Katie J. Chapple, Sarah Wirth, Yi-Hsin Chen, Tabitha R.F Green, Ulrike Gerwig, Marie Louise Aicher, Yeonsu Kim, Lina Komarek, Angus Brown, Colin L. Crawford, Rebecca Sherrard Smith, Luis Pardo-Fernandez, Celia M. Kassmann, Hauke B. Werner, MatthiasKneussel, Euan R Brown, Sandra Goebbels, Klaus-Armin Nave, Julia M. Edgar 2024 A myelinic channel system for motor-driven organelle transport. bioRxiv 2024.06.02.591488; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.06.02.591488
Stefan A Berghoff, Lena Spieth, Ting Sun, Leon Hosang, Constanze Depp, Andrew O Sasmita, Martina H Vasileva, Patricia Scholz, Yu Zhao, Dilja Krueger-Burg, Sven Wichert, Euan R Brown, Kyriakos Michail, Klaus-Armin Nave, Stefan Bonn, Francesca Odoardi, Moritz Rossner, Till Ischebeck, Julia M Edgar, Gesine Saher 2021 Neuronal cholesterol synthesis is essential for repair of chronically demyelinated lesions in mice. Cell Reports 37, 4 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109889
Stefan A. Berghoff, Lena Spieth, Ting Sun, Leon Hosang, Constanze Depp, Andrew O.Sasmita, Martina H. Vasileva, Patricia Scholz, Yu Zhao, Dilja Krueger-Burg, SvenWichert, Euan R Brown, Kyriakos Michael, Klaus-Armin Nave, Stefan Bonn, FrancescaOdoardi, Moritz Rossner, Till Ischebeck, Julia M. Edgar, Gesine Saher. 2021 Neuronal cholesterol synthesis is essential for repair of chronically demyelinated lesions in mice. bioRxiv 2021.08.13.456070; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.08.13.456070
Bijland S, Thomson G, Euston M et al. An in vitro model for studying CNS white matter: functional properties and experimental approaches. F1000Research 2019, 8:117. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.16802.1
Stefania Piscopo Euan R. Brown (2018) Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles and Voltage‐Gated Human Kv11.1 Potassium Channels Interact through a Novel Mechanism Small First published: 26 February 2018
Kriplani N, Hermida MA, Brown ER, Leslie NR. Class I PI 3-kinases: Function and evolution. Adv Biol Regul. 2015 Jun 20. pii: S2212-4926(15)30003-8. doi:10.1016/j.jbior.2015.05.002. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26159297.
Johnston H, Brown DM, Kanase N, Euston M, Gaiser BK, Robb CT, Dyrynda E, Rossi AG, Brown ER, Stone V. Mechanism of neutrophil activation and toxicity elicited by engineered nanomaterials. Toxicol In Vitro. 2015 May 8. S0887-2333(15)00092-2. doi: 10.1016/j.tiv.2015.04.021. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25962642.
Kavanagh DM, Smyth AM, , Martin KJ, Dun A, Brown ER, , Gordon S, Smillie KJ, Chamberlain LH, Wilson RS, Yang L, Lu W, Cousin MA, Rickman C, Duncan RR, (2014) A molecular toggle after exocytosis sequesters the pre-synaptic syntaxin1a molecules involved in prior vesicle fusion. Nat Commun. 17;5:5774. doi: 10.1038/ncomms6774.
Hiersemenzel K, Brown ER, Duncan RR. (2013) Imaging large cohorts of single ion channels and their activity. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2013 Sep 4;4:114.
Idris MM, Thorndyke MC, Brown ER. (2013). Evidence for dynamic and multiple roles for huntingtin in Ciona intestinalis. Invert Neurosci. Epub Jun 25.
