Denis Combes

Scientific articles

• From tadpole to adult frog locomotion
  Keith T. Sillar, John Simmers, Denis Combes.
  Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 2023-10-01. 82 : 102753.
  10.1016/j.conb.2023.102753
• Conservation of locomotion-induced oculomotor activity through evolution in mammals.
  Filipa França de Barros, Julien Bacqué-Cazenave, Coralie Taillebuis, Gilles Courtand, Marin Manuel, Hélène Bras, Michele Tagliabue, Denis Combes, François M. Lambert, Mathieu Beraneck.
  Current Biology. 2022-01-01. 32(2) : 453-461.e4.
  10.1016/j.cub.2021.11.022
• Xenopus frog metamorphosis: A model for studying locomotor network development and neuromodulation
  DenisCombes, Keith T.Sillar, JohnSimmers.
  Neural Control of Movement: Model Systems for Examining Motor Function; Ed. P. Whelan; Academic Press/Elsevier. 2020-08. : 175-203.
  10.1016/B978-0-12-816477-8.00008-9
• Metamorphosing motor networks
  Denis Combes.
  Current Biology. 2019-06. 29(172) : R557-R561.
  10.1016/j.cub.2019.05.005
• Locomotion-induced ocular motor behavior in larval Xenopus is developmentally tuned by visuo-vestibular reflexes
  Julien Bacqué-Cazenave, Gilles Courtand, Mathieu Beraneck, Hans Straka, Denis Combes, François M. Lambert.
  . 2021-01-04.
  10.1101/2021.01.04.424105
• Temporal Relationship of Ocular and Tail Segmental Movements Underlying Locomotor-Induced Gaze Stabilization During Undulatory Swimming in Larval Xenopus.
  Julien Bacqué-Cazenave, Gilles Courtand, Mathieu Beraneck, François M. Lambert, Denis Combes.
  Front. Neural Circuits. 2018-10-29. 12
  10.3389/fncir.2018.00095
• Adaptive plasticity of spino-extraocular motor coupling during locomotion in metamorphosing Xenopus laevis.
  Géraldine von Uckermann, François M. Lambert, Denis Combes, Hans Straka, John Simmers.
  Journal of Experimental Biology. 2016-04-15. 219(8) : 1110-1121.
  10.1242/jeb.136168
• A behaviorally related developmental switch in nitrergic modulation of locomotor rhythmogenesis in larval Xenopus tadpoles.
  Stephen P. Currie, Denis Combes, Nicholas W. Scott, John Simmers, Keith T. Sillar.
  Journal of Neurophysiology. 2016-03-01. 115(3) : 1446-1457.
  10.1152/jn.00283.2015
• Generation of BAC transgenic tadpoles enabling live imaging of motoneurons by using the urotensin II-related peptide (ust2b) gene as a driver.
  Marion Bougerol, Frédéric Auradé, François M. Lambert, Didier Le Ray, Denis Combes, Muriel Thoby-Brisson, Frédéric Relaix, Nicolas Pollet, Hervé Tostivint.
  PLoS ONE. 2015-02-06. 10(2) : e0117370.
  10.1371/journal.pone.0117370
• Neuromodulation in developing motor microcircuits.
  Keith T Sillar, Denis Combes, John Simmers.
  Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 2014-12-01. 29 : 73-81.
  10.1016/j.conb.2014.05.009
• Spinal efference copy signaling and gaze stabilization during locomotion in juvenile Xenopus frogs.
  G. von Uckermann, D. Le Ray, D. Combes, H. Straka, J. Simmers.
  Journal of Neuroscience. 2013-03-06. 33(10) : 4253-4264.
  10.1523/jneurosci.4521-12.2013
• Gaze stabilization by efference copy signaling without sensory feedback during vertebrate locomotion.
  François M. Lambert, Denis Combes, John Simmers, Hans Straka.
  Current Biology. 2012-09-01. 22(18) : 1649-1658.
  10.1016/j.cub.2012.07.019
• Opposing modulatory effects of D1- and D2-like receptor activation on a spinal central pattern generator.
  S. Clemens, A. Belin-Rauscent, J. Simmers, D. Combes.
  Journal of Neurophysiology. 2012-04-15. 107(8) : 2250-2259.
  10.1152/jn.00366.2011
• A switch in aminergic modulation of locomotor CPG output during amphibian metamorphosis
  John Simmers.
  Front Biosci. 2012-01-01. S4(4) : 1364-1374.
  10.2741/s338
• Opposing aminergic modulation of distinct spinal locomotor circuits and their functional coupling during amphibian metamorphosis.
  A. Rauscent, J. Einum, D. Le Ray, J. Simmers, D. Combes.
  Journal of Neuroscience. 2009-01-28. 29(4) : 1163-1174.
  10.1523/jneurosci.5255-08.2009
• Metamorphosis-induced changes in the coupling of spinal thoraco-lumbar motor outputs during swimming in Xenopus laevis
  Anna Beyeler, Charles Métais, Denis Combes, John Simmers, Didier Le Ray.
  Journal of Neurophysiology. 2008-09-01. 100(3) : 1372-1383.
  10.1152/jn.00023.2008
• Multiple mechanisms for integrating proprioceptive inputs that converge on the same motor pattern-generating network.
  G. Barriere, J. Simmers, D. Combes.
  Journal of Neuroscience. 2008-08-27. 28(35) : 8810-8820.
