Prof Steve Wilson

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Name: Steve Wilson Email: s.wilson@ucl.ac.uk
Title: Prof Tel: 020 7679 3348
Department: Cell & Developmental Biology Fax: 020 7679 7349
Position: Professor of Developmental Biology Address: Gower St, , London, WC1E 6BT
Research Domain: Basic Life Sciences, Biomedical Imaging (Frontier Disciplines), Neuroscience Web Page: Personal Web Page

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Research Description

The primary aim of our research group is to elucidate the mechanisms that underlie patterning of the vertebrate forebrain. We would like to know how the brain takes shape, how neurons acquire their identities and how they integrate into functional circuits. For our studies, we work with zebrafish, as the brains of fish embryos are relatively simple and are amenable to genetic, molecular and imaging approaches. One focus for our research is to study how left-right asymmetries in circuitry are generated in the brain, and to investigate their behavioural consequences. In humans, this handedness is evident both in terms of behavioural asymmetries such as preferential hand use and in terms of sensory processing including aspects of language processing in the left hemisphere. Nervous system asymmetries are not just limited to humans and indeed are probably a universal feature of all asymmetric nervous systems. In fish there are several prominent asymmetries in the forebrain and we have been studying how they are established. Our research suggests that two mechanisms are involved in generating asymmetry. First, one set of signals breaks symmetry by promoting migration of cells (the parapineal nucleus) to one side of the brain. Second, another signalling pathway ensures that the direction of the asymmetry is consistent between individuals (just as it is in humans). A consequence of the activity of these two pathways is the generation of asymmetric neuroanatomical connectivity with consistent laterality. We are studying how neurons respond to the signals that establish asymmetry and consequently establish lateralised circuitry. To facilitate this approach, we have developed a single cell electroporation technique to enable us to visualise individual neurons in their entirety. A recent result is that we find that neurons on the left and right sides of the brain exhibit different terminal morphologies and targeting.

Research Activities

Blinding diseases (genetics and mechanisms)

Mechanisms that underlie patterning and development of neurons in the vertebrate forebrain.

Mechanisms underlying morphogenetic movements

Regulation and targeting of the hypoxia inducible factor (HIF) pathway

Education Description

UCL Collaborators

Prof Barbara Pedley; Prof David Gems; Prof Alison Hardcastle; Prof Mike Cheetham; Dr Masazumi Tada; Prof Tony Segal; Prof Patrick Maxwell; Prof Philip Beales; Prof Michael Duchen; Prof Margaret Ashcroft; Prof Tony Moore; Prof Andrew Webster; Prof Chris Boshoff; Prof Stephen Caddick; Dr Maryse Bailly; Prof Susan Povey

External Collaborators

Publications

    2012

    • Roussigne M, Blader P, Wilson SW (2012). Breaking symmetry: The zebrafish as a model for understanding left-right asymmetry in the developing brain. DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROBIOLOGY, 72(3), 269 - 281. doi:10.1002/dneu.20885
    • Cerveny KL, Varga M, Wilson SW (2012). Continued growth and circuit building in the anamniote visual system.. Dev Neurobiol, 72(3), 328 - 345. doi:10.1002/dneu.20917
    • Folgueira M, Bayley P, Navratilova P, Becker TS, Wilson SW, Clarke JD (2012). Morphogenesis underlying the development of the everted teleost telencephalon.. Neural Dev, 7, 32 - . doi:10.1186/1749-8104-7-32
    • Andreazzoli M, Gestri G, Landi E, D'Orsi B, Barilari M, Iervolino A, Vitiello M, Wilson SW, Dente L (2012). Kidins220/ARMS interacts with Pdzrn3, a protein containing multiple binding domains.. Biochimie, 94(9), 2054 - 2057. doi:10.1016/j.biochi.2012.05.002
    • Chiavacci E, Dolfi L, Verduci L, Meghini F, Gestri G, Evangelista AM, Wilson SW, Cremisi F, Pitto L (2012). MicroRNA 218 mediates the effects of Tbx5a over-expression on zebrafish heart development.. PLoS One, 7(11), e50536 - . doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0050536
    • Takesono A, Moger J, Faroq S, Cartwright E, Dawid IB, Wilson SW, Kudoh T (2012). Solute carrier family 3 member 2 (Slc3a2) controls yolk syncytial layer (YSL) formation by regulating microtubule networks in the zebrafish embryo. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 109(9), 3371 - 3376. doi:10.1073/pnas.1200642109
    • Concha ML, Bianco IH, Wilson SW (2012). Encoding asymmetry within neural circuits. NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE, 13(12), 832 - 843. doi:10.1038/nrn3371

