Journal Articles
Drescher B, Sant HH, Schalek RL, Lichtman JW, and Katz PS (2024) Sample preparation methods for volume electron microscopy in mollusc Berghia stephanieae, bioRxiv 2024.02.25.581936; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.02.25.581936
Goodheart JA, Rio RA, Taraporevala NF, Fiorenza RA, Barnes SR, Morrill K, Jacob MAC, Whitesel C, Masterson P, Batzel GO, Johnston HT, Ramirez MD, Katz PS, Lyons DC. (2024) A chromosome-level genome for the nudibranch gastropod Berghia stephanieae helps parse clade-specific gene expression in novel and conserved phenotypes. BMC Biol 22, 9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-024-01814-3
Preprint: bioRxiv 2023.08.04.552006; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.08.04.552006
Tait CC, Ramirez MD, and Katz PS (2023) Egg-laying hormone expression in identified neurons across developmental stages and reproductive states of the nudibranch Berghia stephanieae, BioRxiv 2023.12.21.572887; doi:https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.12.21.572887
Albertin CB, Katz PS (2023) Evolution of cephalopod nervous systems. Current Biology 33: R1087-R91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.08.092
Ramirez MD, Bui T, Katz PS (2023) Mapping neuronal gene expression reveals aspects of ganglionic organization in a gastropod mollusc bioRxiv 2023.06.22.546160; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.06.22.546160
Pavarino EC, Yang E, Dhanyasi N, Wang M, Bidel F, Lu X, Yang F, Park CF, Renuka, MB, Drescher B, Samuel ADT, Hochner B, Katz PS, Zhen M, Lichtman JW, Meirovitch Y (2023) mEMbrain: an interactive deep learning MATLAB tool for connectomic segmentation on commodity desktops. Frontiers in Neural Circuits 2023 Vol. 17 DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2023.952921. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fncir.2023.952921
Preprint: bioRxiv 2023.04.17.537196; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.04.17.537196
Katz PS, Lyons DC (2023) Cephalopod vision: How to build a better eye [Dispatch], Current Biology33(1) R27-R30. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.11.054
Quinlan, PD & Katz PS (2023) State-dependent, visually-guided behaviors in the nudibranch Berghia stephanieae, Journal of Experimental Biology; jeb.245213. doi: https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.245213
Preprint: bioRxiv 2022.10.24.513581; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.24.513581
Tamvacakis AN, Lillvis, JL, Sakurai A, Katz PS (2022) The consistency of gastropod identified neurons distinguishes intra-individual plasticity from inter-individual variability in neural circuits, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 16: 855235. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2022.855235
Sakurai A & Katz PS (2022). Bursting emerges from the complementary roles of neurons in a four-cell network. Journal of Neurophysiology. 127(4): 1054-1066. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00017.2022
Dwyer J, Ramirez MD, Katz PS, Karlstrom R, Bergen J (2021) Accelerated clearing and molecular labeling of biological tissues using magnetohydrodynamic force. Scientific Reports 11(1):16462. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-95692-2. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-95692-2
Sinha S, Jones BM, Traniello IM, Bukhari SA, Halfon MS, Hofmann HA, Huang S, Katz PS, Keagy J, Lynch V, Sokolowski MB, Stubbs L, Tabe-Bordbar S, Wolfner MF, Robinson GE (2020) Behavior-Related Gene Regulatory Networks: A New Level of Organization in the Brain, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 201921625. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1921625117
Katz PS (2019) My Word: The conservative bias of life scientists. Current Biology, 29, R663–R682. PMID:31336077 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.05.066.
Sakurai A, Katz PS. (2019) Command or obey? Homologous neurons differ in hierarchical position for the generation of homologous behaviors. J Neurosci. 39 (33) 6460-6471;. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3229-18.2019. PubMed PMID: 31209170.
Katz PS and Quinlan PD (2019) The importance of identified neurons in gastropod molluscs to neuroscience, Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 56:1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2018.10.009
Tamvacakis AN, Senatore A, and Katz PS. (2018) Single neuron serotonin receptor subtype gene expression correlates with behaviour within and across three molluscan species. Proc. Royal Soc. B 285: 20180791; http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/285/1885/20180791
Cook GM, Gruen AE, Morris J, Pankey MS, Senatore A, Katz PS, Watson WH, Newcomb JM (2018) Sequences of circadian clock proteins in the nudibranch mollusks Hermissenda crassicornis, Melibe leonina, and Tritonia diomedea. Biol Bull.234, 207-218. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/698467
Gunaratne CA, Sakurai A, Katz PS (2017) Variations on a theme: Species differences in synaptic connectivity do not predict central pattern generator activity. Journal of Neurophysiology. 118(2): 1123-1132, DOI: 10.1152/jn.00203.2017.
