Recent Publications

Articles

• Spinal microcircuits go through multiphasic homeostatic compensations in a mouse model of motoneuron degeneration.
  Nascimento F, Özyurt MG, Halablab K, Bhumbra GS, Caron G, Bączyk M, Zytnicki D, Manuel M, Roselli F, Brownstone R, Beato M : Cell Rep, 2024
• Comments on the article by Jensen et al. (2020).
  Manuel M, Zytnicki D : J Physiol, 2021
• Synaptic disruption and CREB-regulated transcription are restored by K channel blockers in ALS.
  Catanese A, Rajkumar S, Sommer D, Freisem D, Wirth A, Aly A, Massa-López D, Olivieri A, Torelli F, Ioannidis V, Lipecka J, Guerrera IC, Zytnicki D, Ludolph A, Kabashi E, Mulaw MA, Roselli F, Böckers TM : EMBO Mol Med, 2021
• Is there hope that transpinal direct current stimulation corrects motoneuron excitability and provides neuroprotection in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis?
  Bączyk M, Krutki P, Zytnicki D : Physiol Rep, 2021
• Synaptic Restoration by cAMP/PKA Drives Activity-Dependent Neuroprotection to Motoneurons in ALS
  Bączyk M, Alami NO, Delestrée N, Martinot C, Tang L, Commisso B, Bayer D, Doisne N, Frankel W, Manuel M, Roselli F, Zytnicki D : J Exp Med, 2020
• Molecular and electrophysiological properties of mouse motoneuron and motor unit subtypes
  Manuel M, Zytnicki D : Current Opinion in Physiology, 2019
• Hypoexcitability precedes denervation in the large fast-contracting motor units in two unrelated mouse models of ALS.
  Martínez-Silva ML, Imhoff-Manuel RD, Sharma A, Heckman CJ, Shneider NA, Roselli F, Zytnicki D, Manuel M : Elife, 2018
• Kv1.2 Channels Promote Nonlinear Spiking Motoneurons for Powering Up Locomotion.
  Bos R, Harris-Warrick RM, Brocard C, Demianenko LE, Manuel M, Zytnicki D, Korogod SM, Brocard F : Cell Rep, 2018
• Force encoding in muscle spindles during stretch of passive muscle.
  Blum KP, Lamotte D’Incamps B, Zytnicki D, Ting LH : PLoS Comput Biol, 2017
• Is hyperexcitability really guilty in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis?
  Leroy F, Zytnicki D : Neural Regen Res, 2015
• Potassium currents dynamically set the recruitment and firing properties of F-type motoneurons in neonatal mice.
  Leroy F, Lamotte d’Incamps B, Zytnicki D : J Neurophysiol, 2015
• MuSK frizzled-like domain is critical for mammalian neuromuscular junction formation and maintenance.
  Messéant J, Dobbertin A, Girard E, Delers P, Manuel M, Mangione F, Schmitt A, Le Denmat D, Molgó J, Zytnicki D, Schaeffer L, Legay C, Strochlic L : J Neurosci, 2015
• Early intrinsic hyperexcitability does not contribute to motoneuron degeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
  Leroy F, Lamotte d’Incamps B, Imhoff-Manuel RD, Zytnicki D : Elife, 2014
• Adult spinal motoneurones are not hyperexcitable in a mouse model of inherited amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
  Delestrée N, Manuel M, Iglesias C, Elbasiouny SM, Heckman CJ, Zytnicki D : J Physiol, 2014
• The dendritic location of the L-type current and its deactivation by the somatic AHP current both contribute to firing bistability in motoneurons
  Manuel M, Zytnicki D, Meunier C : Front Comput Neurosci, 2014
• Mixed mode oscillations in mouse spinal motoneurons arise from a low excitability state.
  Iglesias C, Meunier C, Manuel M, Timofeeva Y, Delestrée N, Zytnicki D : J Neurosci, 2011
• Alpha, beta and gamma motoneurons: functional diversity in the motor system’s final pathway
  Manuel M, Zytnicki D : J Integr Neurosci, 2011
• Fast kinetics, high-frequency oscillations, and subprimary firing range in adult mouse spinal motoneurons.
  Manuel M, Iglesias C, Donnet M, Leroy F, Heckman CJ, Zytnicki D : J Neurosci, 2009
• Resonant or not, two amplification modes of proprioceptive inputs by persistent inward currents in spinal motoneurons.
  Manuel M, Meunier C, Donnet M, Zytnicki D : J Neurosci, 2007
• The afterhyperpolarization conductance exerts the same control over the gain and variability of motoneurone firing in anaesthetized cats.
  Manuel M, Meunier C, Donnet M, Zytnicki D : J Physiol, 2006
• How much afterhyperpolarization conductance is recruited by an action potential? A dynamic-clamp study in cat lumbar motoneurons.
  Manuel M, Meunier C, Donnet M, Zytnicki D : J Neurosci, 2005
• How shunting inhibition affects the discharge of lumbar motoneurones: a dynamic clamp study in anaesthetized cats.
  Brizzi L, Meunier C, Zytnicki D, Donnet M, Hansel D, Lamotte D’Incamps B, Van Vreeswijk C : J Physiol, 2004
• Positive proprioceptive feedback elicited by isometric contractions of ankle flexors on pretibial motoneurons in cats.
  Brizzi L, Ting LH, Zytnicki D : J Neurophysiol, 2002
• Quantitative evidence for multiple widespread representations of individual muscles in the cat motor cortex.
  Schneider C, Zytnicki D, Capaday C : Neurosci Lett, 2001
