The Neuro Team

Dr. Daniel Guitton

Bergeron, A. & Guitton D. Fixation neurons of the superior colliculus encode distance between current and desired gaze positions. Nature Neuroscience. 3: 932-939, 2000.

Bergeron, A., Matsuo, S., & Guitton D. Superior colliculus encodes distance to target, not saccade amplitude, in multi-step gaze shifts. Nature Neuroscience 6:404-413, 2003.

Herter, T.M. & Guitton, D. Accurate bidirectional saccade control by a single hemicortex. Brain 127:1393-1402, 2004.

Matsuo, S., Bergeron, A., & Guitton, D. Evidence for gaze feedback to the cat superior colliculus: discharges reflect gaze trajectory perturbations. J. Neurosci. 17:2760-2773, 2004.

Choi, W.Y., & Guitton D. Responses of collicular fixation neurons to gaze shift perturbations in head-unrestrained monkey reveal gaze feedback control. Neuron 50:1-15, 2006.

Dr. Edith Hamel

Lecrux C, Toussay X, Kocharyan A, Fernandes P, Nepane S, Lévesque M, Plaisier F, Shmuel A, Cauli B and Hamel E. (2011) Excitatory pyramidal neurons as "neurogenic hubs" in the neurovascular coupling response to whisker stimulation. J Neurosci, in press

Aboulkassim T, Tong X-K, Tse YC, Wong T-P, Neet KE, Brahimi F, Hamel E and Saragovi. (2011) The activity of TrkA in different brain regions affects spatial learning and long-term memory differentially. Mol Pharmacol, Epub May 26.

Ongali B, Nicolakakis N, Lecrux C, Aboulkassim T, Rosa-Neto P, Papadopoulos P, Tong X-K, Hamel E. (2010) Transgenic mice overexpressing APP and TGF-1 feature cognitive and vascular hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease. Am J Pathol 177: 3071-3080.

Cauli B and Hamel E (2010) Revisiting the role of neurons in neurovascular coupling. Front Neuroenergetics, Vol 2, article 9: 1-7.

Tong, X-K, Nicolakakis N, Fernandes P, Ongali B, Brouillette H, Quirion R, Hamel E (2009). Simvastatin improves cerebrovascular function and counters soluble amyloid-beta, inflammation and oxidative stress in aged APP mice. Neurobiol Dis 35(3) :406-14. Epub 2009 Jun 12.

Nicolakakis N, Aboulkassim T, Ongali B, Lecrux C, Fernandes P, Rosa-Neto P, Tong X-K, Hamel E (2008). Complete rescue of cerebrovascular function in aged Alzheimer's disease transgenic mice by antioxidants and pioglitazone, a peroxysome proliferator-activated receptor-g agonist. J Neurosci, 28: 9287-9296.

Kocharyan A, Fernandes P, Tong X-K, Vaucher E and Hamel E (2008) Cortical GABA interneurons containing somatostatin or neuropeptide Y in the neurovascular coupling response to basal forebrain stimulation. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 28:221-231.

Dr. Barbara Jones

Lee, M.G., Hassani, O.K., Alonso, A., Jones, B.E. (2005) Cholinergic basal forebrain neurons burst with theta during waking and paradoxical sleep. J. Neurosci.25:4365-4369.

Jones, B.E. (2005) From waking to sleeping: neuronal and chemical substrates. Trends Pharmacol Sci 26:578-586. Erratum in: Trends Pharmacol Sci (2006) 27:189.

Modirrousta, M., Mainville, L., Jones, B.E. (2007) Dynamic changes in GABAA receptors on basal forebrain cholinergic neurons following sleep deprivation and recovery, BMC Neurosci, 8:15 View online

Henny P, Jones BE (2008) Projections from basal forebrain to prefrontal cortex comprise cholinergic, GABAergic and glutamatergic inputs to pyramidal cells or interneurons. Eur J Neurosci 27:654-670.

Brischoux F, Mainville L, Jones BE (2008) Muscarinic-2 and orexin-2 receptors on GABAergic and other neurons in the rat mesopontine tegmentum and their potential role in sleep-wake state control. J Comp Neurol 510:607-630.

Hassani OK, Lee MG, Jones BE (2009) Melanin-concentrating hormone neurons discharge in a reciprocal manner to orexin neurons across the sleep-wake cycle. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.

Hassani OK, Lee MG, Henny P, Jones BE (2009) Discharge profiles of identified GABAergic in comparison to cholinergic and putative glutamatergic basal forebrain neurons across the sleep-wake cycle. J Neurosci 29:11828-11840.

Dr. Christopher Pack

Ponce, C.R., Hunter, J.N., Pack, C.C., Lomber, S.G., and Born, R.T. (2011) Contributions of indirect pathways to visual response properties in macaque area MT. Journal of Neuroscience, 31, 3894-3903.

