William Kristan

Title(s)Emeritus Professor, Neurobiology
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    A Neuronal Network that Regulates Motor Synchrony
    NIH R03TW006832Jan 15, 2004 - Dec 31, 2007
    Role: Principal Investigator
    SENSORY INPUT ONTO THE SEROTONERGIC NEURONS IN THE LEECH
    NIH R03TW000929May 1, 1998 - Apr 30, 2001
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Development of Neuronal Circuits for Simple Behaviors
    NIH R01NS035336Jan 1, 1997 - Apr 30, 2006
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Neuronal Control of Interactions Among Behaviors
    NIH R01MH043396Feb 1, 1988 - Nov 30, 2014
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Systems and Integrative Neurobiology Training Grant
    NIH T32GM008107Jul 1, 1985 - Jun 30, 2010
    Role: Principal Investigator
    DEVELOPMENT OF A SIMPLE NEURONAL CIRCUIT
    NIH R01NS020746Dec 1, 1984 - Nov 30, 1987
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Scientific Review and Evaluation Award - NSD Initial Review Group
    NIH U09NS020453Jul 1, 1983 - Aug 31, 2006
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    NEURONAL BASIS OF FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY
    NIH R01NS014410Jan 1, 1979 - Dec 31, 1987
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Effect of four eggshell repair materials on weight loss during incubation of white leghorn chicken eggs. Zoo Biol. 2024 Jan-Feb; 43(1):75-82. Byrne P, Jensen T, Kristan W, Theule J, Durrant B. PMID: 37877467.
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    2. Planarian fragments behave as whole animals. Curr Biol. 2022 Dec 05; 32(23):5219-5220. Le D, Sabry Z, Chandra A, Kristan WB, Collins ES, Kristan WB. PMID: 36473433.
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    3. Head removal enhances planarian electrotaxis. J Exp Biol. 2022 09 01; 225(17). Sabry Z, Wang R, Jahromi A, Rabeler C, Kristan WB, Collins ES. PMID: 35924486; PMCID: PMC9482365.
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    4. Planarian fragments behave as whole animals. Curr Biol. 2021 11 22; 31(22):5111-5117.e4. Le D, Sabry Z, Chandra A, Kristan WB, Collins ES, Kristan WB. PMID: 34624209.
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    5. Anatomy and activity patterns in a multifunctional motor neuron and its surrounding circuits. Elife. 2021 02 15; 10. Ashaber M, Tomina Y, Kassraian P, Bushong EA, Kristan WB, Ellisman MH, Wagenaar DA. PMID: 33587033; PMCID: PMC7954528.
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    6. 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). J Comp Physiol B. 2021 05; 191(3):479-491. Cooper CJ, Kristan WB, Eme J. PMID: 33590285.
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    7. Behavioral analysis of substrate texture preference in a leech, Helobdella austinensis. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol. 2019 04; 205(2):191-202. Kim RC, Le D, Ma K, Heath-Heckman EAC, Whitehorn N, Kristan WB, Weisblat DA. PMID: 30721348; PMCID: PMC6504255.
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    8. Verifying, Challenging, and Discovering New Synapses Among Fully EM-Reconstructed Neurons in the Leech Ganglion. Front Neuroanat. 2018; 12:95. Pipkin JE, Bushong EA, Ellisman MH, Kristan WB. PMID: 30487738; PMCID: PMC6246621.
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    9. Functional Connectomics: How Maggots Make Up Their Minds. Curr Biol. 2017 Jan 09; 27(1):R38-R41. Kristan WB. PMID: 28073023.
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    10. Patterns and distribution of presynaptic and postsynaptic elements within serial electron microscopic reconstructions of neuronal arbors from the medicinal leech Hirudo verbana. J Comp Neurol. 2016 12 15; 524(18):3677-3695. Pipkin JE, Bushong EA, Ellisman MH, Kristan WB. PMID: 27636374; PMCID: PMC5063717.
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    11. Early evolution of neurons. Curr Biol. 2016 10 24; 26(20):R949-R954. Kristan WB. PMID: 27780067.