    2011

    • Valdivia LE, Young RM, Hawkins TA, Stickney HL, Cavodeassi F, Schwarz Q, Pullin LM, Villegas R, Moro E, Argenton F, Allende ML, Wilson SW (2011). Lef1-dependent Wnt/β-catenin signalling drives the proliferative engine that maintains tissue homeostasis during lateral line development.. Development, 138(18), 3931 - 3941. doi:10.1242/dev.062695
    • Dente L, Gestri G, Tsang M, Kudoh T, Wilson SW, Dawid IB, Andreazzoli M (2011). Cloning and developmental expression of zebrafish pdzrn3.. Int J Dev Biol, 55(10-12), 989 - 993. doi:10.1387/ijdb.113437ld
    • Lupo G, Gestri G, O'Brien M, Denton RM, Chandraratna RA, Ley SV, Harris WA, Wilson SW (2011). Retinoic acid receptor signaling regulates choroid fissure closure through independent mechanisms in the ventral optic cup and periocular mesenchyme.. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 108(21), 8698 - 8703. doi:10.1073/pnas.1103802108
    • Andoniadou CL, Signore M, Young RM, Gaston-Massuet C, Wilson SW, Fuchs E, Martinez-Barbera JP (2011). HESX1- and TCF3-mediated repression of Wnt/β-catenin targets is required for normal development of the anterior forebrain.. Development, 138(22), 4931 - 4942. doi:10.1242/dev.066597

    2010

    • Fantin A, Vieira JM, Gestri G, Denti L, Schwarz Q, Prykhozhij S, Peri F, Wilson SW, Ruhrberg C (2010). Tissue macrophages act as cellular chaperones for vascular anastomosis downstream of VEGF-mediated endothelial tip cell induction.. Blood, 116(5), 829 - 840. doi:10.1182/blood-2009-12-257832
    • Tschopp M, Takamiya M, Cerveny KL, Gestri G, Biehlmaier O, Wilson SW, Strähle U, Neuhauss SC (2010). Funduscopy in adult zebrafish and its application to isolate mutant strains with ocular defects.. PLoS One, 5(11), e15427 - . doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0015427
    • Cerveny KL, Cavodeassi F, Turner KJ, de Jong-Curtain TA, Heath JK, Wilson SW (2010). The zebrafish flotte lotte mutant reveals that the local retinal environment promotes the differentiation of proliferating precursors emerging from their stem cell niche.. Development, 137(13), 2107 - 2115. doi:10.1242/dev.047753
    • Cruz C, Maegawa S, Weinberg ES, Wilson SW, Dawid IB, Kudoh T (2010). Induction and patterning of trunk and tail neural ectoderm by the homeobox gene eve1 in zebrafish embryos. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107(8), 3564 - 3569. doi:10.1073/pnas.1000389107

