Publications
Publications by the Neural Circuits for Movement lab.
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Featured Publication
Pathophysiology of Dyt1-Tor1a dystonia in mice is mediated by spinal neural circuit dysfunction
- Amanda M. Pocratsky1, FilipeNascimento1, M. Görkem Özyurt1, Ian J. White2, RoisinSullivan3, Benjamin J. O’Callaghan3, Calvin C. Smith1, Sunaina Surana1,4, Marco Beato5, Robert M. Brownstone1 (2023) “Pathophysiologyof Dyt1-Tor1adystonia in Mice is mediated by Spinalneural Circuit Dysfunction.” SCIENCE TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE, vol. 15, no. 694, May 2023, adg3904
- Kissane, R. W. P., Ghaffari-Rafi, A., Tickle, P. G., Chakrabarty, S., Egginton, S., Brownstone, R. M., & Smith, C. C. (2021). C-bouton components on rat extensor digitorum longus motoneurons are resistant to chronic functional overload. JOURNAL OF ANATOMY. doi:10.1111/joa.13439
- Ronzano, R., Skarlatou, S., Bannatyne, A., Bhumbra, G., Foster, J., Lancelin, C., … Beato, M. (2021). On the distribution of spinal premotor interneurons. doi:10.1101/2021.02.10.430608
- Smith, C., & Brownstone, R. (2020). Spinal motoneuron firing properties mature from rostral to caudal during post-natal development of the mouse. doi:10.1101/2020.05.15.097436
- Smith, C. C., & Brownstone, R. M. (2020). Spinal motoneuron firing properties mature from rostral to caudal during postnatal development of the mouse. The Journal of Physiology. doi:10.1113/JP280274
- Jensen, M. P., & Brownstone, R. M. (2019). Mechanisms of spinal cord stimulation for the treatment of pain: Still in the dark after 50 years. European Journal of Pain (United Kingdom). doi:10.1002/ejp.1336
- Whatley, B. P., Chopek, J. W., Hill, R., & Brownstone, R. M. (2018). Case Studies in Neuroscience: Evidence of motor thalamus reorganization following bilateral forearm amputations. Journal of Neurophysiology, 120 (4), 1776-1780. doi:10.1152/jn.00120.2018
- Brownstone, R. M., & Lancelin, C. (2018). Escape from homeostasis: spinal microcircuits and progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Journal of neurophysiology, 119 (5), 1782-1794. doi:10.1152/jn.00331.2017
- Brownstone, R. M., & Chopek, J. W. (2018). Reticulospinal Systems for Tuning Motor Commands. FRONTIERS IN NEURAL CIRCUITS, 12, ARTN 30. doi:10.3389/fncir.2018.00030
- Chopek, J. W., Nascimento, F., Beato, M., Brownstone, R. M., & Zhang, Y. (2018). Sub-populations of Spinal V3 Interneurons Form Focal Modules of Layered Pre-motor Microcircuits. Cell Rep, 25 (1), 146-156.e3. doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2018.08.095
- Magown, P., & Brownstone, R. M. (2017). A Canadian Winter Indirectly Inactivates a Deep Brain Stimulation System. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES, 44 (3), 332-333. doi:10.1017/cjn.2016.421
- Magown, P., Rafuse, V. F., & Brownstone, R. M. (2017). Microcircuit formation following transplantation of mouse embryonic stem cell-derived neurons into peripheral nerve. Journal of Neurophysiology, jn.00943.2016. doi:10.1152/jn.00943.2016
- Bui, T. V., Stifani, N., Akay, T., & Brownstone, R. M. (2016). Spinal microcircuits comprising dI3 interneurons are necessary for motor functional recovery following spinal cord transection. eLife, 5. doi:10.7554/eLife.21715
- Brownstone, R. M., Rafuse, V. F., & Magown, P. (2016). Tumor prevention facilitates delayed transplant of stem cell‐derived motoneurons. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. doi:10.1002/acn3.327
- Radic, J. A. E., Beauprie, I., Chiasson, P., Kiss, Z. H. T., & Brownstone, R. M. (2015). Motor Cortex Stimulation for Neuropathic Pain: A Randomized Cross-over Trial. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES, 42 (6), 401-409. doi:10.1017/cjn.2015.292
- Bui, T. V., & Brownstone, R. M. (2015). Sensory-evoked perturbations of locomotor activity by sparse sensory input: a computational study. JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY, 113 (7), 2824-2839. doi:10.1152/jn.00866.2014
- Brownstone, R. M., Bui, T. V., & Stifani, N. (2015). Spinal circuits for motor learning. CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY, 33, 166-173. doi:10.1016/j.conb.2015.04.007
- Brownstone, R. M., & Stifani, N. (2015). Unraveling a Locomotor Network, Many Neurons at a Time. NEURON, 86 (1), 9-11. doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2015.03.056