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    12. Scalable Semisupervised Functional Neurocartography Reveals Canonical Neurons in Behavioral Networks. Neural Comput. 2016 08; 28(8):1453-97. Frady EP, Kapoor A, Horvitz E, Kristan WB. PMID: 27348420.
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    13. Pinning down randomness. Cell. 2015 Apr 09; 161(2):189-90. Kristan WB. PMID: 25860598.
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    14. Improved PeT molecules for optically sensing voltage in neurons. J Am Chem Soc. 2015 Feb 11; 137(5):1817-24. Woodford CR, Frady EP, Smith RS, Morey B, Canzi G, Palida SF, Araneda RC, Kristan WB, Kubiak CP, Miller EW, Tsien RY. PMID: 25584688; PMCID: PMC4513930.
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    15. Monitoring Integrated Activity of Individual Neurons Using FRET-Based Voltage-Sensitive Dyes. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2015; 859:149-69. Briggman KL, Kristan WB, González JE, Kleinfeld D, Tsien RY. PMID: 26238052.
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    16. Behavioral sequencing: competitive queuing in the fly CNS. Curr Biol. 2014 Aug 18; 24(16):R743-6. Kristan WB. PMID: 25137585.
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    17. Multiplexed modulation of behavioral choice. J Exp Biol. 2014 Aug 15; 217(Pt 16):2963-73. Palmer CR, Barnett MN, Copado S, Gardezy F, Kristan WB. PMID: 24902753; PMCID: PMC4132565.
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    18. NSF workshop report: discovering general principles of nervous system organization by comparing brain maps across species. J Comp Neurol. 2014 May 01; 522(7):1445-53. Striedter GF, Belgard TG, Chen CC, Davis FP, Finlay BL, Güntürkün O, Hale ME, Harris JA, Hecht EE, Hof PR, Hofmann HA, Holland LZ, Iwaniuk AN, Jarvis ED, Karten HJ, Katz PS, Kristan WB, Macagno ER, Mitra PP, Moroz LL, Preuss TM, Ragsdale CW, Sherwood CC, Stevens CF, Stüttgen MC, Tsumoto T, Wilczynski W. PMID: 24596113.
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    19. NSF workshop report: discovering general principles of nervous system organization by comparing brain maps across species. Brain Behav Evol. 2014; 83(1):1-8. Striedter GF, Belgard TG, Chen CC, Davis FP, Finlay BL, Güntürkün O, Hale ME, Harris JA, Hecht EE, Hof PR, Hofmann HA, Holland LZ, Iwaniuk AN, Jarvis ED, Karten HJ, Katz PS, Kristan WB, Macagno ER, Mitra PP, Moroz LL, Preuss TM, Ragsdale CW, Sherwood CC, Stevens CF, Stüttgen MC, Tsumoto T, Wilczynski W. PMID: 24603302; PMCID: PMC4028317.
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    20. Vertebrate versus invertebrate neural circuits. Curr Biol. 2013 Jun 17; 23(12):R504-6. Katz P, Grillner S, Wilson R, Borst A, Greenspan R, Buzsáki G, Martin K, Marder E, Kristan W, Friedrich R, Chklovskii D. PMID: 23943928.
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    21. Sexual attraction: sex-specific wiring of neural circuitry. Curr Biol. 2012 Nov 20; 22(22):R953-6. Frady EP, Palmer CR, Kristan WB. PMID: 23174297; PMCID: PMC4085748.
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    22. Photoactivation of neurons by laser-generated local heating. AIP Adv. 2012 Sep; 2(3):032154. Migliori B, Di Ventra M, Kristan W. PMID: 24753960; PMCID: PMC3977748.
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    23. Decision points: the factors influencing the decision to feed in the medicinal leech. Front Neurosci. 2012; 6:101. Gaudry Q, Kristan WB. PMID: 22783162; PMCID: PMC3390556.
