SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Bellardita C, Caggiano V, Leiras R, Caldeira V, Fuchs A, Bouvier J, Löw P, Kiehn O (2017). Spatiotemporal correlation of spinal network dynamics underlying spasms in chronic spinalized mice. Elife. Feb 13;6. pii: e23011
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Kiehn O (2016). Decoding the organization of spinal circuits that control locomotion. Nat Rev Neurosci, 17(4): 224-238.
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Bouvier J, Caggiano V, Leiras R, Caldeira V, Bellardita C, Balueva K, Fuchs A, Kiehn O (2015). Descending Command Neurons in the Brainstem that Halt Locomotion. Cell, 163(5): 1191-1203.
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Bellardita C, Kiehn O (2015). Phenotypic characterization of speed-associated gait changes in mice reveals modular organization of locomotor networks. Curr Biol, 25(11): 1426-1436.
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Talpalar AE, Bouvier J, Borgius L, Fortin G, Pierani A, Kiehn O (2013). Dual-mode operation of neuronal networks involved in left–right alternation. Nature, 500: 85–88.
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Hägglund M, Dougherty KJ, Borgius L, Itohara S, Iwasato T, Kiehn O (2013). Optogenetic dissection reveals multiple rhythmogenic modules underlying locomotion. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 110(28):11589-94
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Talpalar AE, Endo T, Löw P, Borgius L, Hägglund M, Dougherty KJ, Rygg J, Hnasko TS, Kiehn O (2011). Identification of minimal neuronal networks involved in flexor-extensor alternation in the mammalian spinal cord. Neuron, 71(6):1071-84.
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Kiehn, O. (2011). Development and functional organization of spinal locomotor circuits. Current Opinion in Neurobiology,
21(1):100-9
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Dougherty KJ, Kiehn O. (2010). Firing and cellular properties of V2a interneurons in the rodent spinal cord. J Neuroscience, 30(1): 24-37.
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Hägglund M, Borgius L, Dougherty KJ, Kiehn O. (2010). Activation of subgroups of glutamatergic neurons in the mammalian spinal cord or brainstem or evoke locomotion. Nature Neuroscience, 13(2): 246-52.
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Crone, S, Quinlan, KA, Zagoraiou, L, Droho, S, Restrepo, CE, Lundfald, L Setlak J, Jessell TM, Kiehn O and Sharma, K (2008). Selective ablation of ipsilateral excitatory interneurons decouples left-right locomotor coordination. Neuron, 60(1): 70-83.
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Quinlan KA, Kiehn O. (2007). Segmental, synaptic actions of commissural interneurons in the mouse spinal cord. Journal of Neuroscience 27(24): 6521-30.
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Gosgnach S, Lanuza GM, Butt SJB, Saueressig H, Ying Zhang Y, Velasquez T, Callaway E, Kiehn O, Goulding M (2006). V1 spinal neurons regulate the speed of vertebrate locomotor outputs. Nature, 440(7081):215-219.
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Kiehn O (2006). Locomotor circuits in the mammalian spinal cord. Annual Review in Neuroscience, 29:279-306.
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Nishimaru H, Restrepo CE, Ryge J, Yanagawa Y, Kiehn O (2005). Mammalian motor neurons corelease glutamate and acetylcholine at central synapses. PNAS. 102(14): 5245-5249.
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Butt SJB, Lundfald L, Kiehn O (2005). EphA4 defines a class of excitatory locomotor-related interneurons. PNAS 102(39):14098-103.
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Butt S.J.B., Kiehn O. (2003). Functional identification of interneurons responsible for left-right coordination of hindlimbs in mammals. Neuron 38(6): 953-63.
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Kullander K. , Butt S.J.B., Lebret J., Lundfald L., Restrepo E., Klein R., Kiehn, O. (2003). Role of EphA4 and EphrinB3 in local circuits that control walking. Science, 299: 1889-1892.
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Tresch MC, and Kiehn O. (2000). Motor coordination without action potentials in the mammalian spinal cord. Nature Neuroscience 3(6):593-599.
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