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PhD Neurobiology University of California, Berkeley
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According to Wikipedia, William B. Kristan, Jr. is an American biologist, currently a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of California, San Diego. He was awarded a Ph.D. by the University of Pennsylvania before becoming a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University. He was awarded a 1981 Guggenheim Fellowship and was a Fellow of the University of Bielefeld, Germany.

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Neuronal control of leech behavior (2005) (358)
Optical Imaging of Neuronal Populations During Decision-Making (2005) (309)
Optically monitoring voltage in neurons by photo-induced electron transfer through molecular wires (2012) (259)
Multifunctional pattern-generating circuits. (2008) (257)
The role of habitat selection behavior in population dynamics: source -sink systems and ecological traps (2003) (238)
Photochemical control of endogenous ion channels and cellular excitability (2008) (208)
Neuronal generation of the leech swimming movement. (1978) (191)
Faculty Opinions recommendation of Network motifs: simple building blocks of complex networks. (2002) (176)
Initiation, Maintenance and Modulation of Swimming in the Medicinal Leech by the Activity of a Single Neurone (1978) (169)
SPATIAL PATTERN OF RISK OF COMMON RAVEN PREDATION ON DESERT TORTOISES (2003) (148)
Rhythmic swimming activity in neurones of the isolated nerve cord of the leech. (1976) (145)
Imaging Dedicated and Multifunctional Neural Circuits Generating Distinct Behaviors (2006) (136)
Neuronal control of swimming in the medicinal leech (1974) (134)
A neuronal network for computing population vectors in the leech (1998) (128)
Neuronal Decision-Making Circuits (2008) (114)
Single Species as Indicators of Species Richness and Composition in California Coastal Sage Scrub Birds and Small Mammals (2000) (111)
Swim initiation in the leech by serotonin-containing interneurones, cells 21 and 61. (1986) (99)
Behavioral choice by presynaptic inhibition of tactile sensory terminals (2009) (98)
SENSORY AND MOTOR NEURONES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LOCAL BENDING RESPONSE IN LEECHES (1982) (97)
Evidence for Sequential Decision Making in the Medicinal Leech (2002) (97)
Neuronal control of swimming in the medicinal leech (1974) (96)
Morphological changes in leech Retzius neurons after target contact during embryogenesis (1987) (96)
Identification of Neural Circuits by Imaging Coherent Electrical Activity with FRET-Based Dyes (1999) (93)
Improved PeT molecules for optically sensing voltage in neurons. (2015) (92)
Behavioural and Mechanosensory Neurone Responses to Skin Stimulation in Leeches (1982) (88)
Population coding and behavioral choice (1997) (84)
Diet composition of common ravens across the urban-wildland interface of the West Mojave Desert (2004) (81)
Segment-specific morphogenesis of leech Retzius neurons requires particular peripheral targets (1987) (78)
Physiological and morphological analysis of synaptic transmission between leech motor neurons (1985) (71)
Gap Junction Expression Is Required for Normal Chemical Synapse Formation (2010) (70)
Development of the leech nervous system. (1992) (69)
Leech locomotion: swimming, crawling, and decisions (2007) (67)
Contextual modulation of behavioral choice (2011) (65)
Effects of anthropogenic developments on common raven nesting biology in the West Mojave Desert. (2007) (64)
The dual role of serotonin in leech swimming. (1982) (64)
Supralinear Summation of Synaptic Inputs by an Invertebrate Neuron: Dendritic Gain Is Mediated by an “Inward Rectifier” K+ Current (1999) (62)
A Hormone-Activated Central Pattern Generator for Courtship (2010) (61)
Sources and Expectations for Hierarchical Structure in Bird-habitat Associations (2006) (60)
Function of identified interneurons in the leech elucidated using neural networks trained by back-propagation (1989) (58)