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    24. Optically monitoring voltage in neurons by photo-induced electron transfer through molecular wires. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Feb 07; 109(6):2114-9. Miller EW, Lin JY, Frady EP, Steinbach PA, Kristan WB, Tsien RY. PMID: 22308458; PMCID: PMC3277584.
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    25. Contextual modulation of behavioral choice. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2011 Aug; 21(4):520-6. Palmer CR, Kristan WB. PMID: 21624826; PMCID: PMC3478953.
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    26. Gap junction expression is required for normal chemical synapse formation. J Neurosci. 2010 Nov 10; 30(45):15277-85. Todd KL, Kristan WB, French KA. PMID: 21068332; PMCID: PMC3478946.
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    27. Alpha-conotoxin ImI disrupts central control of swimming in the medicinal leech. Neurosci Lett. 2010 Nov 26; 485(3):151-6. Wagenaar DA, Gonzalez R, Ries DC, Kristan WB, French KA. PMID: 20833225; PMCID: PMC2956871.
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    28. Feeding-mediated distention inhibits swimming in the medicinal leech. J Neurosci. 2010 Jul 21; 30(29):9753-61. Gaudry Q, Kristan WB. PMID: 20660257; PMCID: PMC2975557.
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    29. Behavioral choice across leech species: chacun à son goût. J Exp Biol. 2010 Apr; 213(Pt 8):1356-65. Gaudry Q, Ruiz N, Huang T, Kristan WB, Kristan WB. PMID: 20348348; PMCID: PMC2846166.
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    30. A hormone-activated central pattern generator for courtship. Curr Biol. 2010 Mar 23; 20(6):487-95. Wagenaar DA, Hamilton MS, Huang T, Kristan WB, French KA. PMID: 20226670; PMCID: PMC2858972.
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    31. Species-specific behavioral patterns correlate with differences in synaptic connections between homologous mechanosensory neurons. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol. 2010 Mar; 196(3):181-97. Baltzley MJ, Gaudry Q, Kristan WB. PMID: 20135128; PMCID: PMC2825318.
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    32. Behavioral choice by presynaptic inhibition of tactile sensory terminals. Nat Neurosci. 2009 Nov; 12(11):1450-7. Gaudry Q, Kristan WB. PMID: 19801989.
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    33. Neuronal decision-making circuits. Curr Biol. 2008 Oct 14; 18(19):R928-32. Kristan WB. PMID: 18957243.
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    34. From synapses to behavior: development of a sensory-motor circuit in the leech. Dev Neurobiol. 2008 May; 68(6):779-87. Marin-Burgin A, Kristan WB, French KA. PMID: 18383550.
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    35. Leech locomotion: swimming, crawling, and decisions. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2007 Dec; 17(6):704-11. Friesen WO, Kristan WB. PMID: 18339544; PMCID: PMC2323911.
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    36. Photochemical control of endogenous ion channels and cellular excitability. Nat Methods. 2008 Apr; 5(4):331-8. Fortin DL, Banghart MR, Dunn TW, Borges K, Wagenaar DA, Gaudry Q, Karakossian MH, Otis TS, Kristan WB, Trauner D, Kramer RH. PMID: 18311146; PMCID: PMC2760097.
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    37. Cellular substrates of action selection: a cluster of higher-order descending neurons shapes body posture and locomotion. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol. 2008 May; 194(5):469-81. Mesce KA, Esch T, Kristan WB. PMID: 18297289.
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    38. Widespread inhibition proportional to excitation controls the gain of a leech behavioral circuit. Neuron. 2008 Jan 24; 57(2):276-289. Baca SM, Marin-Burgin A, Wagenaar DA, Kristan WB. PMID: 18215624; PMCID: PMC4084705.
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    39. Multifunctional pattern-generating circuits. Annu Rev Neurosci. 2008; 31:271-94. Briggman KL, Kristan WB. PMID: 18558856.
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    40. Effects of anthropogenic developments on common raven nesting biology in the West Mojave Desert. Ecol Appl. 2007 Sep; 17(6):1703-13. Kristan WB, Boarman WI. PMID: 17913134.
