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Selection of key publications:

• Carbo-Tano M, Lapoix M, Jia X, Thouvenin O, Pascucci M, Auclair F, et al. The mesencephalic locomotor region recruits V2a reticulospinal neurons to drive forward locomotion in larval zebrafish. Nat Neurosci. 2023 Sep 4;1–16. 

• Daghfous G, Auclair F, Clotten F, Létourneau J-L, Atallah E, Millette J-P, et al. GABAergic modulation of olfactomotor transmission in lampreys. PLOS Biology. 2018 Oct 4;16(10):e2005512.

• Ryczko D, Cone JJ, Alpert MH, Goetz L, Auclair F, Dubé C, et al. A descending dopamine pathway conserved from basal vertebrates to mammals. PNAS. 2016 Apr 26;113(17):E2440–9.

• Juvin L, Grätsch S, Trillaud-Doppia E, Gariépy J-F, Büschges A, Dubuc R. A Specific Population of Reticulospinal Neurons Controls the Termination of Locomotion. Cell Reports. 2016 Jun 14;15(11):2377–86.

• Ryczko D, Grätsch S, Auclair F, Dubé C, Bergeron S, Alpert MH, et al. Forebrain dopamine neurons project down to a brainstem region controlling locomotion. PNAS. 2013 Aug 20;110(34):E3235–42.

• Gariépy J-F, Missaghi K, Chevallier S, Chartré S, Robert M, Auclair F, et al. Specific neural substrate linking respiration to locomotion. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2012 Jan 10;109(2):E84-92.

• Smetana R, Juvin L, Dubuc R, Alford S. A parallel cholinergic brainstem pathway for enhancing locomotor drive. Nature Neuroscience. 2010;13(6):731–8.

• Derjean D, Moussaddy A, Atallah E, St-Pierre M, Auclair F, Chang S, et al. A novel neural substrate for the transformation of olfactory inputs into motor output. PLoS Biol. 2010;8(12):e1000567.

• Rossignol S, Dubuc R, Gossard JP. Dynamic sensorimotor interactions in locomotion. Physiol Rev. 2006 Jan;86(1):89–154.

• Cabelguen JM, Bourcier-Lucas C, Dubuc R. Bimodal locomotion elicited by electrical stimulation of the midbrain in the salamander Notophthalmus viridescens. JNeurosci. 2003 Mar 15;23(6):2434–9.

• Viana Di Prisco G, Pearlstein E, Robitaille R, Dubuc R. Role of sensory-evoked NMDA plateau potentials in the initiation of locomotion. Science. 1997;278:1122–5.