Recent Publications

Articles

• 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
• 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
• Characterization of motor units in behaving adult mice shows a wide primary range
  Ritter LK, Tresch MC, Heckman CJ, Manuel M, Tysseling VM : J Neurophysiol, 2014
• Push-pull control of motor output
  Johnson MD, Hyngstrom AS, Manuel M, Heckman CJ : J Neurosci, 2012
• NMDA induces persistent inward and outward currents that cause rhythmic bursting in adult rodent motoneurons
  Manuel M, Li Y, Elbasiouny SM, Murray K, Griener A, Heckman CJ, Bennett DJ : J Neurophysiol, 2012
• Simultaneous intracellular recording of a lumbar motoneuron and the force produced by its motor unit in the adult mouse in vivo
  Manuel M, Heckman CJ : J Vis Exp, 2012
• Stronger is not always better: could a bodybuilding dietary supplement lead to ALS?
  Manuel M, Heckman CJ : Exp Neurol, 2011
• Extra forces evoked during electrical stimulation of the muscle or its nerve are generated and modulated by a length-dependent intrinsic property of muscle in humans and cats
  Frigon A, Thompson CK, Johnson MD, Manuel M, Hornby TG, Heckman CJ : J Neurosci, 2011
• 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
• Adult mouse motor units develop almost all of their force in the subprimary range: a new all-or-none strategy for force recruitment?
  Manuel M, Heckman CJ : J 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