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    41. Neuroscience. A push-me pull-you neural design. Science. 2007 Jan 19; 315(5810):339-40. Kristan WB. PMID: 17234936.
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    42. Imaging dedicated and multifunctional neural circuits generating distinct behaviors. J Neurosci. 2006 Oct 18; 26(42):10925-33. Briggman KL, Kristan WB. PMID: 17050731; PMCID: PMC6674766.
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    43. Form and function in systems neuroscience. Curr Biol. 2006 Oct 10; 16(19):R828-31. Kristan WB, Katz P. PMID: 17027473.
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    44. Encoding and decoding touch location in the leech CNS. J Neurosci. 2006 Jul 26; 26(30):8009-16. Thomson EE, Kristan WB. PMID: 16870746; PMCID: PMC6674225.
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    45. From crawling to cognition: analyzing the dynamical interactions among populations of neurons. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2006 Apr; 16(2):135-44. Briggman KL, Abarbanel HD, Kristan WB. PMID: 16564165.
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    46. Functions of the subesophageal ganglion in the medicinal leech revealed by ablation of neuromeres in embryos. J Exp Biol. 2006 Feb; 209(Pt 3):493-503. Cornford A, Kristan WB, Malnove S, Kristan WB, French KA. PMID: 16424099.
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    47. Neuronal control of leech behavior. Prog Neurobiol. 2005 Aug; 76(5):279-327. Kristan WB, Calabrese RL, Friesen WO. PMID: 16260077.
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    48. Embryonic electrical connections appear to pre-figure a behavioral circuit in the leech CNS. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol. 2006 Feb; 192(2):123-33. Marin-Burgin A, Eisenhart FJ, Kristan WB, French KA. PMID: 16205960.
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    49. Development of swimming in the medicinal leech, the gradual acquisition of a behavior. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol. 2005 Sep; 191(9):813-21. French KA, Chang J, Reynolds S, Gonzalez R, Kristan WB, Kristan WB. PMID: 16001183.
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    50. Quantifying stimulus discriminability: a comparison of information theory and ideal observer analysis. Neural Comput. 2005 Apr; 17(4):741-78. Thomson EE, Kristan WB. PMID: 15829089.
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    51. Sequential development of electrical and chemical synaptic connections generates a specific behavioral circuit in the leech. J Neurosci. 2005 Mar 09; 25(10):2478-89. Marin-Burgin A, Eisenhart FJ, Baca SM, Kristan WB, French KA. PMID: 15758156; PMCID: PMC6725167.
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    52. Optical imaging of neuronal populations during decision-making. Science. 2005 Feb 11; 307(5711):896-901. Briggman KL, Abarbanel HD, Kristan WB. PMID: 15705844.
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    53. Location and intensity discrimination in the leech local bend response quantified using optic flow and principal components analysis. J Neurophysiol. 2005 Jun; 93(6):3560-72. Baca SM, Thomson EE, Kristan WB. PMID: 15689387.
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    54. Imaging reveals synaptic targets of a swim-terminating neuron in the leech CNS. J Neurosci. 2003 Dec 10; 23(36):11402-10. Taylor AL, Cottrell GW, Kleinfeld D, Kristan WB. PMID: 14673004; PMCID: PMC6740517.
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    55. Evidence for sequential decision making in the medicinal leech. J Neurosci. 2002 Dec 15; 22(24):11045-54. Esch T, Mesce KA, Kristan WB. PMID: 12486200; PMCID: PMC6758421.
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    56. Decision-making in the leech nervous system. Integr Comp Biol. 2002 Aug; 42(4):716-24. Esch T, Kristan WB. PMID: 21708768.
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    57. Analysis of oscillations in a reciprocally inhibitory network with synaptic depression. Neural Comput. 2002 Mar; 14(3):561-81. Taylor AL, Cottrell GW, Kristan WB. PMID: 11860683.
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    58. Development of neuronal circuits and behaviors in the medicinal leech. Brain Res Bull. 2000 Nov 15; 53(5):561-70. Kristan WB, Eisenhart FJ, Johnson LA, French KA. PMID: 11165792.