Sakurai A, Katz PS (2017) Artificial synaptic rewiring demonstrates that distinct neural circuit configurations underlie homologous behaviors. Current Biology. 27(12): 1721–1734.e3 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.05.016 http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(17)30552-3
Sakurai A, Tamvacakis AN, Katz PS (2016) Recruitment of polysynaptic connections underlies functional recovery of a central pattern generator circuit after lesion. eNeuro, 3(4). DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0056-16.2016, http://www.eneuro.org/content/3/4/ENEURO.0056-16.2016
Sakurai A and Katz PS (2016) The central pattern generator underlying swimming in Dendronotus iris: A simple half-center network oscillator with a twist. Journal of Neurophysiology. 116(4): 1728-1742. DOI: 10.1152/jn.00150.2016 PMID: 27440239 jn.physiology.org/content/116/4/1728.long
Katz PS (2016) ‘Model organisms’ in the light of evolution. Current Biology. 26 (14) pR649–R650. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.05.071
http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(16)30604-2
Katz PS (2016) Phylogenetic plasticity in the evolution of molluscan neural circuits. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 41: 8-16. doi:10.1016/j.conb.2016.07.004 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959438816300897
Katz PS (2016) Evolution of central pattern generators and rhythmic behaviours. Phil. Trans. Royal Soc. B.371(1685): 20150057. PMID: 26598733, http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/371/1685/20150057
Gunaratne CA and Katz PS (2016) Comparative mapping of GABA-immunoreactive neurons in the buccal ganglia of Nudipleura molluscs. J.Comp Neurol. 524(6):1181-92 PMID:26355705 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cne.23895/abstract
Tamvacakis AN, Senatore A, Katz PS (2015) Identification of genes related to learning and memory in the brain transcriptome of the mollusc, Hermissenda crassicornis. Learning and Memory.22(12):617-21. PMID:26572652, http://learnmem.cshlp.org/content/22/12/617
Sakurai A., Katz PS (2015) Phylogenetic and Individual Variation in Gastropod Central Pattern Generators. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 201(9):829-39. DOI: 10.1007/s00359-015-1007-6. PMID: 25837447 http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00359-015-1007-6
Senatore A, Edirisinghe N, Katz PS (2105) Deep mRNA sequencing of the Tritonia diomedea brain transcriptome provides access to gene homologues for neuronal excitability, synaptic transmission and peptidergic signalling. PLoS One. 10(2): e0118321.DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0118321. PMID: 25719197 http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0118321
Sakurai A, Tamvacakis AN, Katz PS (2014) Hidden synaptic differences in a neural circuit underlie differential behavioral susceptibility to a neural injury, eLife 10.7554/eLife.02598 eLife Lens, Digest, Full Text, pdf. PMID: 24920390 This article was picked up by several websites: GSU, NSF, Lockerdome, Science Daily, Medical Web Times, Science News Line, Psychology Chatter, eCannabis, MedIndia, Jersey Tribune and others
Sakurai A, Gunaratne CA, Katz PS (2014) Two interconnected kernels of reciprocally inhibitory interneurons underlie alternating left-right swim motor pattern generation in the mollusk, Melibe leonina, Journal of Neurophysiology, ;112(6):1317-28. PMID: 24920032 http://jn.physiology.org/content/112/6/1317.long
Katz PS and Lillvis JL (2014) Reconciling the deep homology of neuromodulation with the evolution of behavior, Current Opinion in Neurobiology.29: 39-47. PMID: 24878891 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2014.05.002
Striedter GF, Belgard TG, Chen CC, Davis FP, Finlay BL, Gunturkun O, Hale ME, Harris JA, Hecht EE, Hof PR, Hofmann HA, Holland LZ, Iwaniuk AN, Jarvis ED, Karten HJ, Katz PS, Kristan WB, Macagno ER, Mitra PP, Moroz LL, Preuss TM, Ragsdale CW, Sherwood CC, Stevens CF, Stuttgen MC, Tsumoto T, and Wilczynski W. (2014) NSF Workshop Report: Discovering General Principles of Nervous System Organization by Comparing Brain Maps across Species. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 83 (1):1-8. http://www.karger.com/Article/Abstract/360152 Published simultaneously in J Comp Neurol. 522(7):1445-53. PMID: 24596113, doi: 10.1002/cne.23568.