    2009

    • Castleman VH, Romio L, Chodhari R, Hirst RA, de Castro SC, Parker KA, Ybot-Gonzalez P, Emes RD, Wilson SW, Wallis C, Johnson CA, Herrera RJ, Rutman A, Dixon M, Shoemark A, Bush A, Hogg C, Gardiner RM, Reish O, Greene ND, O 'Callaghan C, Purton S, Chung EM, Mitchison HM (2009). Mutations in Radial Spoke Head Protein Genes RSPH9 and RSPH4A Cause Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia with Central-Microtubular-Pair Abnormalities.. The American Journal of Human Genetics, 84(2), 197 - 209. doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2009.01.011
    • Regan JC, Concha LM, Roussigne M R, C W, S W (2009). An Fgf8-Dependent Bistable Cell Migratory Event Establishes CNS Asymmetry. Neuron, 61(1), 27 - 34. doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2008.11.030
    • Ferrante MI, Romio L, Castro S, Collins JE, Goulding DA, Stemple DL, Woolf AS, Wilson SW (2009). Convergent Extension Movements and Ciliary Function are Mediated by ofd1, A Zebrafish Orthologue of the Human Oral-Facial-Digital Type 1 Syndrome Gene.. Human Molecular Genetics, 18(2), 289 - 303. doi:10.1093/hmg/ddn356
    • Carreira-Barbosa F, Kajita M, Morel V, Wada H, Okamoto H, Martinez Arias A, Fujita Y, Wilson SW, Tada M (2009). Flamingo regulates epiboly and convergence/extension movements through cell cohesive and signalling functions during zebrafish gastrulation. Development, 136, 383 - 392. doi:10.1242/dev.026542
    • Gestri G, Osborne RJ, Wyatt AW, Gerrelli D, Gribble S, Stewart H, Fryer A, Bunyan DJ, Prescott K, Collin JRO, Fitzgerald T, Robinson D, Carter NP, Wilson SW, Ragge NK (2009). Reduced TFAP2A function causes variable optic fissure closure and retinal defects and sensitizes eye development to mutations in other morphogenetic regulators. Human Genetics, 126(6), 791 - 803.
    • Roussigné M, Bianco IH, Wilson SW, Blader P (2009). Nodal signalling imposes left-right asymmetry upon neurogenesis in the habenular nuclei. Development, 136(9), 1549 - 1557. doi:10.1242/dev.034793
    • Cavodeassi F, Kapsimali M, Wilson SWY, R (2009). Forebrain: early development. In Squire LR (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Neuroscience (pp. 321 - 325). : Elsevier.
    • McMahon C, Gestri G, Wilson SW, Link BA (2009). Lmx1b is essential for survival of periocular mesenchymal cells and influences Fgf-mediated retinal patterning in zebrafish.. Developmental Biology, 332(2), 287 - 298. doi:10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.05.577
    • Picker A, Cavodeassi F, Machatem A, Bernauer S, Hans S, Abe G, Kawakami K, Wilson SW, Brand M2009 (2009). Dynamic coupling of pattern formation and morphogenesis in the developing vertebrate retina. PLoS Biology, 7(10), - . doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000214

    2008

    • Bianco IH, Carl M, Russell C, Clarke JDW, Wilson SW (2008). Brain asymmetry is encoded at the level of axon terminal morphology. Neural Development, 3(1), 9 - .
    • Hawkins TA, Haramis A-P, Etard C, Prodromou C, Vaughan CK, Ashworth R, Ray S, Behra M, Holder N, Talbot WS, Pearl LH, Strähle U, Wilson SW (2008). The ATPase-dependent chaperoning activity of Hsp90a regulates thick filament formation and integration during skeletal muscle myofibrillogenesis. Development, 135(6), 1147 - 1156. doi:10.1242/dev.018150
    • Bianco IH, Wilson SW (2008). The habenular nuclei: a conserved asymmetric relay station in the vertebrate brain.. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, epub, - .

    2007

    • Hadzhiev Y, Lele Z, Schindler S, Wilson SW, Ahlberg A, Straehle U, Mueller F (2007). Hedgehog signaling patterns the outgrowth of unpaired skeletal appendages in zebrafish. BMC Developmental Biology, 7(1), 75 - . doi:10.1186/1471-213X-7-75
    • Carl M, Bianco IH, Bajoghli B, Aghaallaei N, Czerny T, Wilson SW (2007). Wnt/Axin1/ß-catenin signaling regulates asymmetric Nodal activation, elaboration, and concordance of CNS asymmetries. Neuron, 55(3), 393 - 405. doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2007.07.007
    • Kapsimali M, Kloosterman WP, de Bruijn E, Rosa F, Plasterk RHA, Wilson SW (2007). MicroRNAs show a wide diversity of expression profiles in the developing and mature central nervous system. Genome Biology, 8(8), R173 - . doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-8-r173

    2006

    • Jeong JY, Einhorn Z, Mercurio S, Lee S, Lau B, Mione M, Wilson SW, Guo S (2006). Neurogenin1 is a determinant of zebrafish basal forebrain dopaminergic neurons and is regulated by the conserved zinc finger protein Tof/Fezl. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 103, 5143 - 5148.
    • Aligianis IA, Morgan NV, Mione M, Johnson CA, Rosser E, Hennekam RC, Adams G, Trembath RC, Pilz DT, Stoodley N, Moore AT, Wilson S, Maher ER (2006). Mutation in Rab3 GTPase-activating protein (RAB3GAP) noncatalytic subunit in a kindred with Martsolf syndrome. The American Journal of Human Genetics, 78(4), 702 - 707.
    • Costagli A, Felice B, Guffanti A, Wilson SW, Mione M (2006). Identification of alternatively spliced dab1 isoforms in zebrafish. Development, Genes and Evolution, 216(6), 291 - 299.