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    59. A central pattern generator underlies crawling in the medicinal leech. J Comp Physiol A. 2000 Jul-Aug; 186(7-8):631-43. Eisenhart FJ, Cacciatore TW, Kristan WB. PMID: 11016780.
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    60. Disruption of peripheral target contact influences the development of identified central dendritic branches in a leech motor neuron in vivo. J Neurobiol. 2000 Jun 15; 43(4):365-78. Johnson LA, Kristan WB, Jellies J, French KA. PMID: 10861562.
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    61. Kinematics and modeling of leech crawling: evidence for an oscillatory behavior produced by propagating waves of excitation. J Neurosci. 2000 Feb 15; 20(4):1643-55. Cacciatore TW, Rozenshteyn R, Kristan WB. PMID: 10662854; PMCID: PMC6772388.
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    62. Dendritic Ca(2+)-activated K(+) conductances regulate electrical signal propagation in an invertebrate neuron. J Neurosci. 1999 Oct 01; 19(19):8319-26. Wessel R, Kristan WB, Kleinfeld D. PMID: 10493733; PMCID: PMC6783054.
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    63. Relative roles of the S cell network and parallel interneuronal pathways in the whole-body shortening reflex of the medicinal leech. J Neurophysiol. 1999 Sep; 82(3):1114-23. Shaw BK, Kristan WB. PMID: 10482731.
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    64. Supralinear summation of synaptic inputs by an invertebrate neuron: dendritic gain is mediated by an "inward rectifier" K(+) current. J Neurosci. 1999 Jul 15; 19(14):5875-88. Wessel R, Kristan WB, Kleinfeld D. PMID: 10407027; PMCID: PMC6783099.
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    65. Identification of neural circuits by imaging coherent electrical activity with FRET-based dyes. Neuron. 1999 Jul; 23(3):449-59. Cacciatore TW, Brodfuehrer PD, Gonzalez JE, Jiang T, Adams SR, Tsien RY, Kristan WB, Kleinfeld D. PMID: 10433258.
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    66. Glial responses during evoked behaviors in the leech. Glia. 1999 Apr; 26(2):186-9. Deitmer JW, Kristan WB. PMID: 10384883.
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    67. Development of spontaneous and evoked behaviors in the medicinal leech. J Comp Neurol. 1998 Dec 14; 402(2):168-80. Reynolds SA, French KA, Baader A, Kristan WB. PMID: 9845241.
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    68. Staging of middle and late embryonic development in the medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis. J Comp Neurol. 1998 Dec 14; 402(2):155-67. Reynolds SA, French KA, Baader A, Kristan WB. PMID: 9845240.
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    69. He's got rhythm: single neurons signal timing on a scale of seconds. Nat Neurosci. 1998 Dec; 1(8):643-5. Kristan WB. PMID: 10196575.
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    70. Representation of touch location by a population of leech sensory neurons. J Neurophysiol. 1998 Nov; 80(5):2584-92. Lewis JE, Kristan WB. PMID: 9819265.
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    71. Long-lasting depolarization of leech neurons mediated by receptors with a nicotinic binding site. J Exp Biol. 1998 Jun; 201(Pt 12):1895-906. Szczupak L, Edgar J, Peralta ML, Kristan WB. PMID: 9722428.
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    72. Quantitative analysis of a directed behavior in the medicinal leech: implications for organizing motor output. J Neurosci. 1998 Feb 15; 18(4):1571-82. Lewis JE, Kristan WB. PMID: 9454862; PMCID: PMC6792712.
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    73. Behavioral hierarchy in the medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis: feeding as a dominant behavior. Behav Brain Res. 1998 Jan; 90(1):13-21. Misell LM, Shaw BK, Kristan WB. PMID: 9520210.
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    74. A neuronal network for computing population vectors in the leech. Nature. 1998 Jan 01; 391(6662):76-9. Lewis JE, Kristan WB. PMID: 9422507.