Gunaratne CA, Sakurai A, and Katz PS (2014) Comparative mapping of GABA-immunoreactive neurons in the central nervous systems of nudibranch molluscs, Journal of Comparative Neurology. 522(4): 794–810. PMID 24638845 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cne.23446/abstract.
Lillvis JL and Katz PS (2013) Parallel Evolution of Serotonergic Neuromodulation Underlies Independent Evolution of Rhythmic Motor Behavior. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(6):2709-17. PMID: 23392697 doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4196-12.2013 http://www.jneurosci.org/content/33/6/2709 Featured in “This week in the journal”: http://www.jneurosci.org/content/33/6/i.full#sec-2 Featured on cover: http://www.jneurosci.org/content/33/6.cover-expansion, Featured in BrainFacts.org Image of the week, Josh Lillvis was awarded the Capranica Prize by the International Society for Neuroethology based on this paper.
Newcomb JM, Sakurai A, Lillvis JL, Gunaratne CA, Katz PS (2012) Homology and homoplasy of swimming behaviors and neural circuits in the Nudipleura (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Opistho-branchia), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 1090 Suppl 1:10669-76. PMID: 22723353. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1201877109. http://www.pnas.org/content/109/suppl.1/10669.long Featured on the cover of Volume 9, number 26: http://www.pnas.org/content/109/26.toc
Lillvis JL, Gunaratne CA, Katz PS (2012). Neurochemical and neuroanatomical identification of central pattern generator neuron homologues in Nudipleura molluscs. PLoS One 7 (2):e31737, 2012. PMID: 22363716 http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0031737.
Jhala S, Tamvacakis AN, Katz PS (2011) Toward locating the source of serotonergic axons in the tail nerve of Aplysia, Invertebrate Neuroscience 11(2):91-6. PMID: 21877137, DOI 10.1007/s10158-011-0121-6.
Sakurai A, Newcomb JM, Lillvis JL, Katz PS (2011) Different roles for homologous interneurons in species exhibiting similar rhythmic behaviors, Current Biology, 21(12): 1036-1041. PMID: 21620707, doi:10.1016/j.cub.2011.04.040. http://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822%2811%2900482-9, Highlighted in: Zwart M (2011) Sea slug swimming surprise, Journal Exp Biol 214(23): v. doi: 10.1242/jeb.050021, http://jeb.biologists.org/content/214/23/v.1.full?etoc
Katz PS (2011) Neural mechanisms underlying the evolvability of behavior, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B. 366 (1574): 2086-2099. PMID: 2690127, doi: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0336. The entire issue on “Evolutionary developmental biology (evo-devo) and behavior” is available at http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/366/1574.toc
Li W, Sunderraman R, and Katz P: A Visual Web Query System for NeuronBank Ontology. Proc. of the Workshop on Visual Interfaces to the Social and Semantic Web (VISSW 2011), Palo Alto, US, February 13, 2011, CEUR-WS.org, ISSN 1613-0073, online CEUR-WS.org/Vol-694/paper8.pdf.
Katz, PS (2010) The nature of neuroethology, Brain Behavior and Evolution73(3-4): 163-4, PMID: 21088378, DOI: 10.1159/000321719 http://www.karger.com/Article/Abstract/321719
Katz, PS (2010) Comparative studies provide evidence for neural reuse, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 33: 278-279. Target article: Anderson ML. (2010) Neural reuse: a fundamental organizational principle of the brain. Behav Brain Sci. 2010 Aug;33(4):245-66; discussion 266-313. PMID: 20964882. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X10000853.
Katz PS, Calin-Jageman RJ, Dhawan A, Frederick C, Gao S, Dissanayaka R, Hiremath N, .Ma W, Shen X, Wang HC, Yang H, Prasad S, Sunderraman R, Zhu Y (2010) NeuronBank: a tool for cataloging neuronal circuitry, Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. 4:9. doi:10.3389/fnsys.2010.00009 http://www.frontiersin.org/systemsneuroscience/paper/10.3389/fnsys.2010.00009/
Katz PS (2009) Preface to molluscan neurobiology: recent advances and new vistas. Brain Behav.Evol. 74 (3):159-163. PMID: 20029180
Sakurai A, Katz PS (2009) Functional recovery following lesion of a central pattern generator. J. Neurosci 29(42): 13115-13125. PMID: 19846699 http://www.jneurosci.org/content/29/42/13115.long Featured in “This Week in the Journal”. Rated 9 by Faculty of 1000 (Faculty of 1000 Biology: evaluations for Sakurai A & Katz PS J Neurosci 2009 Oct 21 29 (42): 13115-25 http://f1000biology.com/article/id/1383968/evaluation)
Katz PS and Newcomb JM (2009) Brains of Beauties: The swimming styles of sea slugs demonstrate how malleable neural circuitry can be. Natural History 118 (4):36-41.