Brown ER, Piscopo S. (2013) Synaptic plasticity in cephalopods; more than just learning and memory? Invert Neurosci. 2013 Jun;13(1):35-44. doi: 10.1007/s10158-013-0150-4. Epub 2013 Apr 3. PubMed PMID: 23549756. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10158-013-0150-4
Sanges R, Hadzhiev Y, Gueroult-Bellone M, Roure A, Ferg M, Meola N, Amore G, Basu S, Brown ER, De Simone M, Petrera F, Licastro D, Strähle U, Banfi S, Lemaire P, Birney E, Müller F, Stupka E. (2013) Highly conserved elements discovered in vertebrates are present in non-syntenic loci of tunicates, act as enhancers and can be transcribed during development. Nucleic Acids Res. Feb 7. [Epub ahead of print]
Razy-Krajka F, Brown ER, Horie T, Callebert J, Sasakura Y, Joly JS, Kusakabe T, Vernier P. (2012) Monoaminergic modulation of photoreception in ascidian: Evidence for a proto- hypothalamo-retinal territory. BMC Biology May 29;10(1):45. [Epub ahead of print]
Brown ER, Piscopo S.(2011) Ion channels in key marine invertebrates; their diversity and potential for applications in biotechnology.Biotechnol Adv. 2011 May 17. [Epub ahead of print]
Mattiello T, Fiore G, Brown ER, d'Ischia M, Palumbo A. Nitric oxide mediates the glutamate-dependent pathway for neurotransmission in Sepia officinalis chromatophore organs. J Biol Chem. 2010 Jul 30;285(31):24154-63. Epub 2010 Jun 1.PubMed PMID: 20516065; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2911315.
Nishino A, Okamura Y, Piscopo S, Brown ER. (2010) A glycine receptor is involved in the organization of swimming movements in an invertebrate chordate. BMC Neurosci. Jan 19;11(1):6.http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2202-11-6
Sordino P, Andreakis N, Brown ER, Leccia NI, Squarzoni P, Tarallo R, Alfano C, Caputi L, D'Ambrosio P, Daniele P, D'Aniello E, D'Aniello S, Maiella S, Miraglia V, Russo MT, Sorrenti G, Branno M, Cariello L, Cirino P, Locascio A, Spagnuolo A, Zanetti L, Ristoratore F. (2008) Natural variation of model mutant phenotypes in Ciona intestinalis. PLoS ONE. 2008 Jun 4;3(6):e2344.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002344
Uttieri M, Brown ER, Boxshall GA, Mazzocchi MGP P (2008) Prey capture in Clausocalanus furcatus (Copepoda: Calanoida). Morphology and Neurophysiology of Antennules. Journal of the Marine Biological Association. 88 : 535-541 doi:10.1017/S0025315408000854
Brown ER, Piscopo S, Chun, JT, Francone M, Mirabile I, D’Aniello A. (2007). Modulation of AMPA-like glutamate receptor gating (SqGluR) by D- and L- Aspartic acids. Amino Acids. 32: 53-57.
doi:10.1007/s00726-006-0349-3 PMid:17469226
Marino R, Melillo D, Di Filippo M, Yamada A, Pinto MR, De Santis R, Brown ER, Matassi G (2007). Ammonium channel expression is essential for brain development and function in the larva of Ciona intestinalis. Journal of Comparative Neurology. 503(1):135-47. doi:10.1002/cne.21370 PMid:17480017
Piscopo S, Moccia F, Di Cristo C, Caputi L, Di Cosmo A, Brown ER. (2007) Pre- and postsynaptic excitation and inhibition at octopus optic lobe photoreceptor terminals; implications for the function of the 'presynaptic bags'. European Journal of . Neuroscience. 26(8):2196-203. doi:10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05833.x
Zanetti L, Ristoratore F, Francone M, Piscopo S, & Brown ER (2007).Primary cultures of nervous system cells from the larva of the ascidian Ciona intestinalis. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 165(2):191-197.