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    75. Population coding and behavioral choice. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 1997 Dec; 7(6):826-31. Kristan WB, Shaw BK. PMID: 9464982.
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    76. The neuronal basis of the behavioral choice between swimming and shortening in the leech: control is not selectively exercised at higher circuit levels. J Neurosci. 1997 Jan 15; 17(2):786-95. Shaw BK, Kristan WB. PMID: 8987800; PMCID: PMC6573222.
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    77. A model of the hydrostatic skeleton of the leech. J Theor Biol. 1996 Aug 21; 181(4):329-42. Skierczynski BA, Wilson RJ, Kristan WB, Skalak R. PMID: 8949581.
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    78. An increase in activity of serotonergic Retzius neurones may not be necessary for the consummatory phase of feeding in the leech Hirudo medicinalis. J Exp Biol. 1996 Jun; 199(Pt 6):1405-14. Wilson RJ, Kristan WB, Kleinhaus AL. PMID: 8691114.
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    79. Mapping motor neurone activity to overt behaviour in the leech: internal pressures produced during locomotion. J Exp Biol. 1996 Jun; 199(Pt 6):1415-28. Wilson RJ, Skierczynski BA, Blackwood S, Skalak R, Kristan WB. PMID: 8691115.
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    80. Mapping motor neuron activity to overt behavior in the leech. I. Passive biomechanical properties of the body wall. J Comp Physiol A. 1996 May; 178(5):637-54. Wilson RJ, Skierczynski BA, Meyer JK, Skalak R, Kristan WB. PMID: 8618216.
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    81. Widespread mechanosensory activation of the serotonergic system of the medicinal leech. J Neurophysiol. 1995 Dec; 74(6):2614-24. Szczupak L, Kristan WB. PMID: 8747219.
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    82. The whole-body shortening reflex of the medicinal leech: motor pattern, sensory basis, and interneuronal pathways. J Comp Physiol A. 1995 Dec; 177(6):667-81. Shaw BK, Kristan WB. PMID: 8537936.
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    83. Using reflexive behaviors of the medicinal leech to study information processing. J Neurobiol. 1995 Jul; 27(3):380-9. Kristan WB, Lockery SR, Lewis JE. PMID: 7673896.
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    84. Parallel pathways coordinate crawling in the medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis. J Comp Physiol A. 1995 Jun; 176(6):715-26. Baader AP, Kristan WB. PMID: 7776267.
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    85. Cell-cell interactions that modulate neuronal development in the leech. J Neurobiol. 1994 Jun; 25(6):640-51. French KA, Kristan WB. PMID: 7915301.
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    86. Segment-specific modulation of the electrophysiological activity of leech Retzius neurons by acetylcholine. J Exp Biol. 1993 Oct; 183:115-35. Szczupak L, Jordan S, Kristan WB. PMID: 7504050.
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    87. Developmental regulation of segment-specific cholinergic receptors on Retzius neurons in the medicinal leech. J Neurosci. 1993 Apr; 13(4):1577-87. Kristan WB, French KA, Szczupak L. PMID: 8096542; PMCID: PMC6576727.
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    88. Neuronal basis of behavior. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 1992 Dec; 2(6):781-7. Kristan WB. PMID: 1477542.
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    89. Analysis and modeling of the multisegmental coordination of shortening behavior in the medicinal leech. II. Role of identified interneurons. J Neurophysiol. 1992 Nov; 68(5):1693-707. Wittenberg G, Kristan WB. PMID: 1479439.
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    90. Analysis and modeling of the multisegmental coordination of shortening behavior in the medicinal leech. I. Motor output pattern. J Neurophysiol. 1992 Nov; 68(5):1683-92. Wittenberg G, Kristan WB. PMID: 1479438.
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    91. Mesenchyme of embryonic reproductive ducts directs process outgrowth of Retzius neurons in the medicinal leech. Dev Biol. 1992 Sep; 153(1):122-40. French KA, Jordan SM, Loer CM, Kristan WB. PMID: 1516742.