    2005

    • Aizawa H, Bianco IH, Hamaoka T, Miyashita T, Uemura O, Concha ML, Russell C, Wilson SW, Okamoto H (2005). Laterotopic representation of left-right information onto the dorso-ventral axis of a zebrafish midbrain target nucleus. Current Biology, 15, 238 - 243.
    • Cavodeassi F, Carreira-Barbosa F, Young RM, Concha ML, Allende ML, Houart C, Tada M, Wilson SW (2005). Early stages of zebrafish eye formation require the coordinated activity of Wnt11, Fz5, and the Wnt/β-catenin pathway. Neuron, 47(1), 43 - 56. doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2005.05.026
    • Gestri G, Carl M, Appolloni I, Wilson SW, Barsacchi G, Andreazzoli M (2005). Six3 functions in anterior neural plate specification by promoting cell proliferation and inhibiting Bmp4 expression.. Development, 132(10), 2401 - 2413. doi:10.1242/dev.01814
    • Barth KA, Miklosi A, Watkins J, Bianco IH, Wilson SW, Andrew RJ (2005). fsi zebrafish show concordant reversal of laterality of viscera, neuroanatomy, and a subset of behavioral responses.. Current Biology, 15, 844 - 850.
    • Norton WH, Mangoli M, Lele Z, Pogoda HM, Diamond B, Mercurio S, Russell C, Teraoka H, Stickney HL, Rauch GJ, Heisenberg CP, Houart C, Schilling TF, Frohnhoefer HG, Rastegar S, Neumann CJ, Gardiner RM, Strahle U, Geisler R, Rees M, Talbot WS, Wilson SW (2005). Monorail/Foxa2 regulates floorplate differentiation and specification of oligodendrocytes, serotonergic raphe neurones and cranial motoneurones.. Development, 132(4), 645 - 658. doi:10.1242/dev.01611

    2004

    • Paukert M, Sidi S, Russell C, Siba M, Wilson SW, Nicolson T, Grunder S (2004). A family of acid-sensing ion channels from the zebrafish - Widespread expression in the central nervous system suggests a conserved role in neuronal communication. J BIOL CHEM, 279(18), 18783 - 18791. doi:10.1074/jbc.M401477200
    • Kapsimali M, Caneparo L, Houart C, Wilson SW (2004). Inhibition of Wnt/Axin/beta-catenin pathway activity promotes ventral CNS midline tissue to adopt hypothalamic rather than floorplate identity.. Development, 131(23), 5923 - 5933. doi:10.1242/dev.01453
    • Teraoka H, Russell C, Regan J, Chandrasekhar A, Concha ML, Yokoyama R, Higashi K, Take-uchi M, Dong W, Hiraga T, Holder N, Wilson SW (2004). Hedgehog and Fgf signaling pathways regulate the development of tphR-expressing serotonergic raphe neurons in zebrafish embryos. Journal of Neurobiology, 60(3), 275 - 288.
    • Wilson SW, Houart C (2004). Early steps in the development of the forebrain. Developmental Cell, 6, 167 - 181.
    • Kudoh T, Concha ML, Houart C, Dawid IB, Wilson SW (2004). Combinatorial Fgf and Bmp signalling patterns the gastrula ectoderm into prospective neural and epidermal domains. Development, 131, 3581 - 3592.