doi:10.1016/j.jneumeth.2007.06.013 PMid:17669506
Brown ER P, Piscopo S, De Stefano R, Giuditta A (2006) Brain and behavioural evidence for rest-activity cycles in Octopus vulgaris. Behavioural Brain Research. 172(2):355-9. doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2006.05.009 PMid:16797736
D’Aniello S, D’Aniello E, Locascio A, Memoli A, Corrado M, Russo MT, Aniello F, Fucci L, Brown ER, Branno M (2006). The ascidian homologue of the vertebrate homeobox gene Rx is essential for ocellus development and function. Differentiation 74(5):222-34 doi:10.1111/j.1432-0436.2006.00071.x PMid:16759288
Sodergren E, Weinstock GM, Davidson EH, Cameron RA, Gibbs RA, Angerer RC, Angerer LM, Arnone MI, Burgess DR, Burke RD, Coffman JA, Dean M, Elphick MR, Ettensohn CA, Foltz KR, Hamdoun A, Hynes RO, Klein WH, Marzluff W, McClay DR, Morris RL, Mushegian A, Rast JP, Smith LC, Thorndyke MC, Vacquier VD, Wessel GM, Wray G, Zhang L, Elsik CG, Ermolaeva O, Hlavina W, Hofmann G, Kitts P, Landrum MJ, Mackey AJ, Maglott D, Panopoulou G, Poustka AJ, Pruitt K, Sapojnikov V, Song X, Souvorov A, Solovyev V, Wei Z, Whittaker CA, Worley K, Durbin KJ, Shen Y, Fedrigo O, Garfield D, Haygood R, Primus A, Satija R, Severson T, Gonzalez-Garay ML, Jackson AR, Milosavljevic A, Tong M, Killian CE, Livingston BT, Wilt FH, Adams N, Belle R, Carbonneau S, Cheung R, Co rmier P, Cosson B, Croce J, Fernandez-Guerra A, Geneviere AM, Goel M, Kelkar H, Morales J, Mulner-Lorillon O, Robertson AJ, Goldstone JV, Cole B, Epel D, Gold B, Hahn ME, Howard-Ashby M, Scally M, Stegeman JJ, Allgood EL, Cool J, Judkins KM, McCafferty SS, Musante AM, Obar RA, Rawson AP, Rossetti BJ, Gibbons IR, Hoffman MP, Leone A, Istrail S, Materna SC, Samanta MP, Stolc V, Tongprasit W, Tu Q, Bergeron KF, Brandhorst BP, Whittle J, Berney K, Bottjer DJ, Calestani C, Peterson K, Chow E, Yuan QA, Elhaik E, Graur D, Reese JT, Bosdet I, Heesun S, Marra MA, Schein J, Anderson MK, Brockton V, Buckley KM, Cohen AH, Fugmann SD, Hibino T, Loza-Coll M, Majeske AJ, Messier C, Nair SV, Pancer Z, Terwilliger DP, Agca C, Arboleda E, Chen N, Churcher AM, Hallbook F, Humphrey GW, Idris MM, Kiyama T, Liang S, Mellott D, Mu X, Murray G, Olinski RP, Raible F, Rowe M, Taylor JS, Tessmar-Raible K, Wang D, Wilson KH, Yaguchi S, Gaasterland T, Galindo BE, Gunaratne HJ, Juliano C, Kinukawa M, Moy GW, Neill AT, Nomura M, Raisch M, Reade A, Roux MM, Song JL, Su YH, Townley IK, Voronina E, Wong JL, Amore G, Branno M, Brown ER, Cavalieri V, Duboc V, Duloquin L, Flytzanis C, Gache C, Lapraz F, Lepage T, Locascio A, Martinez P, Matassi G, Matranga V, Range R, Rizzo F, Rottinger E, Beane W, Bradham C, Byrum C, Glenn T, Hussain S, Manning FG, Miranda E, Thomason R, Walton K, Wikramanayke A, Wu SY, Xu R, Brown CT, Chen L, Gray RF, Lee PY, Nam J, Oliveri P, Smith J, Muzny D, Bell S, Chacko J, Cree A, Curry S, Davis C, Dinh H, Dugan-Rocha S, Fowler J, Gill R, Hamilton C, Hernandez J, Hines S, Hume J, Jackson L, Jolivet A, Kovar C, Lee S, Lewis L, Miner G, Morgan M, Nazareth LV, Okwuonu G, Parker D, Pu LL, Thorn R, Wright R. (2006) The genome of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. Science. 314(5801):941-52.doi:10.1126/science.1133609 PMid:17095691
Spinelli P, Brown ER, Ferrandino G, Branno M, Montarolo PG,D’Aniello E, Rastogi RK, D’Aniello B,Chieffi G,Fisiher G, D'Aniello A (2006). D-Aspartic acid in the nervous system of Aplysia limacina: Possible role in neurotransmission. Journal of Cell Physiology. 206:672-681.doi:10.1002/jcp.20513 PMid:16222705
Zega G, Thorndyke, MC, Brown ER (2006). Development of swimming behaviour in the larva of the ascidian Ciona intestinalis. Journal of Experimental Biology 209(Pt 17):3405-12 doi:10.1242/jeb.02421 PMid:16916975
Brown ER, Nishino, A, Bone, Q, Meinertzhagen, I, Okamura, Y (2005). GABAergic synaptic transmission modulates swimming in the ascidian larva. European Journal of Neuroscience. 22(10):2541-8. doi:10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04420.x Mid:16307596
Piscopo S, De Stefano R, Thorndyke MC, Brown ER (2005). Alteration and recovery of appetitive behaviour following nerve section in the starfish Asterias rubens. Behavioural Brain Research. 164(1):36-41.
doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2005.05.018 PMid:16076504
Hochner B, Brown ER, Langella M, Shomrat T, Fiorito G (2003). A learning and memory area in the octopus brain manifests a vertebrate-like long-term potentiation. Journal of Neurophysiol. 90, 3547-3554.
doi:10.1152/jn.00645.2003 PMid:12917390
Lima PA, Nardi G, Brown ER (2003). AMPA/kainate and NMDA-like glutamate receptors at the chromatophore neuromuscular junction of the squid: role in synaptic transmission and skin patterning. European Journal of Neuroscience 17, 507-516. doi:10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02477.x PMid:12581168
Moccia F, Nusco GA, Lim D, Ercolano E, Gragnaniello G, Brown ER, Santella L., (2003). CaP2+P signalling and membrane current activated by cADPr in starfish oocytes. Pflugers Arch. 446, 541-52.
doi:10.1007/s00424-003-1076-1 PMid:12756567
Inoue I, Tsutsui I, Abbott NJ, Brown ER. (2002) TIonic currents in isolated and in situ squid Schwann cells. TJournal of Physiology 541 3; 769-778. doi:10.1113/jphysiol.2002.019638 PMid:12068039 PMCid:2290350
Vinogradova IM, Zajicek J, Gentile S, Brown ER (2002). Effect of glycine on synaptic transmission at the third order giant synapse of the squids Alloteuthis subulata and Loligo vulgaris. Neuroscience Letters. 325: 42-46.
doi:10.1016/S0304-3940(02)00222-7 PMid:12023063
Rogers CM, Brown ER (2001). Differential sensitivity to calciseptine of L-type CaP2+P currents in a ‘lower’ vertebrate (Scyliorhinus canicula), a protochordate (Branchiostoma lanceolatum) and an invertebrate (Alloteuthis subulata). Experimental Physiology 86: 689-694. doi:10.1111/j.1469-445X.2001.tb00033.x PMid:11698962
Benech JC, Lima PA, Sotelo JR, Brown ER. (2000). Ca2+ dynamics in synaptosomes isolated from the squid optic lobe. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 62:840-846.
doi:10.1002/1097-4547(20001215)62:6<840::AID-JNR11>3.0.CO;2-8 PMid:11107169
Rogers CM, Nelson L, Milligan BJ, Brown ER (1997). Different excitation -contraction (EC) coupling mechanisms exist in squid, cuttlefish and octopod mantle muscle. Journal of Experimental Biology 200: 3033-3041. http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/reprint/200/23/3033
Inoue I, Tsutsui I, Brown ER (1997) K+ accumulation and K+ conductance inactivation during action potential trains in giant axons of the squid Sepioteuthis. Journal of Physiology 500 2, 355-366. http://jp.physoc.org/content/500/Pt_2/355.long
Brown ER, Kukita F (1996) Coupling between giant axon Schwann cells in the squid. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 263, 667-672. doi:10.1098/rspb.1996.0100
Lima PA, Coelho ML, Andrade JP, Brown ER (1995). Patterns of schooling behaviour in Alloteuthis subulata. ICES C. M. Shellfish committee CM K49, 1-10.
Bone Q, Brown ER, Travers G (1994) On the respiratory flow in Sepia officinalis. Journal of Experimental Biology 194, 153-165. http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/reprint/194/1/1
Inoue I, Tsutsui, I, Bone Q, Brown ER (1994) Evolution of skeletal muscle excitation-contraction coupling and the appearance of dihydropyridine-sensitive intramembrane charge movement. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 255, 181-187.
Brown ER (1993) K+ accumulation around the giant axon of the squid; comparison of electrical and morphological studies. Japanese Journal of Physiology 43, s279-s284.