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    92. Monitoring neuronal activity during discrete behaviors: a crawling, swimming and shortening device for tethered leeches. J Neurosci Methods. 1992 Jul; 43(2-3):215-23. Baader AP, Kristan WB. PMID: 1405744.
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    93. Target influences on the development of leech neurons. Trends Neurosci. 1992 May; 15(5):169-74. French KA, Kristan WB. PMID: 1377423.
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    94. Development of the leech nervous system. Int Rev Neurobiol. 1992; 33:109-93. Stent GS, Kristan WB, Torrence SA, French KA, Weisblat DA. PMID: 1592567.
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    95. The oblique muscle organizer in Hirudo medicinalis, an identified embryonic cell projecting multiple parallel growth cones in an orderly array. Dev Biol. 1991 Nov; 148(1):334-54. Jellies J, Kristan WB. PMID: 1936570.
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    96. Two forms of sensitization of the local bending reflex of the medicinal leech. J Comp Physiol A. 1991 Feb; 168(2):165-77. Lockery SR, Kristan WB. PMID: 2046043.
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    97. Segmental specialization of neuronal connectivity in the leech. J Comp Physiol A. 1990 Sep; 167(4):453-9. Wittenberg G, Loer CM, Adamo SA, Kristan WB. PMID: 2258834.
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    98. Distributed processing of sensory information in the leech. I. Input-output relations of the local bending reflex. J Neurosci. 1990 Jun; 10(6):1811-5. Lockery SR, Kristan WB. PMID: 2355251; PMCID: PMC6570310.
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    99. Distributed processing of sensory information in the leech. II. Identification of interneurons contributing to the local bending reflex. J Neurosci. 1990 Jun; 10(6):1816-29. Lockery SR, Kristan WB. PMID: 2355252; PMCID: PMC6570306.
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    100. Localization of a leech inhibitory synapse by photo-ablation of individual dendrites. Brain Res. 1989 Dec 11; 504(1):43-8. Lytton WW, Kristan WB. PMID: 2598016.
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    101. Function of identified interneurons in the leech elucidated using neural networks trained by back-propagation. Nature. 1989 Aug 10; 340(6233):468-71. Lockery SR, Wittenberg G, Kristan WB, Cottrell GW. PMID: 2755509.
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    102. Central synaptic inputs to identified leech neurons determined by peripheral targets. Science. 1989 Apr 07; 244(4900):64-6. Loer CM, Kristan WB. PMID: 2704990.
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    103. Peripheral target choice by homologous neurons during embryogenesis of the medicinal leech. II. Innervation of ectopic reproductive tissue by nonreproductive Retzius cells. J Neurosci. 1989 Feb; 9(2):528-38. Loer CM, Kristan WB. PMID: 2918376; PMCID: PMC6569800.
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    104. Peripheral target choice by homologous neurons during embryogenesis of the medicinal leech. I. Segment-specific preferences of Retzius cells. J Neurosci. 1989 Feb; 9(2):513-27. Loer CM, Kristan WB. PMID: 2918375; PMCID: PMC6569796.
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    105. Embryonic assembly of a complex muscle is directed by a single identified cell in the medicinal leech. J Neurosci. 1988 Sep; 8(9):3317-26. Jellies J, Kristan WB. PMID: 3171679; PMCID: PMC6569454.
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    106. Multifunctional interneurons in behavioral circuits of the medicinal leech. Experientia. 1988 May 15; 44(5):383-9. Kristan WB, Wittenberg G, Nusbaum MP, Stern-Tomlinson W. PMID: 3286283.
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    107. An identified cell is required for the formation of a major nerve during embryogenesis in the leech. J Neurobiol. 1988 Mar; 19(2):153-65. Jellies J, Kristan WB. PMID: 3351507.
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    108. Morphological changes in leech Retzius neurons after target contact during embryogenesis. J Neurosci. 1987 Sep; 7(9):2618-29. Jellies J, Loer CM, Kristan WB. PMID: 3625266; PMCID: PMC6569139.
