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Crawford I P Winlove; Alan Roberts
The firing patterns of spinal neurons: in situ patch-clamp recordings reveal a key role for potassium currents.
Edgar Buhl; Alan Roberts; Stephen R Soffe
The role of a trigeminal sensory nucleus in the initiation of locomotion.
Alan Roberts; Wen-Chang Li; Stephen R Soffe
A functional scaffold of CNS neurons for the vertebrates: the developing Xenopus laevis spinal cord.

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2012: Crawford I P Winlove; Alan Roberts
The firing patterns of spinal neurons: in situ patch-clamp recordings reveal a key role for potassium currents.
The European journal of neuroscience 2012;36(7):2926-40.
2012: Edgar Buhl; Alan Roberts; Stephen R Soffe
The role of a trigeminal sensory nucleus in the initiation of locomotion.
The Journal of physiology 2012;590(Pt 10):2453-69.
2012: Alan Roberts; Wen-Chang Li; Stephen R Soffe
A functional scaffold of CNS neurons for the vertebrates: the developing Xenopus laevis spinal cord.
Developmental neurobiology 2012;72(4):575-84.
2010: Wen-Chang Li; Alan Roberts; Stephen R Soffe
Specific brainstem neurons switch each other into pacemaker mode to drive movement by activating NMDA receptors.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2010;30(49):16609-20.
2010: Alan Roberts; Wen-Chang Li; Stephen R Soffe
How neurons generate behavior in a hatchling amphibian tadpole: an outline.
Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience 2010;4():16.
2009: Stephen R Soffe; Alan Roberts; Wen-Chang Li
Defining the excitatory neurons that drive the locomotor rhythm in a simple vertebrate: insights into the origin of reticulospinal control.
The Journal of physiology 2009;587(Pt 20):4829-44.
2009: Alan Roberts; Ben Feetham; Mark Pajak; Tom Teare
Responses of hatchling Xenopus tadpoles to water currents: first function of lateral line receptors without cupulae.
The Journal of experimental biology 2009;212(Pt 7):914-21.
2008: Alan Roberts; Wen-Chang Li; Stephen R Soffe
Roles for inhibition: studies on networks controlling swimming in young frog tadpoles.
Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology 2008;194(2):185-93.
2008: Alan Roberts; Wen-Chang Li; Stephen R Soffe; Ervin Wolf
Origin of excitatory drive to a spinal locomotor network.
Brain research reviews 2008;57(1):22-8.
2007: Wen-Chang Li; Bart Sautois; Alan Roberts; Stephen R Soffe
Reconfiguration of a vertebrate motor network: specific neuron recruitment and context-dependent synaptic plasticity.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2007;27(45):12267-76.
2007: Bart Sautois; Stephen R Soffe; Wen-Chang Li; Alan Roberts
Role of type-specific neuron properties in a spinal cord motor network.
Journal of computational neuroscience 2007;23(1):59-77.
2007: Wen-Chang Li; Tom Cooke; Bart Sautois; Stephen R Soffe; Roman Borisyuk; Alan Roberts
Axon and dendrite geography predict the specificity of synaptic connections in a functioning spinal cord network.
Neural development 2007;2():17.
2006: Wen-Chang Li; Stephen R Soffe; Ervin Wolf; Alan Roberts
Persistent responses to brief stimuli: feedback excitation among brainstem neurons.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2006;26(15):4026-35.
2004: Wen-Chang Li; Stephen R Soffe; Alan Roberts
Glutamate and acetylcholine corelease at developing synapses.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2004;101(43):15488-93.
2004: Wen-Chang Li; Stephen R Soffe; Alan Roberts
Dorsal spinal interneurons forming a primitive, cutaneous sensory pathway.
Journal of neurophysiology 2004;92(2):895-904.
2004: Wen-Chang Li; Stephen R Soffe; Alan Roberts
A direct comparison of whole cell patch and sharp electrodes by simultaneous recording from single spinal neurons in frog tadpoles.
Journal of neurophysiology 2004;92(1):380-6.
2004: Wen-Chang Li; Shin-ichi Higashijima; Dilys M Parry; Alan Roberts; Stephen R Soffe
Primitive roles for inhibitory interneurons in developing frog spinal cord.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2004;24(25):5840-8.
2004: T D Lambert; Wen-Chang Li; Stephen R Soffe; Alan Roberts
Brainstem control of activity and responsiveness in resting frog tadpoles: tonic inhibition.
Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology 2004;190(4):331-42.
2004: Thomas D Lambert; Jenny Howard; Andy Plant; Stephen R Soffe; Alan Roberts
Mechanisms and significance of reduced activity and responsiveness in resting frog tadpoles.
The Journal of experimental biology 2004;207(Pt 7):1113-25.
2003: Wen-Chang Li; Stephen R Soffe; Alan Roberts
The spinal interneurons and properties of glutamatergic synapses in a primitive vertebrate cutaneous flexion reflex.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2003;23(27):9068-77.
2003: Wen-Chang Li; Ray Perrins; Alison Walford; Alan Roberts
The neuronal targets for GABAergic reticulospinal inhibition that stops swimming in hatchling frog tadpoles.
Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology 2003;189(1):29-37.
2002: Wen-Chang Li; Stephen R Soffe; Alan Roberts
Spinal inhibitory neurons that modulate cutaneous sensory pathways during locomotion in a simple vertebrate.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2002;22(24):10924-34.
2002: Mark J Tunstall; Alan Roberts; Stephen R Soffe
Modelling inter-segmental coordination of neuronal oscillators: synaptic mechanisms for uni-directional coupling during swimming in Xenopus tadpoles.
Journal of computational neuroscience 2002;13(2):143-58.
2002: Ray Perrins; Alison Walford; Alan Roberts
Sensory activation and role of inhibitory reticulospinal neurons that stop swimming in hatchling frog tadpoles.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2002;22(10):4229-40.
2001: Wen-Chang Li; Ray Perrins; Stephen R Soffe; M Yoshida; Alison Walford; Alan Roberts
Defining classes of spinal interneuron and their axonal projections in hatchling Xenopus laevis tadpoles.
The Journal of comparative neurology 2001;441(3):248-65.
2001: Stephen R Soffe; FY Zhao; Alan Roberts
Functional projection distances of spinal interneurons mediating reciprocal inhibition during swimming in Xenopus tadpoles.
The European journal of neuroscience 2001;13(3):617-27.
2000: Alan Roberts; N A Hill; R Hicks
Simple mechanisms organise orientation of escape swimming in embryos and hatchling tadpoles of Xenopus laevis.
The Journal of experimental biology 2000;203(Pt 12):1869-85.
2000: D Jamieson; Alan Roberts
Responses of young Xenopus laevis tadpoles to light dimming: possible roles for the pineal eye.
The Journal of experimental biology 2000;203(Pt 12):1857-67.
1999: D Jamieson; Alan Roberts
A possible pathway connecting the photosensitive pineal eye to the swimming central pattern generator in young Xenopus laevis tadpoles.
Brain, behavior and evolution 1999;54(6):323-37.
1999: Alan Roberts; Alison Walford; Stephen R Soffe; M Yoshida
Motoneurons of the axial swimming muscles in hatchling Xenopus tadpoles: features, distribution, and central synapses.
The Journal of comparative neurology 1999;411(3):472-86.
1998: FY Zhao; Alan Roberts
Assessing the roles of glutamatergic and cholinergic synaptic drive in the control of fictive swimming frequency in young Xenopus tadpoles.
Journal of comparative physiology. A, Sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology 1998;183(6):753-8.
1998: Alan Roberts; Stephen R Soffe; ES Wolf; M Yoshida; FY Zhao
Central circuits controlling locomotion in young frog tadpoles.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1998;860():19-34.
1998: M Yoshida; Alan Roberts; Stephen R Soffe
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.
The Journal of comparative neurology 1998;400(4):504-18.
1998: FY Zhao; ES Wolf; Alan Roberts
Longitudinal distribution of components of excitatory synaptic input to motoneurones during swimming in young Xenopus tadpoles: experiments with antagonists.
The Journal of physiology 1998;511 ( Pt 3)():887-901.
1998: ES Wolf; FY Zhao; Alan Roberts
Non-linear summation of excitatory synaptic inputs to small neurones: a case study in spinal motoneurones of the young Xenopus tadpole.
The Journal of physiology 1998;511 ( Pt 3)():871-86.
1998: FY Zhao; B G Burton; ES Wolf; Alan Roberts
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.
The Journal of physiology 1998;506 ( Pt 2)():471-87.
1996: Alan Roberts; A Walford
Central synapses of spinal motoneurons innervating the trunk swimming muscles of Xenopus laevis embryos.
Acta biologica Hungarica 1996;47(1-4):371-84.
