Prof Keith Sillar

Emeritus Professor

Researcher profile

Email

kts1@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Research areas

Biological Sciences; Brain; Neurology; Neuroscience; 5-HT; 5-hydroxytryptamine; agonist; amphibian; antagonist; development; embryo; glutamate; glycine; interneurone; ion channel; larva; locomotion; mechanoreception; modulation; nervous system; neural network; neuropharmacology; neurotransmitter; receptor; rhythm generator; sensory neurone; serotonin; synapse

Selected publications

• Open access

  From tadpole to adult frog locomotion

  Sillar, K. T., Simmers, J. & Combes, D., 1 Oct 2023, In: Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 82, 9 p., 102753.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

• Open access

  Bimodal modulation of short-term motor memory via dynamic sodium pumps in a vertebrate spinal cord

  Hachoumi, L., Rensner, R., Richmond, C., Picton, L., Zhang, H. & Sillar, K. T., 14 Mar 2022, In: Current Biology. 32, 5, p. 1038-1048.e2

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Neural control of swimming in hatchling Xenopus frog tadpoles

  Sillar, K. T. & Li, W. C., 14 Aug 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) The Neural Control of Movement: Model Systems and Tools to Study Locomotor Function. Whelan, P. J. & Sharples, S. A. (eds.). Elsevier, p. 153-174 22 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Open access

  Developmental stage-dependent switching in the neuromodulation of vertebrate locomotor central pattern generator networks

  Hachoumi, L. & Sillar, K. T., 20 Nov 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Developmental Neurobiology. Early View

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

• The KIAA0319 dyslexia susceptibility gene presents a highly specific expression pattern during zebrafish development and plays a role in cytoskeleton dynamics

  Paracchini, S., Diaz, R., Gostic, M., Kronenberg, N., Martinelli, A., Sillar, K., Tello, J. & Gather, M., 26 Jul 2019, In: European Neuropsychopharmacology. 29, S4, p. 1195-1195 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Abstract › peer-review

• Open access

  The dyslexia susceptibility KIAA0319 gene shows a specific expression pattern during zebrafish development supporting a role beyond neuronal migration

  Gostic, M., Martinelli, A., Tucker, C., Yang, Z., Gasparoli, F. M., Ewart, J-Y., Dholakia, K., Sillar, K., Tello, J. & Paracchini, S., 1 Nov 2019, In: The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 527, 16, p. 2634-2643 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Control of Xenopus tadpole locomotion via selective expression of Ih in excitatory interneurons

  Picton, L. D., Sillar, K. T. & Zhang, H-Y., 17 Dec 2018, In: Current Biology. 28, 24, p. 3911-3923 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Developmental changes in spinal neuronal properties, motor network configuration and neuromodulation at free-swimming stages of Xenopus tadpoles

  Currie, S. P. & Sillar, K. T., Mar 2018, In: Journal of Neurophysiology. 119, 3, p. 786-795

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Corrigendum: Mechanisms underlying the activity-dependent regulation of locomotor network performance by the Na⁺ pump

  Zhang, H. Y., Picton, L., Li, W. C. & Sillar, K. T., 22 Dec 2017, In: Scientific Reports. 7, p. 46909 1 p., 46909.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

• Plasticity and learning in motor control networks

  Simmers, J. & Sillar, K. T., Aug 2017, The Neurobiology of Motor Control: Fundamental Concepts and New Directions. Hooper, S. L. & Büschges, A. (eds.). Wiley-Blackwell, p. 417-442

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

 

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