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    109. Segment-specific morphogenesis of leech Retzius neurons requires particular peripheral targets. J Neurosci. 1987 Sep; 7(9):2630-8. Loer CM, Jellies J, Kristan WB. PMID: 3625267; PMCID: PMC6569142.
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    110. Neural mechanisms generating the leech swimming rhythm: swim-initiator neurons excite the network of swim oscillator neurons. J Comp Physiol A. 1987 Aug; 161(3):355-66. Nusbaum MP, Friesen WO, Kristan WB, Pearce RA. PMID: 3668878.
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    111. Development of segmental differences in the pressure mechanosensory neurons of the leech Haementeria ghilianii. J Comp Neurol. 1986 Dec 15; 254(3):403-9. Loer CM, Schley C, Zipser B, Kristan WB. PMID: 3794014.
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    112. Swim initiation in the leech by serotonin-containing interneurones, cells 21 and 61. J Exp Biol. 1986 May; 122:277-302. Nusbaum MP, Kristan WB. PMID: 3723072.
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    113. A kinematic study of crawling behavior in the leech, Hirudo medicinalis. J Comp Physiol A. 1986 Apr; 158(4):593-603. Stern-Tomlinson W, Nusbaum MP, Perez LE, Kristan WB. PMID: 3723440.
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    114. Inhibitory connections between motor neurons modify a centrally generated motor pattern in the leech nervous system. Brain Res. 1986 Mar 26; 369(1-2):321-5. Granzow B, Kristan WB. PMID: 3697747.
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    115. Identified GABAergic inhibitory motor neurons in the leech central nervous system take up GABA. Brain Res. 1985 Dec 02; 348(2):359-62. Cline HT, Nusbaum MP, Kristan WB. PMID: 4075094.
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    116. Physiological and morphological analysis of synaptic transmission between leech motor neurons. J Neurosci. 1985 Aug; 5(8):2035-50. Granzow B, Friesen WO, Kristan WB. PMID: 2991480; PMCID: PMC6565300.
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    117. Neurons controlling the initiation, generation and modulation of leech swimming. Symp Soc Exp Biol. 1983; 37:243-60. Kristan WB, Weeks JC. PMID: 6679114.
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    118. The dual role of serotonin in leech swimming. J Physiol (Paris). 1982-1983; 78(8):743-7. Kristan WB, Nusbaum MP. PMID: 7187448.
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    119. Mapping of neuronal contacts with intracellular injection of horseradish peroxidase and Lucifer yellow in combination. Brain Res. 1981 Jul 27; 217(1):143-9. Macagno ER, Muller KJ, Kristan WB, Deriemer SA, Stewart R, Granzow B. PMID: 7020878.
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    120. Neuronal changes related to behavioral changes in chronically isolated segments of the medicinal leech. Brain Res. 1979 May 05; 167(1):215-20. Kristan WB. PMID: 455070.
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    121. Neuronal generation of the leech swimming movement. Science. 1978 Jun 23; 200(4348):1348-57. Stent GS, Kristan WB, Friesen WO, Ort CA, Poon M, Calabrese RL. PMID: 663615.
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    122. Rhythmic swimming activity in neurones of the isolated nerve cord of the leech. J Exp Biol. 1976 Dec; 65(3):643-68. Kristan WB, Calabrese RL. PMID: 1018167.
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    123. Pepherial feedback in the leech swimming rhythm. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol. 1976; 40:663-74. Kristan WB, Stent GS. PMID: 1065547.
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    124. Does the striate cortex begin reconstruction of the visual world? Science. 1972 Apr 21; 176(4032):316-9. Mittenthal JE, Kristan WB, Tatton WG, Kripke B, Pollen DA, Taylor JH, Lee JR. PMID: 17791920.
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    125. Plasticity of firing patterns in neurons of Aplysia pleural ganglion. J Neurophysiol. 1971 May; 34(3):321-36. Kristan WB. PMID: 5560035.
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    126. Plasticity of synchronous activity in a small neural net. Science. 1970 Sep 25; 169(3952):1336-9. Kristan WB, Gerstein GL. PMID: 5454147.
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