Selected Publications#

Selected 10 articles of 87 publications



1. Song J, Ampatzis K, Björnfors ER, El Manira A (2016) Motor neurons control locomotor circuit function retrogradely via gap junctions. Nature, 529:399-402.

2. Björnfors ER, El Manira A (2016) Functional diversity of excitatory commissural interneurons in adult zebrafish. eLife, e18579. doi: 10.7554/eLife.18579

3. Song J, Ampatzis K, Ausborn J, El Manira A (2015) A hardwired circuit supplemented with endocannabinoids encodes behavioral choice in zebrafish. Current Biology 25:2610-2620.

4. Mensch S, Baraban M, Almeida R, Czopka T, Ausborn J, El Manira A, Lyons DA (2015) Synaptic vesicle release regulates the number of myelin sheaths made by individual oligodendrocytes in vivo. Nature Neuroscience 18:628-630.

5. Ampatzis K, Song J, Ausborn J, El Manira A (2014) Separate microcircuit modules of distinct V2a interneurons and motoneurons control the speed of locomotion. Neuron 83:934-943.

6. Ausborn J, Mahmood R and El Manira A (2012) Decoding the rules of recruitment of excitatory interneurons in the locomotor network of adult zebrafish. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 109(52):E3631-3939.

7. Eklöf-Ljuggren E, Haupt S, Ausborn J, Denisch I, Uhlén P, Higashijima SI and El Manira A. (2012) Origin of excitation underlying locomotion in the spinal circuit of zebrafish. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 109:5511-5116.

8. Gabriel JP Ausborn J, Ampatzis K, Mahmood R, Eklöf-Ljunggren E and El Manira A (2011) Principles governing recruitment of motoneurons during swimming in zebrafish. Nature Neuroscience 14:93-99.

9. Andang M, Hjerling-Leffler J, Moliner A, Lundgren TK, Castelo-Branco G, Nanou E, Pozas E, Bryja V, Halliez S, Nishimaru H, Wilbertz J, Arenas E, Koltzenburg M, Charnay P, El Manira A, Ibañez CF and Ernfors P (2008) Histone H2AX-dependent GABAA receptor regulation of stem cell proliferation. Nature 451: 460-464.

10. Kettunen P, Kyriokatos A, Hallén K and El Manira A (2005) Neuromodulation on demand via conditional release of endocannabinoids in the spinal locomotor network. Neuron 45:95-104.