NSF Workshop Report: Discovering General Principles of Nervous System Organization by Comparing Brain Maps across Species (2014) (57)
A model of the hydrostatic skeleton of the leech. (1996) (56)
Neural Control of Swimming in the Leech (1974) (55)
Imaging Reveals Synaptic Targets of a Swim-Terminating Neuron in the Leech CNS (2003) (54)
Alternative causes of edge-abundance relationships in birds and small mammals of California coastal sage scrub (2003) (52)
Widespread Inhibition Proportional to Excitation Controls the Gain of a Leech Behavioral Circuit (2008) (52)
Quantifying Stimulus Discriminability: A Comparison of Information Theory and Ideal Observer Analysis (2005) (51)
Neuronal excitation, inhibition and modulation of leech longitudinal muscle (1982) (50)
Generation of rhythmic motor patterns (1980) (50)
Representation of touch location by a population of leech sensory neurons. (1998) (50)
The whole-body shortening reflex of the medicinal leech: motor pattern, sensory basis, and interneuronal pathways (1995) (49)
A kinematic study of crawling behavior in the leech,Hirudo medicinalis (1986) (49)
Central synaptic inputs to identified leech neurons determined by peripheral targets. (1989) (47)
Neurons controlling the initiation, generation and modulation of leech swimming. (1983) (47)
Quantitative Analysis of a Directed Behavior in the Medicinal Leech: Implications for Organizing Motor Output (1998) (46)
An identified cell is required for the formation of a major nerve during embryogenesis in the leech. (1988) (43)
Analysis of Oscillations in a Reciprocally Inhibitory Network with Synaptic Depression (2002) (42)
Neuronal control of swimming in the medicinal leech (1974) (42)
Mapping of neuronal contacts with intracellular injection of horseradish peroxidase and Lucifer yellow in combination (1981) (41)
Behavioral hierarchy in the medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis: feeding as a dominant behavior (1998) (40)
Early evolution of neurons (2016) (40)
From crawling to cognition: analyzing the dynamical interactions among populations of neurons (2006) (39)
Analysis and modeling of the multisegmental coordination of shortening behavior in the medicinal leech. I. Motor output pattern. (1992) (36)
The oblique muscle organizer in Hirudo medicinalis, an identified embryonic cell projecting multiple parallel growth cones in an orderly array. (1991) (35)
Sequential Development of Electrical and Chemical Synaptic Connections Generates a Specific Behavioral Circuit in the Leech (2005) (33)
The neurobiology of swimming in the leech (1983) (32)
Using reflexive behaviors of the medicinal leech to study information processing. (1995) (32)
Encoding and Decoding Touch Location in the Leech CNS (2006) (31)
Photosensory input pathways in the medicinal leech (2004) (30)
Neural mechanisms generating the leech swimming rhythm: Swim-initiator neurons excite the network of swim oscillator neurons (1987) (30)
Widespread mechanosensory activation of the serotonergic system of the medicinal leech. (1995) (30)
Decision-Making in the Leech Nervous System1 (2002) (30)
Two forms of sensitization of the local bending reflex of the medicinal leech (1991) (29)
Peripheral Feedback in the Leech Swimming Rhythm (1976) (29)
NSF workshop report: discovering general principles of nervous system organization by comparing brain maps across species. (2014) (28)
Embryonic electrical connections appear to prefigure a behavioral circuit in the leech CNS (2006) (28)
Relative roles of the S cell network and parallel interneuronal pathways in the whole-body shortening reflex of the medicinal leech. (1999) (28)
Analysis and modeling of the multisegmental coordination of shortening behavior in the medicinal leech. II. Role of identified interneurons. (1992) (28)
Segment-specific modulation of the electrophysiological activity of leech Retzius neurons by acetylcholine. (1993) (27)
An increase in activity of serotonergic Retzius neurones may not be necessary for the consummatory phase of feeding in the leech Hirudo medicinalis. (1996) (25)