Sakurai A, Katz PS (2009) State-, timing-, and pattern-dependent neuromodulation of synaptic strength by a serotonergic interneuron. J Neurosci. 2009 Jan 7;29(1):268-79. PMID: 19129403
Newcomb, JM and Katz PS (2009) Different functions for homologous serotonergic interneurons and serotonin in species-specific rhythmic behaviours. Proc Biol Sci. 276(1654):99-108.. PMID:18782747 http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/276/1654/99.long Highlighted paper.
Hill ES, Sakurai A, Katz PS. (2008) Transient enhancement of spike-evoked calcium signaling by a serotonergic interneuron, J Neurophysiol. 100(5):2919-28. PMID: 18815341
S Clemens, R Calin-Jageman, and PS. Katz (2007 ) Altering cAMP levels within a central pattern generator modifies or disrupts rhythmic motor output. J. Comp. Physiol. 193(12):1265-71. PMID: 17972082
A. Sakurai, R.J. Calin-Jageman, and P.S. Katz (2007) The potentiation phase of spike timing-dependent neuromodulation by a serotonergic interneuron involves an increase in the fraction of transmitter release. Journal of Neurophysiology. 98(4):1975-87 PMID: 17686912
R. Calin-Jageman, M. Tunstall, B. Mensh,P.S. Katz, W. N. Frost (2007) Parameter space analysis suggests multi-site plasticity contributes to motor pattern initiation in Tritonia. Journal of Neurophysiology 98(4):2382-98. PMID: 17652417
E.S. Hill and P.S. Katz (2007) The role of membrane potential in calcium signaling during rhythmic bursting in Tritonia swim interneurons. Journal of Neurophysiology, 97(3): 2204-2214 PMID: 17229821
R.J. Calin-Jageman, A. Dhawan, H. Yang, H.-C. Wang, H. Tian, P. Phoungphol, C. Frederick, J. Balasooriya, Y. Chen, S.K. Prasad, R. Sunderraman, Y. Zhu, and P.S. Katz (2007) Development of NeuronBank: A Federation of Customizable Knowledge Bases of Neuronal Circuitry, Proceedings of the Ist IEEE International Workshop on Service Oriented Technologies for Biological Databases and Tools - IEEE Services Computing Workshops (SOBDAT/SCW 2007). July 13, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Sakurai A (2007) Spike timing-dependent neuromodulation in the Tritonia swim central pattern generator. Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry 24 (1): 18-26. [in Japanese]
R.J. Calin-Jageman, C. Xie, Y. Pan, A. Vandenberg & P.S. Katz (2007) NEURONgrid: A toolkit for generating parameter-space maps using NEURON in a grid environment. In LNCS Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, v. 4463. I. Mandoiu and A. Zelikovsky (Eds.), pp. 182–191.
J.M. Newcomb and P.S. Katz (2007) Homologues of serotonergic central pattern generator neurons in related nudibranch molluscs with divergent behaviors, J.Comp.Physiol.A. 193(4): 425-443. PMID: 17180703
P.S. Katz (2007) Evolution and Development of Neural Circuits in Invertebrates. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 17(1): 59-64. PMID: 17174546
W.B.Kristan and P. Katz (2006) Form and function in systems neuroscience. Current Biology. 16(19): R828-R831 doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.08.079
J.M. Newcomb , D.J. Fickbohm, and P.S. Katz (2006) Comparative mapping of serotonin-immunoreactive neurons in the central nervous systems of nudibranch molluscs. J. Comparative Neurology. 499(3): 485-505. PMID: 16998939
R.J. Calin-Jageman and P.S. Katz (2006) A distributed computing tool for generating neural simulation databases. Neural Computation. 18(12):2923-7. PMID: 17052151
P.S. Katz (2006) Comparative Neurophysiology: An Electric Convergence in Fish [Dispatch]. Current Biology 16(9): R327-R330. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2006.03.074
P.S. Katz (2006) Personal Report: Q&A, Current Biology 16(6): R190-191. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2006.02.033
A. Sakurai, N.R. Darghouth, R.J. Butera, and P.S. Katz (2006) Serotonergic enhancement of a 4-AP-sensitive current mediates the synaptic depression phase of spike-timing dependent neuromodulation. J. Neuroscience. 26: 2010 – 2021. http://www.jneurosci.org/cgi/content/abstract/26/7/2010
H. Tian, R. Sunderraman, R. Calin-Jageman, H. Yang, Y. Zhu, and P.S. Katz (2006) NeuroQL: A Domain-Specific Query Language for Neuroscience Data, Current Trends in Database Technology – EDBT 2006, Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science. v. 4254: pp 613-634.