    2003

    • Take-Uchi M, Clarke JDW, Wilson SW (2003). Hedgehog signaling maintains the optic stalk/retinal interface through the regulation of Vax gene activity. Development, 130, 955 - 968.
    • Concha ML, Russell C, Regan JC, Tawk M, Sidi S, Gilmour DT, Kapsimali M, Sumoy L, Goldstone K, Amaya E, Kimelman D, Nicolson T, Gründer S, Gomperts M, Clarke JDW, Wilson SW (2003). Local tissue interactions across the dorsal midline of the forebrain establish CNS laterality. Neuron, 39, 423 - 438. doi:10.1016/S0896-6273(03)00437-9
    • Bink RJ, Habuchi H, Lele Z, Dolk E, Joore J, Rauch GJ, Geisler R, Wilson SW, Den Hertog J, Kimata K, Zivkovic D (2003). Heparan Sulfate 6-O-Sulfotransferase is essential for muscle development in zebrafish. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 278, 31118 - 31127.
    • Cau E, Wilson SW (2003). Ash1a and Neurogenin1 function downstream of Floating head to regulate epiphysial neurogenesis. Development, 130, 2455 - 2466.
    • Masai I, Lele Z, Yamaguchi M, Komori A, Nakata A, Nishiwaki Y, Wada H, Tanaka H, Nojima Y, Hammerschmidt M, Wilson SW, Okamoto H (2003). N-cadherin mediates retinal lamination, maintenance of forebrain compartments and patterning of retinal neurites. Development, 130, 2479 - 2494.
    • Ulrich F, Concha ML, Heid PJ, Voss E, Witzel S, Roehl H, Tada M, Wilson SW, Adams RJ, Soll DR, Heisenberg CP (2003). Slb/Wnt11 controls hypoblast cell migration and morphogenesis at the onset of zebrafish gastrulation. Development, 130, 5375 - 5384. doi:10.1242/dev.00758
    • Barrios A, Poole RJ, Durbin L, Brennan C, Holder N, Wilson SW (2003). Eph/Ephrin signaling regulates the mesenchymal-to-epithelial transition of the paraxial mesoderm during somite morphogenesis. Current Biology, 13(18), 1571 - 1582. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2003.08.030
    • Carreira-Barbosa F, Concha ML, Takeuchi M, Ueno N, Wilson SW, Tada M (2003). Prickle1 regulates cell movements during gastrulation and neuronal migration in zebrafish. Development, 130, 4037 - 4046. doi:10.1242/dev.00567

    2002

    • Kudoh T, Wilson SW, Dawid IB (2002). Distinct roles for Fgf, Wnt and retinoic acid in posteriorizing the neural ectoderm. Development, 129, 4335 - 4346.
    • Costagli A, Kapsimali M, Wilson SW, Mione M (2002). Conserved and divergent patterns of reelin expression in the zebrafish central nervous system. The Journal of Comparative Neurology, 450, 73 - 93.
    • Mathieu J, Barth A, Rosa FM, Wilson SW, Peyrieras N (2002). Distinct and cooperative roles for Nodal and Hedgehog signals during hypothalamic development. DEVELOPMENT, 129(13), 3055 - 3065.
    • Wendl T, Lun K, Mione M, Favor J, Brand M, Wilson SW, Rohr KB (2002). Pax2.1 is required for development of thyroid follicles in zebrafish. Development, 129, 3751 - 3760.
    • Wilson SW, Brand M, Eisen JS (2002). Patterning the zebrafish central nervous system. In Solnica-Krezel L (Ed.), Pattern Formation in Zebrafish (pp. 181 - 215). : Springer.
    • Feldman B, Concha ML, Saude L, Parsons MJ, Adams RJ, Wilson SW, Stemple DS (2002). Lefty antagonism of Squint is essential for normal gastrulation. Current Biology, 12, 2129 - 2135.
    • Grandel H, Lun K, Rauch GJ, Rhinn M, Piotrowski T, Houart C, Sordino P, Kuchler AM, Schulte-Merker S, Geisler R, Holder N, Wilson SW, Brand M (2002). Retinoic acid signalling in the zebrafish embryo is necessary during pre-segmentation stages to pattern the anterior-posterior axis of the CNS and to induce a pectoral fin bud. DEVELOPMENT, 129(12), 2851 - 2865.
    • Lele Z, Folchert A, Concha M, Rauch GJ, Geisler R, Rosa F, Wilson SW, Hammerschmidt M, Bally-Cuif L (2002). parachute/n-cadherin is required for morphogenesis and maintained integrity of the zebrafish neural tube. DEVELOPMENT, 129(14), 3281 - 3294.
    • Houart C, Caneparo L, Heisenberg CP, Barth AK, Take-Uchi M, Wilson SW (2002). Establishment of the telencephalon during gastrulation by local antagonism of Wnt signaling. Neuron, 35(2), 255 - 265. doi:10.1016/S0896-6273(02)00751-1

    2001

    • Rohr K, Barth KA, Varga ZM, Wilson SW (2001). The nodal pathway acts upstream of Hedgehog signalling to specify ventral telencephalic identity. Neuron, 29, 341 - 351. doi:10.1016/S0896-6273(01)00210-0
    • Cooke J, Moens C, Roth L, Durbin L, Shiomi K, Brennan C, Kimmel C, Wilson SW, Holder N (2001). Eph signalling functions downstream of Val to regulate cell sorting and boundary formation in the caudal hindbrain. Development, 128(4), 571 - 580.
    • Heisenberg CP, Houart C, Take-uchi M, Rauch GJ, Masai I, Caneparo L, Concha ML, Dale TC, Wilson SW, Stemple DL (2001). A mutation in the Gsk3-binding domain of zebrafish Masterblind/Axin1 leads to a fate transformation of telencephalon and eyes to diencephalon. Genes and Development, 15, 1427 - 1434.
    • Concha ML, Wilson SW (2001). Asymmetry in the epithalamus of vertebrates. Journal of Anatomy, 199(1-2), 63 - 84.