Multifunctional interneurons in behavioral circuits of the medicinal leech (1988) (24)
The role of population coding in the control of movement (1997) (24)
Location and intensity discrimination in the leech local bend response quantified using optic flow and principal components analysis. (2005) (23)
Development of spontaneous and evoked behaviors in the medicinal leech (1998) (23)
Behavioral choice across leech species: chacun à son goût (2010) (22)
Mapping motor neuron activity to overt behavior in the leech (1996) (22)
Monitoring neuronal activity during discrete behaviors: a crawling, swimming and shortening device for tethered leeches (1992) (22)
Behavioral choice across leech species: chacun à son goût (2010) (22)
Staging of middle and late embryonic development in the medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis (1998) (22)
Cellular substrates of action selection: a cluster of higher-order descending neurons shapes body posture and locomotion (2008) (22)
Effects of soil water content, temperature and experimental nitrogen deposition on nitric oxide (NO) efflux from semiarid shrubland soil (2015) (21)
Target influences on the development of leech neurons (1992) (21)
CHOICES AND CONSEQUENCES OF HABITAT SELECTION FOR BIRDS (2007) (20)
Mesenchyme of embryonic reproductive ducts directs process outgrowth of Retzius neurons in the medicinal leech. (1992) (20)
Photoactivation of neurons by laser-generated local heating. (2012) (20)
Mapping motor neurone activity to overt behaviour in the leech: internal pressures produced during locomotion. (1996) (19)
A model of the leech segmental swim central pattern generator (2000) (18)
Feeding-Mediated Distention Inhibits Swimming in the Medicinal Leech (2010) (18)
From synapses to behavior: Development of a sensory‐motor circuit in the leech (2008) (18)
Species-specific behavioral patterns correlate with differences in synaptic connections between homologous mechanosensory neurons (2010) (18)
Decision Points: The Factors Influencing the Decision to Feed in the Medicinal Leech (2012) (18)
Development of neuronal circuits and behaviors in the medicinal leech (2000) (18)
EXPECTED EFFECTS OF CORRELATED HABITAT VARIABLES ON HABITAT QUALITY AND BIRD DISTRIBUTION (2007) (17)
Acquisition of swimming behavior in chronically isolated single segments of the leech (1977) (17)
Cell-cell interactions that modulate neuronal development in the leech. (1994) (17)
Plasticity of Synchronous Activity in a Small Neural Net (1970) (16)
Functions of the subesophageal ganglion in the medicinal leech revealed by ablation of neuromeres in embryos (2006) (16)
Plasticity of firing patterns in neurons of Aplysia pleural ganglion. (1971) (15)
Hierarchical Models for Avian Ecologists (2006) (15)
Scalable Semisupervised Functional Neurocartography Reveals Canonical Neurons in Behavioral Networks (2016) (15)
Localization of a leech inhibitory synapse by photo-ablation of individual dendrites (1989) (14)
He's got rhythm: single neurons signal timing on a scale of seconds (1998) (14)
Form and function in systems neuroscience (2006) (14)
Parallel pathways coordinate crawling in the medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis (1995) (14)
Neuronal basis of behavior (1992) (13)
Identified GABAergic inhibitory motor neurons in the leech central nervous system take up GABA (1985) (12)
Vertebrate versus invertebrate neural circuits (2013) (11)
A Push-Me Pull-You Neural Design (2007) (11)
Inhibitory connections between motor neurons modify a centrally generated motor pattern in the leech nervous system (1986) (11)
Neuronal changes related to behavioral changes in chronically isolated segments of the medicinal leech (1979) (10)
Multiplexed modulation of behavioral choice (2014) (10)
Biomechanics of Hydroskeletons: Studies of Crawling in the Medicinal Leech (2000) (10)
Glial responses during evoked behaviors in the leech (1999) (9)
Monitoring Integrated Activity of Individual Neurons Using FRET-Based Voltage-Sensitive Dyes. (2015) (9)