D.J. Fickbohm, N. Spitzer, P.S. Katz (2005) Pharmacological manipulation of serotonin levels in the nervous system of the opisthobranch mollusc Tritonia diomedea. Biological Bulletin 209: 67-74. http://www.biolbull.org/cgi/content/abstract/209/1/67
J. A. Pamplin, Y. Zhu, P.S. Katz, R. Sunderraman (2005) A 3D User Interface for Visualizing Neuron Location in Invertebrate Ganglia, Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Computer Graphics and Geometric Modeling, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 3515: 347 – 350.
P.S. Katz, A. Sakurai, S. Clemens, D. Davis (2004) The Cycle Period of a Network Oscillator is Independent of Membrane Potential and Spiking Activity in Individual Central Pattern Generator Neurons. J Neurophysiol. .92: 1904-1917.http://jn.physiology.org/cgi/content/full/92/3/1904.
C.P. Lynn-Bullock, K. Welshhans, S.L. Pallas, P.S. Katz (2004) The effect of oral 5-HTP administration on 5-HTP and 5-HT immunoreactivity in monaminergic brain regions of rats. J.Chemical Neuroanatomy. 27(2):129-138. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jchemneu.2004.02.003
Sakurai, A. and P.S. Katz (2003) Spike Timing-Dependent Serotonergic Neuromodulation of Synaptic Strength Intrinsic to a Central Pattern Generator Circuit. J. Neuroscience. 23: 10745-10755. http://www.jneurosci.org/cgi/content/full/23/34/10745
P.S. Katz (2003) Synaptic gating: The potential to open closed doors. [Dispatch] Current Biology 13: R554 - R556.
S. Clemens and P.S. Katz (2003) G protein signaling in a neuronal network is necessary for rhythmic motor pattern production. Journal of Neurophysiology 89: 762-772 http://jn.physiology.org/cgi/content/abstract/89/2/762
P.S. Katz, D.J. Fickbohm, and C.P. Lynn-Bullock (2001) Evidence that the swim CPG of Tritonia arose from a non-rhythmic neuromodulatory arousal system: Implications for the evolution of specialized behavior. American Zoologist. 41: 962-975. http://icb.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/41/4/962?ct
D.J. Fickbohm, C.P. Lynn-Bullock, N. Spitzer, H.K. Caldwell, and P.S. Katz (2001) Localization and quantification of 5-hydroxytryptophan and serotonin in the central nervous systems of Tritonia and Aplysia. Journal of Comparative Neurology. 437:91-105. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/85006271
P.S. Katz and S. Clemens (2001) Biochemical networks in nervous systems: Expanding neuronal information processing beyond voltage signals. Trends in Neurosciences. 24(1): 18-25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0166-2236(00)01686-6
S. Clemens and P.S. Katz (2001) Identified Serotonergic Neurons in the Tritonia Swim CPG Activate Both Ionotropic and Metabotropic Receptors J.Neurophysiol. 85: 476-479. http://jn.physiology.org/cgi/content/abstract/85/1/476
D.J. Fickbohm and P.S. Katz (2000) Paradoxical actions of the serotonin precursor, 5‑hydroxytryptophan, on the activity of identified serotonergic neurons in a simple motor circuit . J. Neuroscience, 20(4): 1622-1634. http://www.jneurosci.org/cgi/content/abstract/20/4/1622
P.S. Katz and R.M. Harris-Warrick (1999) The evolution of neuronal circuits underlying species-specific behavior. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 9: 628-633. http://www.biomednet.com/library/abstract/JNRB.nb9508
P.S. Katz (1998) Comparison of extrinsic and intrinsic neuromodulation in two central pattern generator circuits in invertebrates. Experimental Physiology, 83:281-292.