    2000

    • Shanmugalingam S, Houart C, Picker A, Reifers F, Macdonald R, Barth KA, Griffin K, Brand M, Wilson SW (2000). Ace/Fgf8.1 is required for forebrain commissure formation and patterning of the telencephalon. Development, 127, 2549 - 2561.
    • Concha M, Burdine R, Russell C, Schier AS, Wilson SW (2000). A Nodal signalling pathway regulates the laterality of CNS asymmetries in the zebrafish forebrain. Neuron, 28, 399 - 409.
    • Williams JA, Barrios A, Gatchalian C, Rubin L, Wilson SW, Holder N (2000). Programmed cell death in zebrafish Rohon Beard neurons is influenced by TrkC1/NT3 signalling. Developmental Biology, 226, 220 - 230.
    • Heisenberg CP, Tada M, Rauch GJ, Saúde L, Concha ML, Geisler R, Stemple DL, Smith JC, Wilson SW (2000). Silberblick/Wnt11 mediates convergent extension movements during zebrafish gastrulation.. Nature, 405(6782), 76 - 81. doi:10.1038/35011068
    • Wilson SW, Rubenstein JL (2000). Induction and dorsoventral patterning of the telencephalon. Neuron, 28, 641 - 651.
    • Masai I, Stemple DL, Okamoto H, Wilson SW (2000). Midline signals regulate retinal neurogenesis in zebrafish. Neuron, 27, 251 - 263.
    • Durbin L, Sordino P, Barrios A, Gering M, Thisse C, Thisse B, Brennan C, Green A, Wilson SW, Holder N (2000). Anterior-posterior patterning is required within segments for somite boundary formation in developing zebrafish. Development, 127, 1703 - 1713.

    1999

    • Barth KA, Kishimoto Y, Rohr KB, Seydler C, Schulte-Merker S, Wilson SW (1999). Bmp activity establishes a gradient of positional information throughout the entire neural plate.. Development, 126(22), 4977 - 4987.
    • Wilson S (1999). Nigel Holder (July 2, 1953-December 11, 1998).. Developmental Biology, 208, 253 - 254.
    • Guo S, Brush J, Teraoka H, Goddard A, Wilson SW, Mullins MC, Rosenthal A (1999). Development of noradrenergic neurons in the zebrafish hindbrain requires BMP, FGF8, and the homeodomain protein Soulless/Phox2a. Neuron, 24, 555 - 566.
    • Guo S, Wilson SW, Cooke S, Chitnis A, Driever W, Rosenthal A (1999). Mutations in the zebrafish unmask shared regulatory pathways controlling the development of catecholaminergic neurons. Developmental Biology, 208, 473 - 487.
    • Heisenberg C-PH, Brennan C, Wilson SW (1999). Zebrafish aussicht embryos exhibit widespread overexpression of ace (fgf8) and coincident defects in CNS development. Development, 126, 2129 - 2140.
    • Ho C-Y, Houart C, Wilson SW, Stainier DYR (1999). A role for the extraembryonic yolk syncitial layer in patterning the zebrafish embryo suggested by properties of the hex gene. Current Biology, 9, 1131 - 1135.

