Grillner Lab - Publications

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A GPU-based computational framework that bridges neuron simulation and artificial intelligence.
Zhang Y, He G, Ma L, Liu X, Hjorth JJJ, Kozlov A, He Y, Zhang S, Kotaleski JH, Tian Y, Grillner S, Du K, Huang T
Nat Commun 2023 Sep;14(1):5798

The Basal Ganglia Downstream Control of Action - An Evolutionarily Conserved Strategy.
Frost-Nylén J, Thompson WS, Robertson B, Grillner S
Curr Neuropharmacol 2023 Aug;():

Conserved subcortical processing in visuo-vestibular gaze control.
Wibble T, Pansell T, Grillner S, Pérez-Fernández J
Nat Commun 2022 08;13(1):4699

ExSTED microscopy reveals contrasting functions of dopamine and somatostatin CSF-c neurons along the lamprey central canal.
Jalalvand E, Alvelid J, Coceano G, Edwards S, Robertson B, Grillner S, Testa I
Elife 2022 02;11():

The neural bases of vertebrate motor behaviour through the lens of evolution.
Suryanarayana SM, Robertson B, Grillner S
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2022 02;377(1844):20200521

Dopaminergic and Cholinergic Modulation of Large Scale Networks in silico Using Snudda.
Frost Nylen J, Hjorth JJJ, Grillner S, Hellgren Kotaleski J
Front Neural Circuits 2021 ;15():748989

Evolution of the vertebrate motor system - from forebrain to spinal cord.
Grillner S
Curr Opin Neurobiol 2021 12;71():11-18

The Lamprey Forebrain - Evolutionary Implications.
Suryanarayana SM, Pérez-Fernández J, Robertson B, Grillner S
Brain Behav Evol 2021 Jun;():1-16

The tectum/superior colliculus as the vertebrate solution for spatial sensory integration and action.
Isa T, Marquez-Legorreta E, Grillner S, Scott EK
Curr Biol 2021 06;31(11):R741-R762

The CPGs for Limbed Locomotion-Facts and Fiction.
Grillner S, Kozlov A
Int J Mol Sci 2021 May;22(11):

Basal ganglia reign through downstream control of motor centers in midbrain and brain stem while updating cortex with efference copy information.
Grillner S, Thompson WS
Neuron 2021 05;109(10):1587-1589

Olfaction in Lamprey Pallium Revisited-Dual Projections of Mitral and Tufted Cells.
Suryanarayana SM, Pérez-Fernández J, Robertson B, Grillner S
Cell Rep 2021 Jan;34(1):108596

Basal Ganglia-A Motion Perspective.
Grillner S, Robertson B, Kotaleski JH
Compr Physiol 2020 09;10(4):1241-1275

Reciprocal interaction between striatal cholinergic and low-threshold spiking interneurons - A computational study.
Frost Nylén J, Carannante I, Grillner S, Hellgren Kotaleski J
Eur J Neurosci 2021 Apr;53(7):2135-2148

The microcircuits of striatum in silico.
Hjorth JJJ, Kozlov A, Carannante I, Frost Nylén J, Lindroos R, Johansson Y, Tokarska A, Dorst MC, Suryanarayana SM, Silberberg G, Hellgren Kotaleski J, Grillner S
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020 04;117(17):9554-9565

The evolutionary origin of visual and somatosensory representation in the vertebrate pallium.
Suryanarayana SM, Pérez-Fernández J, Robertson B, Grillner S
Nat Ecol Evol 2020 Apr;4(4):639-651

Current Principles of Motor Control, with Special Reference to Vertebrate Locomotion.
Grillner S, El Manira A
Physiol. Rev. 2020 01;100(1):271-320

The role of the optic tectum for visually evoked orienting and evasive movements.
Suzuki DG, Pérez-Fernández J, Wibble T, Kardamakis AA, Grillner S
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2019 07;116(30):15272-15281

Individual Dopaminergic Neurons of Lamprey SNc/VTA Project to Both the Striatum and Optic Tectum but Restrict Co-release of Glutamate to Striatum Only.
von Twickel A, Kowatschew D, Saltürk M, Schauer M, Robertson B, Korsching S, et al
Curr. Biol. 2019 Feb;29(4):677-685.e6

Roles for globus pallidus externa revealed in a computational model of action selection in the basal ganglia.
Suryanarayana SM, Hellgren Kotaleski J, Grillner S, Gurney KN
Neural Netw 2019 Jan;109():113-136

Cerebrospinal Fluid-Contacting Neurons Sense pH Changes and Motion in the Hypothalamus.
Jalalvand E, Robertson B, Tostivint H, Löw P, Wallén P, Grillner S
J. Neurosci. 2018 Aug;38(35):7713-7724

Evolution: Vertebrate Limb Control over 420 Million Years.
Grillner S
Curr. Biol. 2018 02;28(4):R162-R164

The stepwise development of the lamprey visual system and its evolutionary implications.
Suzuki DG, Grillner S
Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2018 08;93(3):1461-1477

Direct Dopaminergic Projections from the SNc Modulate Visuomotor Transformation in the Lamprey Tectum.
Pérez-Fernández J, Kardamakis AA, Suzuki DG, Robertson B, Grillner S
Neuron 2017 Nov;96(4):910-924.e5

The Lamprey Pallium Provides a Blueprint of the Mammalian Layered Cortex.
Suryanarayana SM, Robertson B, Wallén P, Grillner S
Curr. Biol. 2017 Nov;27(21):3264-3277.e5

The pretectal connectome in lamprey.
Capantini L, von Twickel A, Robertson B, Grillner S
J. Comp. Neurol. 2017 Mar;525(4):753-772

The Basal Ganglia Over 500 Million Years.
Grillner S, Robertson B
Curr. Biol. 2016 10;26(20):R1088-R1100

Spatiotemporal interplay between multisensory excitation and recruited inhibition in the lamprey optic tectum.
Kardamakis AA, Pérez-Fernández J, Grillner S
Elife 2016 09;5():

The Spinal Cord Has an Intrinsic System for the Control of pH.
Jalalvand E, Robertson B, Tostivint H, Wallén P, Grillner S
Curr. Biol. 2016 05;26(10):1346-51

Ciliated neurons lining the central canal sense both fluid movement and pH through ASIC3.
Jalalvand E, Robertson B, Wallén P, Grillner S
Nat Commun 2016 Jan;7():10002

Tectal microcircuit generating visual selection commands on gaze-controlling neurons.
Kardamakis AA, Saitoh K, Grillner S
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2015 Apr;112(15):E1956-65

Evolutionarily conserved organization of the dopaminergic system in lamprey: SNc/VTA afferent and efferent connectivity and D2 receptor expression.
Pérez-Fernández J, Stephenson-Jones M, Suryanarayana SM, Robertson B, Grillner S
J. Comp. Neurol. 2014 Dec;522(17):3775-94

Megascience efforts and the brain.
Grillner S
Neuron 2014 Jun;82(6):1209-11

Gating of steering signals through phasic modulation of reticulospinal neurons during locomotion.
Kozlov AK, Kardamakis AA, Hellgren Kotaleski J, Grillner S
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2014 Mar;111(9):3591-6

Independent circuits in the basal ganglia for the evaluation and selection of actions.
Stephenson-Jones M, Kardamakis AA, Robertson B, Grillner S
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2013 Sep;110(38):E3670-9

Evolutionary conservation of the basal ganglia as a common vertebrate mechanism for action selection.
Stephenson-Jones M, Samuelsson E, Ericsson J, Robertson B, Grillner S
Curr. Biol. 2011 Jul;21(13):1081-91

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