P.S. Katz (1998) Neuromodulation Intrinsic to the Central Pattern Generator for Escape Swimming in Tritonia. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 860: 181-188.
P.S. Katz (1997) Extrinsic and Intrinsic Neuromodulation of Motor Systems: Physiological Mechanisms for Behavioral Flexibility. Journal of Physiology (London) 504.P: 2S.
P.S. Katz and W.N. Frost (1997) Removal of spike frequency adaptation via neuromodulation intrinsic to the Tritonia escape swim central pattern generator. Journal of Neuroscience 17(20): 7703-7713. http://www.jneurosci.org/cgi/content/abstract/17/20/7703
W.N. Frost and P.S. Katz (1996) Single neuron control over a complex motor program Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93: 422-426. http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/93/1/422
P.S. Katz and W.N. Frost (1996) Intrinsic neuromodulation: Altering neuronal circuits from within. Trends in Neurosciences 19: 54-61.
P.S. Katz (1995) Intrinsic and extrinsic neuromodulation of motor circuits. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 5: 799-808.
P.S. Katz and W.N. Frost (1995) Intrinsic neuromodulation in the Tritonia swim CPG: Serotonin mediates both neuromodulation and neurotransmission by the dorsal swim interneurons, J.Neurophysiology 74: 2281-2294. http://jn.physiology.org/cgi/content/abstract/74/6/2281
P.S. Katz and W.N. Frost (1995) Intrinsic neuromodulation in the Tritonia swim CPG: The serotonergic dorsal swim interneurons act presynaptically to enhance transmitter release from interneuron C2. J. Neuroscience 15: 6035-6045. http://www.jneurosci.org/cgi/content/abstract/15/9/6035
P.S. Katz, P.A. Getting, and W.N. Frost (1994) Dynamic neuromodulation of synaptic strength intrinsic to a central pattern generator circuit. Nature 367: 729-731. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v367/n6465/abs/367729a0.html
P.S. Katz, M.D. Kirk and C.K. Govind (1993) Facilitation and depression at different branches of the same motor axon: Evidence for presynaptic differences in release. Journal of Neuroscience 13: 3075-3089. http://www.jneurosci.org/cgi/content/abstract/13/7/3075
P.S. Katz and I.B. Levitan (1993) Quisqualate and ACPD are Agonists for a glutamate-activated current in identified Aplysia neurons. J. Neurophysiology 69: 143-150. http://jn.physiology.org/cgi/content/abstract/69/1/143
P.S. Katz and R.M. Harris-Warrick (1991) Recruitment of crab gastric mill neurons into the pyloric motor pattern by mechanosensory afferent stimulation. J. Neurophysiology, 65: 1442-1451. http://jn.physiology.org/cgi/content/abstract/65/6/1442
P.S. Katz (1991) Neuromodulation and the evolution of a simple motor system, Seminars in the Neurosciences, 3: 379-389.
P.S. Katz and R.M. Harris-Warrick (1990) Neuromodulation of the crab pyloric central pattern generator by serotonergic / cholinergic proprioceptive afferents. J. Neuroscience. 10: 1495-1512. http://www.jneurosci.org/cgi/content/abstract/10/5/1495
P.S. Katz and R.M. Harris-Warrick (1990) Actions of identified neuromodulatory neurons in a simple motor system. Trends in Neurosciences, 13: 367-373. http://www.cell.com/trends/neurosciences/abstract/0166-2236%2890%2990021-2
R.M. Harris-Warrick, R.E. Flamm, B.R. Johnson, and P.S. Katz (1989) Modulation of neural circuits in crustacea. Amer. Zool. 29: 1305‑1320.
P.S. Katz, M.H. Eigg, and R.M. Harris-Warrick (1989) Serotonergic / cholinergic muscle receptor cells in the crab stomatogastric nervous system: I. Identification and characterization of the gastro-pyloric receptor cells. J. Neurophysiology 62: 558‑570. http://jn.physiology.org/content/62/2/558
P.S. Katz and R.M. Harris-Warrick (1989) Serotonergic / cholinergic muscle receptor cells in the crab stomatogastric nervous system: II. Rapid nicotinic and prolonged modulatory effects on neurons in the stomatogastric ganglion. J. Neurophysiology 62: 571‑581. http://jn.physiology.org/content/62/2/571