Brown ER, Abbott NJ (1993) The ultrastructure and permeability of the Schwann cell layer surrounding the giant axon of the squid. Journal of Neurocytology 22, 283-298.
Brown ER (1992) Axon Schwann cell interaction in the squid. PhD Thesis University of London.
Abbott NJ, Pichon Y, Brown ER, Inoue I, Kukita F, Revest PA, Smith ICH, (1991) Electrophysiological properties of squid giant axon Schwann cells: relevance to K+ clearance. Annals of the New York Academy of Science. 633, 607-609.
Brown ER, Bone Q, Ryan KP, Abbott NJ (1991) Morphology and electrical properties of Schwann cells around the squid giant axon of the squids Loligo forbesi and Loligo vulgaris. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 243, 255-262.
Book Chapters
Brown ER, Piscopo S (2006). Considerations for the use of 'rapid' cell superfusion and voltage -clamp to investigate the role of rare amino acids. In D-Amino Acids: A New Frontier in Amino Acid and Protein Research -Practical Methods and Protocols- Editors: R. Konno, H. Brückner, A. D'Aniello, G. Fisher, N. Fujii, and H. Homma. Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, New York, U.S.A.
Inoue I, Tsutsui I, Brown, ER, Bone Q (1996) A phylogenetic approach to understanding the molecular mechanism of striated muscle excitation-contraction coupling. In: Basic Neuroscience In Invertebrates: Cutting Edge Research for Understanding Higher Brai Functions. (Eds. H. Koike, M Kidokoro, K Takahasi, & T Kanaseki), Japan Scientific Societies Press, Tokyo pp45- 67.
Inoue I, Tsutsui I, Bone Q, Brown ER (1997) Evolution of skeletal muscle excitation-contraction coupling. In: Towards molecular Biophysics of Ion Channels (Ed. M. Sokabe & F . Sigworth), Elsevier Scientific Inc. BV Progress in Cell Research V6, 111-124.
Bone Q, Brown ER, Usher ML (1995) Cephalopod muscle fibres. In Cephalopod Neurobiology. eds Abbott, N. J., Williamson, R. & Maddock, L. Ch 20, 301-329.
Abbott NJ, Brown ER, Pichon Y, Kukita F (1995) Electrophysiology of squid Schwann cells. In Cephalopod Neurobiology. eds Abbott, N. J., Williamson, R. & Maddock, L. Ch 14, 198-212.
Pichon Y, Abbott NJ, Brown, ER, Inoue I, Revest PA (1995) Periaxonal ion regulation in the squid. In Cephalopod Neurobiology. eds Abbott, N. J., Williamson, R. & Maddock, L. Ch 16, 229-251.
Refereed Abstracts
1. Brown, ER & Fraser, P. A. (1988) Uptake and discharge of fluorescently labelled albumin from microvascular walls in the anaesthetized frog. J. Physiol. (London). 403, 8P.
2. Abbott, N. J. & Brown, ER (1989) Effects of osmotic manipulation on extracellular routes for ion regulation in the squid Schwann cell. J. Physiol. 418, 16P.
3. Abbott, N. J., Pichon, Y. & Brown, ER. (1990) Long-term microelectrode recording from Schwann cells surrounding the isolated giant axon of the squid; steady and oscillating potentials. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 430, 128P.
4. Pichon, Y., Abbott, N. J. & Brown, ER. (1990) Long- term recordings in Schwann cells reveal multiple resting states. Biophys. J. 57, 5322.
5. Brown, ER, Bone, Q., & Abbott, N. J. (1991) Schwann cell morphology in the squid Loligo; implications for physiology. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 434, 28P.
6. Brown, ER & Abbott, N. J. (1992) Membrane potential in squid Schwann cells: Stable impalements in the split open giant axon preparation of Loligo. J. Physiol 446, 320P.
7. Brown, ER, Dewhurst, D. G. & Williams, A. D. (1994) An interactive computer-based tutorial package to teach nerve biophysics to undergraduate students. British. Journal of Pharmacology, Proc. Supp. 111, 334P
8. Brown, ER, Dewhurst, D. G. & Williams, A. D. (1994) An interactive computer simulation of the squid giant axon for teaching undergraduate students British Journal of Pharmacology, Proc. Supp. 112, 437P.
