Alan Roberts

Research.com Recognitions

• 2015 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Best Publications

• Dual-component amino-acid-mediated synaptic potentials: excitatory drive for swimming in Xenopus embryos.

  N Dale;A Roberts

  402
  Citations

• The Neuroanatomy of an Amphibian Embryo Spinal Cord

  Alan Roberts;J. D. W. Clarke

  317
  Citations

• Central Circuits Controlling Locomotion in Young Frog Tadpoles

  Alan Roberts;S. R. Soffe;E. S. Wolf;M. Yoshida

  275
  Citations

• How neurons generate behaviour in a hatchling amphibian tadpole: an outline

  Alan Roberts;Wen-Chang Li;Stephen R Soffe

  205
  Citations

• Excitatory amino acid receptors in Xenopus embryo spinal cord and their role in the activation of swimming.

  N Dale;A Roberts

  189
  Citations

• Sensory physiology, anatomy and immunohistochemistry of Rohon‐Beard neurones in embryos of Xenopus laevis.

  Unknown

  181
  Citations

• The early development of neurons with GABA immunoreactivity in the CNS of Xenopus laevis embryos.

  Alan Roberts;N. Dale;O. P. Ottersen;J. Storm-Mathisen

  178
  Citations

• Early functional organization of spinal neurons in developing lower vertebrates.

  Alan Roberts

  176
  Citations

• Neuronal control of swimming locomotion: analysis of the pteropod mollusc Clione and embryos of the amphibian Xenopus

  Yu I. Arshavsky;G.N. Orlovsky;Yu.V. Panchin;Alan Roberts

  173
  Citations

• Persistent Responses to Brief Stimuli: Feedback Excitation among Brainstem Neurons

  Wen-Chang Li;Stephen R. Soffe;Ervin Wolf;Alan Roberts

  171
  Citations

• Mutual Re-excitation with Post-Inhibitory Rebound: A Simulation Study on the Mechanisms for Locomotor Rhythm Generation in the Spinal Cord of Xenopus Embryos.

  Alan Roberts;M. J. Tunstall

  168
  Citations

• Primitive Roles for Inhibitory Interneurons in Developing Frog Spinal Cord

  W.-C. Li;Shin-ichi Higashijima;D. M. Parry;Alan Roberts

  167
  Citations

• Inhibitory neurones of a motor pattern generator in Xenopus revealed by antibodies to glycine

  N. Dale;N. Dale;O. P. Ottersen;Alan Roberts;J. Storm-Mathisen

  164
  Citations

• The Morphology and Distribution of `Kolmer--Agduhr Cells', a Class of Cerebrospinal-Fluid-Contacting Neurons Revealed in the Frog Embryo Spinal Cord by GABA Immunocytochemistry

  Dale N;Roberts A;Ottersen Op;Storm-Mathisen J

  157
  Citations

• Experiments on the central pattern generator for swimming in amphibian embryos.

  J. A. Kahn;Alan Roberts

  155
  Citations

• Crab muscle receptor which responds without impulses.

  S. H. Ripley;B. M. H. Bush;Alan Roberts

  141
  Citations

• A neuronal mechanism for sensory gating during locomotion in a vertebrate

  Keith T. Sillar;Alan Roberts

  139
  Citations

• Synaptic junction development in the spinal cord of an amphibian embryo: An electron microscope study

  Brian P. Hayes;Alan Roberts

  138
  Citations

• Activity of commissural interneurons in spinal cord of Xenopus embryos

  S. R. Soffe;J. D. W. Clarke;A. Roberts

  130
  Citations

• Glutamate and acetylcholine corelease at developing synapses

  W-C Li;Stephen R Soffe;A Roberts

  125
  Citations

• Defining the excitatory neurons that drive the locomotor rhythm in a simple vertebrate: insights into the origin of reticulospinal control

  Stephen R. Soffe;Alan Roberts;Wen‐Chang Li

  118
  Citations