles (2002) (26)
Stochasticity and functionality of neural systems: Mathematical modelling of axon growth in the spinal cord of tadpole (2008) (25)
The properties and propagation of a cardiac-like impulse in the skin of young tadpoles (1971) (24)
Modelling the Effects of Electrical Coupling between Unmyelinated Axons of Brainstem Neurons Controlling Rhythmic Activity (2015) (23)
Responses of hatchling Xenopus tadpoles to water currents: first function of lateral line receptors without cupulae (2009) (22)
Modeling the Connectome of a Simple Spinal Cord (2011) (22)
The role of a trigeminal sensory nucleus in the initiation of locomotion (2012) (22)
Mechanisms and significance of reduced activity and responsiveness in resting frog tadpoles (2004) (22)
The function and role of two types of mechanoreceptive ‘free’ nerve endings in the head skin of amphibian embryos (1980) (22)
Non‐linear summation of excitatory synaptic inputs to small neurones: a case study in spinal motoneurones of the young Xenopus tadpole (1998) (21)
Segregation of NMDA and non-NMDA receptors at separate synaptic contacts: evidence from spontaneous EPSPs inXenopus embryo spinal neurons (1991) (19)
A Possible Pathway Connecting the Photosensitive Pineal Eye to the Swimming Central Pattern Generator in Young Xenopus laevis Tadpoles (1999) (19)
Longitudinal neuronal organization and coordination in a simple vertebrate: a continuous, semi-quantitative computer model of the central pattern generator for swimming in young frog tadpoles (2009) (19)
Some features of the central co-ordination of a fast movement in the crayfish. (1968) (18)
The role of propagated skin impulses in the sensory system of young tadpoles (1971) (18)
Brainstem control of activity and responsiveness in resting frog tadpoles: tonic inhibition (2004) (17)
Growth cones and the formation of central and peripheral neurites by sensory neurones in amphibian embryos (1985) (16)
The Influence of Premotor lnterneuron Populations on the Frequency of the Spinal Pattern Generator for Swimming in Xenopus Embryos: A Simulation Study (1995) (15)
Swimming and other centrally generated motor patterns in newt embryos (1983) (15)
Sensory initiation of a co‐ordinated motor response: synaptic excitation underlying simple decision‐making (2015) (15)
Longitudinal distribution of components of excitatory synaptic input to motoneurones during swimming in young Xenopus tadpoles: experiments with antagonists (1998) (15)
Modelling Feedback Excitation, Pacemaker Properties and Sensory Switching of Electrically Coupled Brainstem Neurons Controlling Rhythmic Activity (2016) (14)
The firing patterns of spinal neurons: in situ patch‐clamp recordings reveal a key role for potassium currents (2012) (14)
A simple decision to move in response to touch reveals basic sensory memory and mechanisms for variable response times (2018) (14)
The development of a dual touch sensory system in embryos of the amphibianXenopus laevis (1974) (13)
Asymmetries in sensory pathways from skin to motoneurons on each side of the body determine the direction of an avoidance response in hatchling Xenopus tadpoles (1998) (12)
Induction of expression of the rat G5 nervous system antigen occurs postnatally. (1983) (10)
The distribution of non-synaptic intercellular junctions during neurone differentiation in the developing spinal cord of the clawed toad. (1975) (10)
A mechanism for switching in the nervous system: turning ON swimming in a frog tadpole (1989) (9)
The distribution of synapses along the spinal cord of an amphibian embryo: An electron microscope study of junction development (2004) (9)
The decision to move: response times, neuronal circuits and sensory memory in a simple vertebrate (2019) (8)
Pharmacology of currents underlying the different firing patterns of spinal sensory neurons and interneurons identified in vivo using multivariate analysis. (2011) (8)
From decision to action: Detailed modelling of frog tadpoles reveals neuronal mechanisms of decision-making and reproduces unpredictable swimming movements in response to sensory signals (2021) (5)
The central nervous generation of the swimming rhythm in an amphibian embryo [proceedings]. (1978) (4)
The sensory systems of embryos of the newt:Triturus vulgaris (1983) (4)
Specificity of synaptic connections formed during development of a functioning neuronal network (2007) (4)
Zebrafish transgenic constructs label specific neurons in Xenopus laevis spinal cord and identify frog V0v spinal neurons (2017) (3)
Central synapses of spinal motoneurons innervating the trunk swimming muscles of Xenopus laevis embryos. (1996) (3)
Muscle receptor properties in the crab. (1970) (3)
Gradient based spinal cord axogenesis and locomotor connectome of the hatchling Xenopus tadpole (2011) (3)
Muscle receptor potentials without impulses in crabs. (1969) (1)
The role of electrical coupling in the decision to initiate swimming in young frog tadpoles (2012) (1)
Interneurones in the Xenopus embryo spinal cord (1984) (1)
Great Britain COXAL MUSCLE RECEPTORS IN THE CRAB : THE RECEPTOR POTENTIALS OF S AND T FIBRES IN RESPONSE TO RAMP STRETCHES (2005) (1)
Whole animal modelling reveals neuronal mechanisms of decision-making and reproduces unpredictable swimming in frog tadpoles (2021) (1)
Rhythm Generation in Young Xenopus Tadpoles (2014) (1)
Nerve cells and animal behaviour by David Young, Cambridge University Press, 1989. £27.50 hbk, £9.95 pbk (ix + 236 pages) ISBN 0 521 31443 7 (1989) (0)
A new membrane organelle in developing amphibian neurones (2004) (0)
Primitive inhibitory interneurons in the developing frog spinal cord (2004) (0)
OF YOUNG XENOPUS LAEVI S TADPOLES TO LIGHT DIMMING : POSSIBLE ROLES FOR THE PINEAL EYE (2000) (0)
Defining the spinal cord connectome: axon projection and dendritic fields in the developing Xenopus spinal cord (2011) (0)
A roles for ratios? How ion channel densities could define neuronal firing properties (2010) (0)
12-P008 Genetics tools to study neural circuit formation in zebrafish and Xenopus (2009) (0)
A simple method defines 3D morphology and axon projections of filled neurons in a small CNS volume: Steps toward understanding functional network circuitry (2020) (0)
The firing patterns of Xenopus laevis neurons in vivo: roles for fast and slow potassium currents (2010) (0)
The role of electrical coupling in the decision to initiate swimming in young frog tadpoles (2012) (0)
THE BIOLOGY OF FROG AND TOAD TADPOLES (2001) (0)

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