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Oct. 2020: new publication is out!

​The first published work of the laboratory is now online:

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Usseglio G, Gatier E, Heuzé A, Hérent C and Bouvier J.

Control of orienting movements and locomotion by projection-defined subsets of brainstem V2a neurons.

Current Biology (2020); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.09.014. Get the full text here.

Using viral tracings, circuit optogenetics and chemogenetic silencing, we identify the reticulospinal neurons that command multiple motor actions linked to orientation and locomotion. 

ABOUT US

We are a team of neurobiologists. Our research addresses the cooperative roles of the brainstem and the spinal cord in elaborating integrated and adaptative motor behaviors. We focus on locomotion and breathing, vital motor functions and exquisite model systems with privileged experimental accessibility. On the mouse model, we deploy multidisciplinary approaches and concepts interfacing developmental neurobiology, circuit function and behavior. Our methods include ex-vivo electrophysiology, optogenetics & functional imaging in vivo, advanced viral-based circuit tracings and immunohistochemistry.

GENERAL INFORMATION

The Neuronal Circuits and Motor Control group is part of the Paris-Saclay Institute of Neuroscience, a mixed CNRS & Paris-Saclay University unit (UMR9197) headed by François Rouyer. 
 
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