Development of segmental differences in the pressure mechanosensory neurons of the leech haementeria ghilianii (1986) (9)
Segmental specialization of neuronal connectivity in the leech (1990) (9)
Automated Video Analysis of Animal Movements Using Gabor Orientation Filters (2010) (8)
Disruption of peripheral target contact influences the development of identified central dendritic branches in a leech motor neuron in vivo. (2000) (7)
Behavioral Sequencing: Competitive Queuing in the Fly CNS (2014) (7)
Evaluation of evidence supporting the effectiveness of desert tortoise recovery actions (2006) (7)
Behavioral analysis of substrate texture preference in a leech, Helobdella austinensis (2018) (5)
Behavioral choice—in theory and in practice (1989) (5)
Sexual Attraction: Sex-Specific Wiring of Neural Circuitry (2012) (4)
Does the striate cortex begin reconstruction of the visual world? (1972) (4)
Making behavioural choices with interneurones in a distributed system (1992) (4)
4 – Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors Influencing the Development of Retzius Neurons in the Leech Nervous System (1992) (4)
Crawling in the leech is produced by a central pattern generator (1995) (4)
Long-lasting depolarization of leech neurons mediated by receptors with a nicotinic binding site. (1998) (3)
Anatomy and activity patterns in a multifunctional motor neuron and its surrounding circuits (2020) (3)
Neuronal and Cellular Oscillators.Jon W. Jacklet (1990) (3)
Neurons that are active in phase with swimming in leech, and their connectivity, are revealed by optical techniques (1998) (3)
Distributed Processing vs. Dedicated Neurons in the Production of Simple Behavioral Acts (2000) (3)
Difficulties in applying a functional definition of command neurons (1978) (3)
20 Behavioral Choice (2007) (3)
The Development of Serotonin-containing Neurons in the Leech (1985) (3)
Functional Connectomics: How Maggots Make Up Their Minds (2017) (3)
Inferring and Learning from Neuronal Correspondences (2015) (3)
Neuroscience. A push-me pull-you neural design. (2007) (3)
Patterns and Distribution of Presynaptic and Postsynaptic Elements Within Serial Electron Microscopic Reconstructions of Neuronal Arbors From the Medicinal LeechHirudo verbana: Elements of neuronal arbors from the medicinal leechH. Verbana (2016) (2)
The Imaging Computational Microscope (2015) (2)
Pinning Down Randomness (2015) (2)
THE USE OF DATA LOGGERS TO MONITOR ENVIRONMENTAL STATE CHANGES : SNOW MELT AND LOSS OF SURFACE WATER (2)
SPECIAL SECTION: CHOICES AND CONSEQUENCES OF AVIAN HABITAT SELECTION (2007) (2)
Thermal tolerance and routine oxygen consumption of convict cichlid, Archocentrus nigrofasciatus, acclimated to constant temperatures (20 °C and 30 °C) and a daily temperature cycle (20 °C → 30 °C) (2021) (2)
Toward a computational microscope for neurobiology (2009) (2)
Planarian fragments behave as whole animals (2021) (2)
Alpha-conotoxin ImI disrupts central control of swimming in the medicinal leech (2010) (1)
Pepherial feedback in the leech swimming rhythm. (1976) (1)
Control of Locomotion in Annelids (2018) (1)
Morphological Changes in Leech Contact During Embryogenesis Retzius Neurons (1987) (1)
Signal analysis of whole-body shortening behavior in Hirudo verbana (2012) (1)
and Principal Components Analysis Local Bend Response Quantified Using Optic Flow Location and Intensity Discrimination in the Leech (2006) (1)
Faculty Opinions recommendation of High frequency, synchronized bursting drives eye-specific segregation of retinogeniculate projections. (2005) (1)
Behavioral analysis of substrate texture preference in a leech, Helobdella austinensis (2019) (1)
Effects of soil water content, temperature and experimental nitrogen deposition on nitric oxide (NO) efflux from semi-arid shrubland soil (2014) (1)
quantified using optic flow and principal components analysis (2005) (1)
Leech Behavioral Choice: Neuroethology (2010) (1)
Choices and Consequences of Habitat Selection for BirdsHabitat Choices and Consequences (2007) (1)
Leech Behavioral Choice (2017) (1)
