Prof Keith Sillar

Professor

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 463281

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

PhD supervision

• Dorothy Macfarlane
• Francesca Sorrell
• Dagmar Der Weduwen

Selected publications

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

  Hachoumi, L. & Sillar, K. T., 20 Nov 2019, In : Developmental Neurobiology. Early View

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Review article

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Sodium pump regulation of locomotor control circuits

  Picton, L. D., Zhang, H. & Sillar, K. T., 4 Aug 2017, In : Journal of Neurophysiology. 118, 2, p. 1070-1081

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Sodium pumps mediate activity-dependent changes in mammalian motor networks

  Picton, L. D., Nascimento, F., Broadhead, M. J., Sillar, K. T. & Miles, G. B., 25 Jan 2017, In : Journal of Neuroscience. 37, 4, p. 906-921 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• A behaviorally related developmental switch in nitrergic modulation of locomotor rhythmogenesis in larval Xenopus tadpoles

  Currie, S. P., Combes, D., Scott, N. W., Simmers, J. & Sillar, K. T., Mar 2016, In : Journal of Neurophysiology. 115, 3, p. 1446-1457

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Deep-brain photoreception links luminance detection to motor output in Xenopus frog tadpoles

  Currie, S. P., Doherty, G. H. & Sillar, K. T., 24 May 2016, In : Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 113, 21, p. 6053-6058 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

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