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Philippe Vernier

 

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2012

Razy-Krajka F, Brown, E., Horie, T., Callebert, J., Sasakura, Y, Joly, JS, Kusakabe, T and Vernier, P. (2012) Monoaminergic modulation of photoreception in ascidia: Evidence for a proto-hypothalamo-retinal territory. BMC Biol. (in press)

Lange M, Norton W, Coolen M, Chaminade M, Merker S, Proft F, Schmitt A, Vernier P, Lesch KP and Bally-Cuif L. (2012) The ADHD-susceptibility gene lphn3.1 modulates dopaminergic neuron formation and locomotor activity during zebrafish development. Mol Psychiatry.Doi :10.1038/mp.2012.29.

Plaçais PY, Trannoy S, Isabel G, Aso Y, Siwanowicz I, Belliart-Guérin G, Vernier P, Birman S, Tanimoto H and Preat T. (2012) Slow oscillations in two pairs of dopaminergic neurons gate long-term memory formation in Drosophila. Nat Neurosci. 15: 592-599

2011

Yamamoto, K. and Vernier, P. (2011) The evolution of dopamine systems in chordates. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 5: 21.

Yamamoto, K, Ruuskanen, J., Wullimann, M and Vernier, P. (2011) Differential expression of dopamine cells markers in the forebrain of the adult zebrafish. J. Comp. Neurol. 519: 576-98.

2010

Yamamoto, K, Ruuskanen, J., Wullimann, M and Vernier, P. (2010) Two tyrosine hydroxylase genes in vertebrates: Comparative distribution with other monoaminergic markers in the zebrafish brain. Mol. Cell Neurosci. 43: 394-402

Osório, J., Mueller, Th., Rétaux, S., Vernier, Ph. and Wullimann MF. (2010) Phylotypic expression of the bHLH genes neurogenin2, NeuroD and Mash1 in the mouse embryonic forebrain. J. Comp. Neurol. 518: 851-871.

2009

Pasqualini C, Weltzien F-A, Vidal B, Baloche S, Rouget C, Gilles N, Servent D, Vernier P. and Dufour S. (2009) Two distinct dopamine D2 receptor genes in the European eel: molecular characterization, tissue-specific transcription and regulation by sex steroids. Neuroendocrinology, 150: 1377-1392

2008

Blin M., Norton W., Bally-Cuif L. and Vernier P. (2008) NR4A2 controls the differentiation of selective dopaminergic nuclei in the zebrafish brain. Mol Cell Neurosci. 39: 592-604

Jeffery W.R., Chiba T., Razy-Krajka, F., Deyts, C., Satoh, N. and Joly JS. (2008)Trunk lateral cells are neural crest-like cells in the ascidian Ciona intestinalis: insights into the ancestry and evolution of the neural crest. Dev Biol. 324: 152-60.

2007

Sebert M-E, Amerand A, Vettier A, Weltzien F-A, Pasqualini C, Sebert P, M-E, Dufour S (2007) Effects of high hydrostatic pressure on the pituitary-gonad axis in the European eel, Anguilla anguilla (L.) Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 153: 289-298.

Fuentes, M., Benito, E. , Bertrand, S., Paris, M. , Mignardot, A. , Godoy, L, Jimenez-Delgado, S., Oliveri, D., Candiani, S. , Hirsinger, E.,  D’Aniello, S.,  Pascual-Anaya, S., Pestarino, M., Vernier, P., Nicolas, J-F.,  Schubert, M., Laudet, V., Geneviere, A-M., Albalat, R., Garcia-Fernandez, J., Holland, N.D., and Escriva, H.(2007)  Insights into spawning behavior and development of the Mediterranean amphioxus (Branchiostoma lanceolatum). J. Exp. Zool. B Mol Dev Evol. 308: 484-493.

Rupnik M, Kreft M, Nothias F, Grilc S, Bobanovic LK, Johannes L, Kiauta T, Vernier P, Darchen F and Zorec R. (2007) Distinct role of Rab3A and Rab3B in secretory activity of rat melanotrophs. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 292: C98-105

2006

Deyts, C., Casane, D., Vernier, P. Bourrat, F. and Joly, J-S. (2006) Morphological and gene expression similarities suggest that the ascidian neural gland may be osmoregulatory and homologous to vertebrate peri-ventricular organs Eur. J. Neurosci., 24: 2299-2308.

Weltzien F-A., Pasqualini C. Sebert, , M-E., Vidal, B., Le Belle, N., Kah, O., Vernier P. and Dufour S. (2006). Androgen-dependent stimulation of brain dopaminergic systems in the female European eel (Anguilla anguilla). Endocrinology, 147 : 2964-2973.