• Effects on peroneal motoneurons of cutaneous afferents activated by mechanical or electrical stimulations.
  Perrier JF, Lamotte D’Incamps B, Kouchtir-Devanne N, Jami L, Zytnicki D : J Neurophysiol, 2000
• Cooperation of muscle and cutaneous afferents in the feedback of contraction to peroneal motoneurons.
  Perrier JF, Lamotte D’Incamps B, Kouchtir-Devanne N, Jami L, Zytnicki D : J Neurophysiol, 2000
• Flexible processing of sensory information induced by axo-axonic synapses on afferent fibers.
  Lamotte d’Incamps B, Meunier C, Zytnicki D, Jami L : J Physiol Paris, 1999
• Indications for GABA-immunoreactive axo-axonic contacts on the intraspinal arborization of a Ib fiber in cat: a confocal microscope study.
  Lamotte d’Incamps B, Destombes J, Thiesson D, Hellio R, Lasserre X, Kouchtir-Devanne N, Jami L, Zytnicki D : J Neurosci, 1998
• Reduction of presynaptic action potentials by PAD: model and experimental study.
  Lamotte D’Incamps B, Meunier C, Monnet ML, Jami L, Zytnicki D : J Comput Neurosci, 1998
• Heterogeneity of contraction-induced effects in neurons of the cat dorsal spinocerebellar tract.
  Zytnicki D, Lafleur J, Kouchtir N, Perrier JF : J Physiol, 1995
• Contraction-induced excitation in cat peroneal motoneurons.
  Kouchtir N, Perrier JF, Zytnicki D, Jami L : J Neurophysiol, 1995
• Neuromimetic model of a neuronal filter.
  Zytnicki D, L’Hôte G : Biol Cybern, 1993
• Declining inhibition elicited in cat lumbar motoneurons by repetitive stimulation of group II muscle afferents.
  Lafleur J, Zytnicki D, Horcholle-Bossavit G, Jami L : J Neurophysiol, 1993
• Declining inhibition in ipsi- and contralateral lumbar motoneurons during contractions of an ankle extensor muscle in the cat.
  Lafleur J, Zytnicki D, Horcholle-Bossavit G, Jami L : J Neurophysiol, 1993
• Depolarization of Ib afferent axons in the cat spinal cord during homonymous muscle contraction.
  Lafleur J, Zytnicki D, Horcholle-Bossavit G, Jami L : J Physiol, 1992
• Reduction of Ib autogenetic inhibition in motoneurons during contractions of an ankle extensor muscle in the cat.
  Zytnicki D, Lafleur J, Horcholle-Bossavit G, Lamy F, Jami L : J Neurophysiol, 1990
• Ensemble discharge from Golgi tendon organs of cat peroneus tertius muscle.
  Horcholle-Bossavit G, Jami L, Petit J, Vejsada R, Zytnicki D : J Neurophysiol, 1990
• Postnatal development of peroneal motoneurons in the kitten.
  Horcholle-Bossavit G, Jami L, Thiesson D, Zytnicki D : Brain Res Dev Brain Res, 1990
• Activation of Golgi tendon organs by asynchronous contractions of motor units in cat leg muscles.
  Horcholle-Bossavit G, Jami L, Petit J, Vejsada R, Zytnicki D : Neurosci Lett, 1989
• Unloading of tendon organ discharges by in-series motor units in cat peroneal muscles.
  Horcholle-Bossavit G, Jami L, Petit J, Vejsada R, Zytnicki D : J Physiol, 1989
• Observations on static and dynamic responses of muscle stretch receptors in kittens.
  Jami L, Vejsada R, Zytnicki D : Brain Res, 1989
• Effets de contractions partielles non-fusionnées du muscle Gastrocnémien médian sur les motoneurones homonymes et synergistes chez le Chat.
  Horcholle-Bossavit G, Jami L, Lafleur J, Lamy F, Zytnicki D : C R Acad Sci III, 1988
• Motor nuclei of peroneal muscles in the cat spinal cord.
  Horcholle-Bossavit G, Jami L, Thiesson D, Zytnicki D : J Comp Neurol, 1988
• Effects of muscle shortening on the responses of cat tendon organs to unfused contractions.
  Horcholle-Bossavit G1, Jami L, Petit J, Vejsada R, Zytnicki D : J Neurophysiol, 1988
• Lamina VIII interneurones interposed in crossed reflex pathways in the cat.
  Harrison PJ, Jankowska E, Zytnicki D : J Physiol, 1986
• Comparison of group I non-reciprocal inhibition of individual motoneurones of a homogeneous population.
  Jankowska E, Zytnicki D : Brain Res, 1985
• Lack of summation of dynamic and static components in the responses of cat tendon organs.
  Jami L, Petit J, Proske U, Zytnicki D : Brain Res, 1985
• Responses of tendon organs to unfused contractions of single motor units.
  Jami L, Petit J, Proske U, Zytnicki D : J Neurophysiol, 1985
• Crossed actions of group I muscle afferents in the cat.
  Harrison PJ, Zytnicki D : J Physiol, 1984
• Labelling of interneurones by retrograde transsynaptic transport of horseradish peroxidase from motoneurones in rats and cats.
  Harrison PJ, Hultborn H, Jankowska E, Katz R, Storai B, Zytnicki D : Neurosci Lett, 1984
• After-effects of repetitive stimulation at low frequency on fast-contracting motor units of cat muscle.
  Jami L, Murthy KS, Petit J, Zytnicki D : J Physiol, 1983
• Action of dantrolene sodium on single motor units of cat muscle in vivo.
  Jami L, Murthy KS, Petit J, Zytnicki D : Brain Res, 1983
• Distribution of physiological types of motor units in the cat peroneus tertius muscle.
  Jami L, Murthy KS, Petit J, Zytnicki D : Exp Brain Res, 1982