9. Brown, ER, Chrachri, A., Inoue I., & Tsutsui, I. (1996) Dihydropyridine sensitive charge-movement in isolated crayfish (Pacifasticus leniusculus) neurons. J. Physiol. 491, p106.
10. Brown, ER, Inoue, I. & Tsutsui, I. (1996) Ion channels from isolated Schwann cells from the squid giant axon. J. Physiol. 495, 34p
11. Rogers, C. M. & Brown, ER (1996) The L-Type Ca2+ current in Amphioxus: The SCN paradox. J. Physiol. 495, 41p
12. Rogers, C. M., Milligan, B., Nelson, L. & Brown, ER (1997) Different excitation -contraction (EC) coupling mechanisms in squid, and cuttlefish mantle muscle. J. Physiol. 504 15P.
13. Lima, P. A., Messenger, J. B. & Brown, ER (1997) Monitoring cytoplasmic CaP2+P in cephalopod chromatophore muscles J. Physiol. 504 2P.
14. Lima, P. A., Messenger, J. B. & Brown, ER (1998) 5HT suppresses CaP2+P release from ryanodine sensitive stores in squid chromatophore muscle. J. Physiol. 513, 127p
15. Brown, ER. (1998) Axon -glial relations in the squid giant axon. J. Physiol. 513P, 10s
16. Rogers, C. M. & Brown, ER (1998) Giant fibre lobe neurons in the squid possess L-type channels. J. Physiol. 513P, 135.
17. Vinogradova, I.; Zajicek, J.; Brown, E. R (1999) Postsynaptic spike generation at the squid giant synapse depends on a calcium-activated conductance.Society for Neuroscience Abstracts Volume: 25 Issue: 1-2 Pages: 1739
18. Okamura, Y; Brown, ER; Bone, Q (2003) Role of GABAergic transmission in ciona larval locomotion studied by suction electrode recording. Zoological Science (Tokyo) Volume: 20 Issue: 12 Pages: 1531
19. Brown ER, Bone Q & Okamura Y (2004) Properties of the neural net that controls swimming in the ascidian C intestinalis. Comp. Biochem & Physiol A 137 s3.
20. Brown ER (2005) Evolution of motor networks, modulation by GABA and the strange case of the ascidian Ciona intestinalis. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology a-Molecular & Integrative Physiology Volume: 141 Issue: 3 Pages: S121-S121
21. D'Aniello, S, D'Aniello, E, Locascio, A; Corrado, M; Russo, MT; Aniello, F; Fucci, L, Brown, ER; Branno, M (2005) Role of the Ci-Rx transcription factor in the visual pathway of Ciona intestinalis. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology a-Molecular & Integrative Physiology Volume: 141 Issue: 3 Pages: S121-S121
22. Probert, I.; Kloareg, B.; Brown, ER.; Thorndyke M (2009) The Assemble network: Facilitating access to Marine Biological Infrastructure and resources in Europe. Phycologia Volume: 48 Issue: 4 Pages: 109-
Abstracts
1. Fraser, P. A. & Brown, ER. (1988) Uptake of fluorescently-labeled albumin by micro-vessels. International Journal of Microcirculation, vol.7, no.nsi, p.S 57.2.
2. Abbott, N. J., Pichon, Y., Inoue, I., Brown, ER, Lieberman, E. M., Revest, P. A. & Smith, I. C. H. (1989) Role of Schwann cells in periaxonal ion regulation in the squid. Acta. Phys. Scand. 136, supp. 582, P42.
3. Abbott, N. J., Pichon, Y., Inoue, I. & Brown, ER (1989) Schwann cells are involved in K+ clearance from the surface of the squid giant axon. Proc XXXIInd Cong. Phys. Sci. Helsinki Finland. P5241.
4. Brown, ER & Abbott, N. J. (1989) Pathways for ion regulation in the Schwann cell layer surrounding the giant axon of the small squid Alloteuthis subulata. Acta. Phys. Scand. 136, supp. 582, P66.
5. Brown, ER, & Bone, Q. (1991) Repetitive stimulation of the squid giant axon exerts graded control over mantle tension. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. 71, 732.
6. Brown, ER, Usher, M. L. & Bone, Q. (1991) Physiological properties of squid mantle muscle bundles. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. 71, 732-733.