1995: R Perrins; Alan Roberts
Cholinergic and electrical synapses between synergistic spinal motoneurones in the Xenopus laevis embryo.
The Journal of physiology 1995;485 ( Pt 1)():135-44.
1995: R Perrins; Alan Roberts
Cholinergic contribution to excitation in a spinal locomotor central pattern generator in Xenopus embryos.
Journal of neurophysiology 1995;73(3):1013-9.
1995: R Perrins; Alan Roberts
Cholinergic and electrical motoneuron-to-motoneuron synapses contribute to on-cycle excitation during swimming in Xenopus embryos.
Journal of neurophysiology 1995;73(3):1005-12.
1995: Alan Roberts; Mark J Tunstall; E Wolf
Properties of networks controlling locomotion and significance of voltage dependency of NMDA channels: stimulation study of rhythm generation sustained by positive feedback.
Journal of neurophysiology 1995;73(2):485-95.
1995: Alan Roberts; R Perrins
Positive feedback as a general mechanism for sustaining rhythmic and non-rhythmic activity.
Journal of physiology, Paris 1995;89(4-6):241-8.
1994: Alan Roberts; Mark J Tunstall
Longitudinal gradients in the spinal cord of Xenopus embryos and their possible role in coordination of swimming.
European journal of morphology 1994;32(2-4):176-84.
1994: R Perrins; Alan Roberts
Nicotinic and muscarinic ACh receptors in rhythmically active spinal neurones in the Xenopus laevis embryo.
The Journal of physiology 1994;478 ( Pt 2)():221-8.
1994: Mark J Tunstall; Alan Roberts
A longitudinal gradient of synaptic drive in the spinal cord of Xenopus embryos and its role in co-ordination of swimming.
The Journal of physiology 1994;474(3):393-405.
1993: K T Sillar; Alan Roberts
Control of frequency during swimming in Xenopus embryos: a study on interneuronal recruitment in a spinal rhythm generator.
The Journal of physiology 1993;472():557-72.
1993: C E Harper; Alan Roberts
Spinal cord neuron classes in embryos of the smooth newt Triturus vulgaris: a horseradish peroxidase and immunocytochemical study.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences 1993;340(1291):141-60.
1992: K M Boothby; Alan Roberts
The stopping response of Xenopus laevis embryos: pharmacology and intracellular physiology of rhythmic spinal neurones and hindbrain neurones.
The Journal of experimental biology 1992;169():65-86.
1992: K T Sillar; Alan Roberts
The role of premotor interneurons in phase-dependent modulation of a cutaneous reflex during swimming in Xenopus laevis embryos.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 1992;12(5):1647-57.
1992: K M Boothby; Alan Roberts
The stopping response of Xenopus laevis embryos: behaviour, development and physiology.
Journal of comparative physiology. A, Sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology 1992;170(2):171-80.
1991: R J Perrins; Alan Roberts
The action of acetylcholine on the locomotor central pattern generator for swimming in Xenopus embryos.
The Journal of experimental biology 1991;161():527-31.
1991: K T Sillar; Alan Roberts
Segregation of NMDA and non-NMDA receptors at separate synaptic contacts: evidence from spontaneous EPSPs in Xenopus embryo spinal neurons.
Brain research 1991;545(1-2):24-32.
1990: Alan Roberts; Mark J Tunstall
Mutual Re-excitation with Post-Inhibitory Rebound: A Simulation Study on the Mechanisms for Locomotor Rhythm Generation in the Spinal Cord of Xenopus Embryos.
The European journal of neuroscience 1990;2(1):11-23.
1988: K T Sillar; Alan Roberts
Unmyelinated cutaneous afferent neurons activate two types of excitatory amino acid receptor in the spinal cord of Xenopus laevis embryos.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 1988;8(4):1350-60.
1988: K T Sillar; Alan Roberts
A neuronal mechanism for sensory gating during locomotion in a vertebrate.
Nature 1988;331(6153):262-5.
1982: J A Kahn; Alan Roberts
Experiments on the central pattern generator for swimming in amphibian embryos.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences 1982;296(1081):229-43.
1982: Alan Roberts; J A Khan
Intracellular recordings from spinal neurons during 'swimming' in paralysed amphibian embryos.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences 1982;296(1081):213-28.
1982: Alan Roberts; J D Clarke
The neuroanatomy of an amphibian embryo spinal cord.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences 1982;296(1081):195-212.