Books

• Information processing in the axonal tree
  Meunier C, Segev I, Zytnicki D : Journal of Physiology, 1999
• Muscle afferents and spinal control of movements
  Pierrot-Deseilligny E, ‎ Jami L, ‎ Zytnicki D : Pergamon Press, Oxford, ISBN:Muscle afferents and spinal control of movements, (470 pages), 1992

Chapters

• From Physiological Properties to Selective Vulnerability of Motor Units in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
  Bączyk M, Manuel M, Roselli F, Zytnicki D : extracted from Advances in neurobiology vol. 28 Michael J O’Donovan, Mélanie Falgairolle - Springer Nature, pages 375-394, ISBN:978-3-031-07167-6, 2022
• Diversity of Mammalian Motoneurons and Motor Units
  Bączyk M, Manuel M, Roselli F, Zytnicki D : extracted from Advances in neurobiology vol. 28 Michael J O’Donovan, Mélanie Falgairolle - Springer Nature, pages 131-150, ISBN:978-3-031-07167-6, 2022
• Presynaptic inhibition can act as a filter of input from tendon organ during muscle contraction
  Zytnicki D, Jami L : extracted from Presynaptic inhibition and neural control Pablo Rudomin, Ranuflo Romo, Lorne Mendell - Oxford University Press, pages 303-314, ISBN:0-19-510516-8, 1997