7. Lima, P. A., Coelho, M. L., Andrade, J. P. & Brown, ER, (1995) Do squid school like fish? Abstr 12PthP Intern. malacol. Congr., Vigo. p70.
8. Abbott, N. J., Brown, ER, Kukita, F., Tsutsui, I. & Inoue, I. (1995) Axon-Schwann cell signalling in the squid. Jap. J. Physiol. 45, s2 I-4.
9. Inoue, I., Tsutsui, I., Brown, ER, & Bone, Q. (1995) Role of nifedipine sensitive intramembrane charge movement in excitation contraction coupling in striated muscle fibres. Jap. J. Physiol. 45, s2 I-8.
10. Brown ER, Benech JC, Sotelo HR & Piscopo S (2001) Metabotropic glutamate receptors are present on squid optic lobe synaptosomes. British Neurosci. Assoc. Abstr., vol 16, P 06.14.
11. Brown ER, Lima PA, Tsutsui I & Inoue I (2001) Axon -to Schwann cell signalling in the squid giant axon: role of Schwann cell cytoplasmic CaP2+P British Neurosci. Assoc. Abstr., vol 16, P 13.05.
12. De Stefano R., Brown E.R., Piscopo S., Giuditta A. (2002) “Identificazione di uno stato di sonno in octopus vulgaris”, Book of abstract (Poster) ), VII Meeting of the Italian Sleep Research Society.
13. Thorndyke M, Piscopo S, De Stefano R, Brown ER (2003) “Echinoderm Nervous Systems: Diversity, Development & Regeneration”. 11th International Echinoderm Conference Munich 2003.
14. Piscopo S, De Stefano R., Thorndyke M.C. and Brown E.R. (2005) “Alteration and recovery of appetitive behaviour following nerve section in the starfish (Asterias rubens)”. SEB Meeting 10-16 july 2005, Barcelona, Spain.
15. Piscopo S., D’aniello A & Brown ER. (2005) “D- and L-aspartic acid have opposing modulatory actions on L-glutamate induced gating of the ionotropic AMPA-like glutamate receptor SqGluR”. 9th International congress on amino acids and Proteins, 8-12 August, Vienna, Austria.
16. Brown ER., Piscopo S. (2005) “Evolution of motor networks, glycine, gaba and glutamate, the strange case of the ascidian ciona intestinalis”. National Congress of the Italian Society for Neuroscience and joint Italian-Swedish Neuroscience Meeting, 1-4 october 2005, Lacco Ameno Ischia (Napoli)
17. Piscopo S., Zanetti L., Ristoratore F., Francone M., Brown ER., (2005) “Biophysical properties of basal chordate neurons”. National Congress of the Italian Society for Neuroscience and joint Italian-Swedish Neuroscience Meeting, 1-4 october 2005, Lacco Ameno Ischia (Napoli)
18. Brown ER., Idris MM & Piscopo S. (2006) “Ciona intestinalis: towards a functional neurobiological model”. “Incontro Ascidiologi Italiani: Prospettive della ricerca sulle ascidie in Italia: un incontro informale”, 3-4 april 2006, Stazione Zoologica “A.Dohrn”, Napol
19. Piscopo S., Branno M., D’Aniello E., Francone M., Brown ER. (2006) “ Photoreceptors in a “primitive” chordate (ascidian) are “off”-type”. “5th Forum of European Neuroscience” organized by FENS, 8-12 july 2006, Vienna, (Austria)
20. Brown ER, Piscopo S. (2006) “Locomotion in ascidian larvae: the visceral ganglion, a single “primitive” spinal segment? “5th Forum of European Neuroscience” organized by FENS, 8-12 july 2006, Vienna, (Austria).
21. Piscopo S., Langella M., Brown ER. (2006) “Function of cephalopod glutamate receptors in plastic and non plastic synapses”. “Bioscience 2006” 23-27 july 2006, SECC, Glasgow, (UK).
22. Brown ER & Piscopo S. (2006) “Glutamate receptors and the control of locomotion in the ascidian larva Ciona intestinalis”. “Bioscience 2006”, 23-27 july 2006, SECC, Glasgow, (UK).
23. Piscopo S., Idris MM., Brown ER. (2006) “Genes and behaviour in the larva of “Ciona intestinalis “Marine Genomics, an international conference” 28 october- 1 november Hilton Sorrento Palace Congress Center, Sorrento (NA).
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