Head removal enhances planarian electrotaxis (2022) (1)
Computation with Population Codes (2014) (1)
Utilizing multi-functional neuronal responses during different behaviors to uniquely identify all neurons in the leech ganglion (2012) (1)
OPEN‐SOURCE SOFTWARE FOR ECOLOGISTS: A QUICK INTRODUCTION TO OPEN‐SOURCE SOFTWARE (2003) (0)
Introduction to Part V (2000) (0)
The role of sensory feedback in normal and surgically manipulated medicinal leeches (1996) (0)
Science Is an Ongoing Process, Not a Belief System (2019) (0)
Comments Inspired by O’Connor (2006) (0)
Motor systems (2001) (0)
Birds and bees and neuronal circuits (2001) (0)
Neuronal basis of behavior (1992) (0)
Autecology of Coastal Sage Scrub Birds and Small Mammals (1999) (0)
Title: Unsupervised functional neurocartography of the Aplysia (2021) (0)
Marine mayhem The Cambrian Explosion: The Construction of Animal Biodiversity, Douglas H. Erwin and James W. Valentine, Roberts and Company 2013 x + 406, pp. ISBN 978-1-936221-03-5 (2013) (0)
Faculty Opinions recommendation of Bursting in leech heart interneurons: cell-autonomous and network-based mechanisms. (2003) (0)
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO Altered Functional Connectivity of Subgenual Anteri or Cingulate Cortex during Negative Emotion Processing in Adolescent Depression A thesis submitted in partial satisfaction of the Requirements for the degree Master of Science in Biology (2013) (0)
Unsupervised functional neurocartography of the Aplysia buccal ganglion (2021) (0)
Optical imaging and demodulation techniques reveal neurons whose electrical activity is in phase with swimming in the leech (1997) (0)
Reflex of the Medicinal Leech Shortening Interneuronal Pathways in the Whole-Body Relative Roles of the S Cell Network and Parallel (2015) (0)
Biomechanics in hydroskeletons: Lessons from studies of crawling behavior in the medicinal leech (1997) (0)
Leech Sensory Neurons Representation of Touch Location by a Population of (2015) (0)
CALIFORNIA STATE UNNERSJTY SAN MARCOS THESIS SIGNATURE PAGE THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OFTHEREQUJREMENTSFORTHEDEGREE (2016) (0)
Reviewers for the Auk 2010 (2010) (0)
Nerve Cells and Animal Behaviour. Third Edition. By Peter J. Simmons and David Young. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. $110.00 (hardcover); $45.00 (paper). viii + 284 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978‐0‐521‐89977‐2 (hc); 978‐0‐521‐72848‐5 (pb). 2010. (2011) (0)
Like mother, like daughter? Phenotypic plasticity, environmental covariation, and heritability of size in a parthenogenetic wasp (2022) (0)
Identification of Neural Neurotechnique Circuits by Imaging Coherent Electrical Activity with FRET-Based Dyes (1999) (0)
Signal analysis of whole-body shortening behavior in Hirudo verbana (2012) (0)
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO Hunger and smell: neuropeptidergic push-pull modulation in starvation dependent odor-driven food search A thesis submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree Master of Science in Biology (2011) (0)
Utilizing multi-functional neuronal responses during different behaviors to uniquely identify all neurons in the leech ganglion (2012) (0)
Faculty Opinions recommendation of Role of type-specific neuron properties in a spinal cord motor network. (2007) (0)
Proceedings of the Physiological Society, 9‐10 February 1990, Bristol Meeting: Communications (2005) (0)
From touch localization to directed motor output in the leech local bend network (1998) (0)
Book Review:Perspectives in Neural Systems and Behavior. Thomas J. Carew, Darcy B. Kelley (1990) (0)
Combined membrane potential imaging and connectome of behavioral circuits in an annelid worm (2020) (0)
Feeding-MediatedDistentionInhibitsSwimminginthe MedicinalLeech (2010) (0)
Planarian fragments behave as whole animals (2022) (0)
Carbon and nitrogen storage of constructed and natural freshwater wetlands in southern California (2019) (0)

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