Thompson, B., Richard, A.G., Churan, J., Hess, R.F., Aaen-Stockdale, C., and Pack, C.C. (2011) Impaired spatial and binocular summation for motion direction discrimination in strabismic amblyopia. Vision Research, 51, 577-584.

Zanos, T.P., Mineault, P.J., and Pack, C.C. (2011) Removal of spurious correlations between spikes and local field potentials. Journal of Neurophysiology, 105, 474-486.

Waterston, M. and Pack, C.C. (2010) Improved discrimination of visual stimuli following repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation. PLoS One, 5(4): e10354.

Tsui, J.M.G., Hunter, J.N., Born, R.T., and Pack, C.C. (2010) The role of V1 surround suppression in MT motion integration. Journal of Neurophysiology, 103, 3123-3138.

Khawaja, F.A., Tsui, J.M.G., and Pack, C.C. (2009) Pattern motion selectivity of spiking outputs and local field potentials in macaque visual cortex. Journal of Neuroscience, 29, 13702-13709.

Mineault, P.J., Barthelmé, S., and Pack, C.C. (2009) Improved classification images with sparse priors in a smooth basis. Journal of Vision, 9(10):17, 1-24.

Richard, A.G., Churan, J., Guitton, D.E., and Pack, C.C. (2009) The geometry of perisaccadic visual perception. Journal of Neuroscience, 29, 10160-10170.

Churan, J., Richard, A.G., and Pack, C.C. (2009) Interaction of spatial and temporal factors in psychophysical estimates of surround suppression. Journal of Vision, 9(4), 1-15.

Churan, J., Khawaja, F. A., Tsui, J. M. G., and Pack, C.C. (2008) Brief motion stimuli preferentially activate surround-suppressed neurons in macaque visual area MT. Current Biology, 18, r1051-1052.

Seitz, A.R., Pilly, P.K., and Pack, C.C. (2008) Interactions between contrast and spatial displacement in visual motion processing. Current Biology, 18, r904-905.

Dr. Thomas Stroh

Bouchard, J.-F., Horn, K.E., Stroh, T., and Kennedy, T.E., Depolarization Recruits DCC to the Plasma Membrane of Embryonic Cortical Neurons and Enhances Axon Extension in Response to Netrin-1, J. Neurochem. 107 (2), 398-417 (2008)

Sharif, N., Gendron, L., Wowchuk, J., Sarret, P., Mazella, J., Beaudet, A., and Stroh, T., Co-expression of somatostatin receptor subtype 5 (sst5) affects internalization and trafficking of somatostatin receptor subtype 2 (sst2A). Endocrinology 148, 2095-2105 (2007)

Gendron, L., Esdaile, M.J., Mennicken, F., Pan, H., O’Donnell, D., Vincent, J.-P., Devi, L.A., Cahill, C.A., Stroh, T., and Beaudet, A., Morphine priming in rats with chronic inflammation reveals a dichotomy between antihyperalgesic and antinociceptive properties of deltorphin. Neuroscience 144, 263-274 (2007)

Stroh, T., Sarret, P., Tannenbaum, G.S., and Beaudet, A., Immunohistochemical distribution and subcellular localization of the somatostatin receptor subtype 1 (sst1) in the rat hypothalamus. Neurochem. Res. 31, 247-257 (2006)

Savdie, C., Fergusson, S.S.G., Vincent, J.-P., Beaudet, A., and Stroh, T., Cell-type-specific pathways of neurotensin endocytosis. Cell Tiss. Res. 324, 69-85 (2006)

Gendron, L., Lucido, A.L., Mennicken, F., O’Donnell, D., Vincent, J.-P., Stroh, T., and Beaudet, A., Morphine and pain-related stimuli enhance cell surface availability of somatic delta opioid receptors in rat dorsal root ganglia. J. Neurosci. 26, 953-962 (2006)

Sarret, P., Esdaile, M.J., Perron, A., Martinez, J., Stroh, T., and Beaudet, A., Potent spinal analgesia elicited through stimulation of NTS2 neurotensin receptors. J. Neurosci. 25, 8188-8196 (2005)

Wente, W., Stroh, T., Beaudet, A., Richter, D. and Kreienkamp, H.-J., Interactions with PDZ domain proteins PIST/GOPC and PDZ-K1 regulate intracellular sorting of the somatostatin receptor subtype 5. J. Biol. Chem. 280, 32419-32425 (2005)

Perron, A., Sarret, P., Stroh, T., and Beaudet, A., Identification and functional characterization of the 5-transmembrane domain variant isoform of the NTS2 neurotensin receptor in rat central nervous system. J. Biol. Chem. 280, 10219-10227 (2005)