Mueller, T., Vernier, P. and Wullimann, M. (2006).A phylotypic stage in vertebrate brain development : GABA cell patterns in zebrafish compared with mouse. J. Comp. Neurol., 494 : 620-634

Wullimann, M. and Vernier, P. (2006). Evolution of the Nervous System in Fishes. In Evolution of Nervous Systems, (J. Kaas, ed.) Elsevier, 5 Volumes. ISBN : 0123925606

2005

Wullimann M., Rink E., Vernier P. and Schlosser G. (2005) Secondary neurogenesis in the brain of the African clawed frog Xenopus lævis, as revealed by PCNA, Delta-1, Neurogenin-related-1 and NeuroD expression. J. Comp. Neurol., 489:387-402.

Moret, F., Christiaen, L., Deyts, C., Blin, M., Joly, J-S. and Vernier, P. (2005) The dopamine-synthesizing cells of the sensory vesicle of the tunicate Ciona intestinalis are located only in a hypothalamus-related domain : implications for the origin of vertebrate catecholamine systems. Eur. J. Neurosci., 21 : 3043-3055.

Weltzien F-A., Pasqualini C., Vernier P. and Dufour S. (2005) A quantitative real-time RT-PCR assay for European eel tyrosine hydroxylase. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 142 : 134-142.

Tiozzo S., Christiaen L., Deyts C., Manni L., Joly J.-S., Burighel P. (2005) Embryonic Vs. Blastogenetic Development In The Compound Ascidian Botryllus Schlosseri : Insights From Pitx Expression Patterns. Dev. Dyn, 232(2):468-78.

Moret, F., Christiaen, L., Deyts, C., Blin, M., Vernier P. and Joly, J-S. (2005) Regulatory gene expressions in the ascidian ventral sensory vesicle : evolutionary relationships with the vertebrate hypothalamus. Dev. Biol. 277 : 567-579.

Pascual, A., Huang, K.-L.. and Preat, T. (2005). Conditional UAS-targeted repression in Drosophila. Nucl. Ac. Res., 33(1):e7.

Pascual, A., Chaminade, M. and Preat, T. (2005). Ethanolamine kinase controls neuroblast divisions in Drosophila mushroom bodies. Dev. Biol. 80(1):177-186.

Other reviews, book chapters and meetings proceedings,

Bally-Cuif, L. and Vernier, P. (2010) The nervous system of the zebrafish – Physiology. In: The Zebrafish, Ekker, M. and Perry S. Eds, Elsevier. Pp 25-80.

ten Donkelaar HJ, Vernier P, Wullimann M, Molnár Z. (2008) Introduction to the Proceedings of the Fifth European Conference on Comparative Neurobiology: evolution and the generation of novelties in the nervous system. Brain Res Bull. 75: 189-190.

Vernier, P. and Wulliman, M. (2008) Evolution of the Posterior Tuberculum and Preglomerular Nuclear Complex. In Springer Encyclopedic Reference of Neuroscience. (A. Butler ed). Springer Verlag.

Wullimann, M. and Vernier, P. (2008) Evolution of the Telencephalon in Anamniotes. In Springer Encyclopedic Reference of Neuroscience. (A. Butler ed). Springer Verlag.

Wullimann, M. and Vernier, P. (2008) Evolution of the brain in fishes. In Springer Encyclopedic Reference of Neuroscience. (A. Butler ed). Springer Verlag.

Wullimann, M. and Vernier, P. (2006) Evolution of the Nervous System in Fishes. In Evolution of Nervous Systems, (J. Kaas, ed.) Academic Press (5 volume). Volume I, pp39-60.

Rétaux, S. et Vernier, P. (2005) Développement et évolution des ganglions de la base chez les vertébrés. Mouvements, 2 : 3-22. (in French)

Other publications (vulgarization).

Vernier P. (2010) Modèles animaux, animaux modèles. in Priorité Cerveau –des découvertes aux traitements- sous la direction de O. Lyon-Caen et E. Hirsch, Odile Jacob, Paris. pp 111-124.

Vernier P. (2006) De l’œuf à l’individu; Développement et évolution du système nerveux central des vertébrés. TDC (Textes et documents pour la classe), 926: 27-32.

Vernier, P. (2005) Evolution du cerveau et émergence du langage. In Les origines des langues et du langage (sous la direction de J-M. Hombert). Fayard, pp 23-54.