    1998

    • Shanmugalingam S, Wilson SW (1998). Isolation, expression and regulation of a zebrafish paraxis homologue.. Mechanisms of Development, 78, 85 - 89.
    • Houart C, Westerfield M, Wilson SW (1998). A small population of anterior cells patterns the forebrain during zebrafish gastrulation.. Nature, 391(6669), 788 - 792. doi:10.1038/35853

    1997

    • Macdonald R, Wilson SW (1997). Distribution of Pax6 protein during eye development suggests discrete roles in proliferative and differentiated visual cells. Development, Genes and Evolution, 206, 363 - 369.
    • Masai I, Heisenberg CP, Barth KA, Adamek S, Macdonald R, Wilson SW (1997). Floating head and masterblind regulate neuronal patterning in the roof of the forebrain. Neuron, 18, 43 - 57.
    • Macdonald R, Scholes J, Strähle U, Brennan C, Holder N, Brand M, Wilson SW (1997). The Pax protein Noi is required for commissural axon pathway formation in the rostral forebrain. Development, 124, 2397 - 2408.
    • Kazanskaya OV, Severtzova EA, Barth KA, Ermakova GV, Lukyanov SA, Benjumov AO, Pannese M, Boncinelli E, Wilson SW, Zaraisky AG (1997). Anf: a novel class of vertebrate homeobox genes expressed at the anterior end of the main embryonic axis. Gene, 200, 25 - 34.
    • Wilson SW, Brennan C, Macdonald R, Brand M, Holder N (1997). Analysis of axon tract formation in the zebrafish brain: the role of territories of gene expression and their boundaries. Cell and Tissue Research, 290, 189 - 196.
    • Marcos-Gutierrez C, Wilson SW, Holder N, Pachnis V (1997). The zebrafish homologue of the ret receptor and its pattern of expression during embryogenesis. Oncogene, 14, 879 - 889.
    • Cooke JE, Xu Q, Wilson SW, Holder N (1997). Characterisation of five novel Eph-related receptor tyrosine kinases suggests roles in patterning the neural plate. Development, Genes and Evolution, 206, 515 - 531.

    1995

    • Neave B, Rodaway A, Wilson SW, Patient R, Holder N (1995). Expression of zebrafish GATA 3 (gta3) during gastrulation and neurulation suggests a role in the specification of cell fate. Mechanisms of Development, 51, 169 - 182.
    • Barth KA, Wilson SW (1995). Expression of zebrafish nk2.2 is influenced by sonic hedgehog/vertebrate hedgehog-1 and demarcates a zone of neuronal differentiation in the embryonic forebrain. Development, 121(6), 1755 - 1768.
    • Macdonald R, Barth KA, Xu Q, Holder N, Mikkola I, Wilson SW (1995). Midline signalling is required for Pax gene regulation and patterning of the eyes. Development, 121(10), 3267 - 3278.

    1994

    • Macdonald R, Xu Q, Barth KA, Mikkola I, Holder N, Fjose A, Krauss S, Wilson SW (1994). Regulatory gene expression boundaries demarcate sites of neuronal differentiation in the embryonic zebrafish forebrain. Neuron, 13, 1039 - 1053.

    1993

    1992

    • Mikkola I, Fjose A, Kuwada JY, Wilson S, Guddal PH, Krauss S (1992). The paired domain-containing nuclear factor pax[b] is expressed in specific commissural interneurons in zebrafish embryos. Journal of Neurobiology, 23, 933 - 946.
    • Krauss S, Maden M, Holder N, Wilson SW (1992). ebrafish pax[b] is involved in the formation of the midbrain-hindbrain boundary. Nature, 360, 87 - 89.
    • Bernhardt RR, Patel CK, Wilson SW, Kuwada JY (1992). Axonal trajectories and distribution of GABAergic spinal neurons in wildtype and mutant zebrafish lacking floor plate cells. The Journal of Comparative Neurology, 326, 263 - 272.

    1991

    • Wilson SW, Easter SSJ (1991). Stereotyped pathway selection by growth cones of early epiphysial neurons in the embryonic zebrafish. Development, 112, 723 - 746.
    • Wilson SW, Easter SSJ (1991). A pioneering growth cone in the embryonic zebrafish brain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 88, 2293 - 2296.

    1990

    • Wilson SW, Ross LS, Parrett T, Easter SSJ (1990). The development of a simple scaffold of axon tracts in the brain of the embryonic zebrafish, Brachydanio rerio. Development, 108, 121 - 145.

    • Schilling T, Wilson SW (). Evolution, development and genome analysis.. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond., 336(Special issue), 1517 - 1679.
    • Macdonald RE, Wilson SW (). Pax genes and eye development. Curr. Op. Neurobiol., 6, 49 - 66.
    • Hitchcock PF, Macdonald RE, VanDeRyt JT, Wilson SW (). Antibodies against Pax6 immunostain amacrine and ganglion cells and neuronal progenitors, but not rod precursors, in the normal and regenerating retina of the goldfish.. J. Neurobiol., 29, 399 - 413.