  10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2095-08.2008
• An intrinsic feed-forward mechanism for vertebrate gaze stabilization.
  Denis Combes, Didier Le Ray, François M. Lambert, John Simmers, Hans Straka.
  Current Biology. 2008-03-01. 18(6) : R241-R243.
  10.1016/j.cub.2008.02.018
• Neuromodulation and developmental plasticity in the locomotor system of anuran amphibians during metamorphosis.
  Keith T. Sillar, Denis Combes, Sankari Ramanathan, Micol Molinari, John Simmers.
  Brain Research Reviews. 2008-01-01. 57(1) : 94-102.
  10.1016/j.brainresrev.2007.07.018
• Development and neuromodulation of spinal locomotor networks in the metamorphosing frog.
  Aude Rauscent, Didier Le Ray, Marie-Jeanne Cabirol-Pol, Keith T. Sillar, John Simmers, Denis Combes.
  Journal of Physiology-Paris. 2006-11-01. 100(5-6) : 317-327.
  10.1016/j.jphysparis.2007.05.009
• Developmental and regional expression of NADPH-diaphorase/nitric oxide synthase in spinal cord neurons correlates with the emergence of limb motor networks in metamorphosing Xenopus laevis.
  Sankari Ramanathan, Denis Combes, Micol Molinari, John Simmers, Keith T. Sillar.
  European Journal of Neuroscience. 2006-10-01. 24(7) : 1907-1922.
  10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.05057.x
• Reconfiguration of multiple motor networks by short- and long-term actions of an identified modulatory neuron.
  Serge Faumont, Denis Combes, Pierre Meyrand, John Simmers.
  European Journal of Neuroscience. 2005-11-01. 22(10) : 2489-2502.
  10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04442.x
• In vivo analysis of proprioceptive coding and its antidromic modulation in the freely behaving crayfish.
  Didier Le Ray, Denis Combes, Cyril Déjean, Daniel Cattaert.
  Journal of Neurophysiology. 2005-08-01. 94(2) : 1013-1027.
  10.1152/jn.01255.2004
• Coordination, Integration and Behaviour in Invertebrates
  Denis Combes, John Simmers.
  eLS. 2005-05-03.
  10.1038/npg.els.0003639
• Metamorphosis from tadpole to frog: a tale of two networks
  Denis Combes, Simon Merrywest, John Simmers, Keith Sillar.
  PN. 2005-04-01. (Spring 2005) : 17-18.
  10.36866/pn.58.17
• Developmental segregation of spinal networks driving axial- and hindlimb-based locomotion in metamorphosing Xenopus laevis.
  D. Combes, S. D. Merrywest, J. Simmers, K. T. Sillar.
  The Journal of Physiology. 2004-08-01. 559(1) : 17-24.
  10.1113/jphysiol.2004.069542
• Rare and spatially segregated release sites mediate a synaptic interaction between two identified network neurons
  Marie-Jeanne Cabirol-Pol, Denis Combes, Valérie S Fénelon, John Simmers, Pierre Meyrand.
  J. Neurobiol.. 2002-01-08. 50(2) : 150-163.
  10.1002/neu.10023
• Dynamic restructuring of a rhythmic motor program by a single mechanoreceptor neuron in lobster.
  Denis Combes, Pierre Meyrand, John Simmers.
  J. Neurosci.. 1999-05-01. 19(9) : 3620-3628.
  10.1523/jneurosci.19-09-03620.1999
• Motor pattern specification by dual descending pathways to a lobster rhythm-generating network.
  Denis Combes, Pierre Meyrand, John Simmers.
  J. Neurosci.. 1999-05-01. 19(9) : 3610-3619.
  10.1523/jneurosci.19-09-03610.1999
• Long-term expression of two interacting motor pattern-generating networks in the stomatogastric system of freely behaving lobster.
  Stefan Clemens, Denis Combes, Pierre Meyrand, John Simmers.
  Journal of Neurophysiology. 1998-03-01. 79(3) : 1396-1408.
  10.1152/jn.1998.79.3.1396
• Conditional dendritic oscillators in a lobster mechanoreceptor neurone.
  D Combes, J Simmers, M Moulins.
  The Journal of Physiology. 1997-02-15. 499(1) : 161-177.
  10.1113/jphysiol.1997.sp021918
• Conditional dendritic oscillators in a lobster mechanoreceptor neurone.
  D Combes, J Simmers, M Moulins.
  The Journal of Physiology. 1997-02-15. 499(1) : 161-177.
  10.1113/jphysiol.1997.sp021918
• Structural and functional characterization of a muscle tendon proprioceptor in lobster.
  Denis Combes, John Simmers, Maurice Moulins.
  J. Comp. Neurol.. 1995-12-11. 363(2) : 221-234.
  10.1002/cne.903630205
• Structural and functional characterization of a muscle tendon proprioceptor in lobster.
  Denis Combes, John Simmers, Maurice Moulins.
  J. Comp. Neurol.. 1995-12-11. 363(2) : 221-234.
  10.1002/cne.903630205
• Tetrodotoxin-sensitive dendritic spiking and control of axonal firing in a lobster mechanoreceptor neurone.
  D Combes, J Simmers, L Nonnotte, M Moulins.
  The Journal of Physiology. 1993-01-01. 460(1) : 581-602.
  10.1113/jphysiol.1993.sp019488