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Ethan K. Scott is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience, with a notable concentration on Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology among various subfields.

The main topics of Ethan K. Scott's work include neural dynamics and brain function, zebrafish biomedical research applications, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, congenital heart defects research, advanced fluorescence microscopy techniques, autism spectrum disorder research, and neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms.

Frequent coauthors in their research collaborations include Gilles Vanwalleghem, Itia A. Favre-Bulle, Lena Constantin, Rebecca Poulsen, and Sarah J. Stednitz.

The venues where Ethan K. Scott has frequently published encompass a mixture of preprint repositories and peer-reviewed journals. These include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), UQ eSpace, Current Biology, Nature Communications, and Frontiers in Neural Circuits.

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Ethan K. Scott include:

  • The tectum/superior colliculus as the vertebrate solution for spatial sensory integration and action, 2021, Current Biology
  • Deep conservation of the enhancer regulatory code in animals, 2020, Science
  • Altered brain-wide auditory networks in a zebrafish model of fragile X syndrome, 2020, BMC Biology
  • Brain-wide visual habituation networks in wild type and fmr1 zebrafish, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Multiscale imaging of basal cell dynamics in the functionally mature mammary gland, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • Optogenetic dissection of a behavioural module in the vertebrate spinal cord

    Claire Wyart;Filippo Del Bene;Erica Warp;Ethan K. Scott;Ethan K. Scott

  • Neuronal activity biases axon selection for myelination in vivo.

    Jacob H Hines;Andrew M Ravanelli;Rani Schwindt;Ethan K Scott

  • Targeting neural circuitry in zebrafish using GAL4 enhancer trapping

    Ethan K Scott;Lindsay Mason;Aristides B Arrenberg;Limor Ziv

  • How do dendrites take their shape

    Ethan K. Scott;Liqun Luo

  • Remote Control of Neuronal Activity with a Light-Gated Glutamate Receptor

    Stephanie Szobota;Pau Gorostiza;Filippo Del Bene;Claire Wyart

  • Filtering of visual information in the tectum by an identified neural circuit.

    Filippo Del Bene;Claire Wyart;Estuardo Robles;Amanda Tran

  • The cellular architecture of the larval zebrafish tectum, as revealed by gal4 enhancer trap lines.

    Ethan K Scott;Ethan K Scott;Herwig Baier

  • The tectum/superior colliculus as the vertebrate solution for spatial sensory integration and action

    Tadashi Isa;Emmanuel Marquez-Legorreta;Sten Grillner;Ethan K. Scott

  • Proneural gene-linked neurogenesis in zebrafish cerebellum.

    Shuichi Kani;Young Ki Bae;Takashi Shimizu;Koji Tanabe

  • Small GTPase Cdc42 Is Required for Multiple Aspects of Dendritic Morphogenesis

    Ethan K. Scott;John E. Reuter;Liqun Luo

  • Focusing on optic tectum circuitry through the lens of genetics

    Linda M Nevin;Estuardo Robles;Herwig Baier;Ethan K Scott

  • Integrative whole-brain neuroscience in larval zebrafish.

    Gilles C .Vanwalleghem;Misha B Ahrens;Ethan K Scott

  • Altered brain-wide auditory networks in a zebrafish model of fragile X syndrome

    Lena Constantin;Rebecca E. Poulsen;Leandro A. Scholz;Itia A. Favre-Bulle

  • Genetic and optical targeting of neural circuits and behavior--zebrafish in the spotlight.

    Herwig Baier;Ethan K Scott

  • A mosaic genetic screen for genes necessary for Drosophila mushroom body neuronal morphogenesis.

    John E. Reuter;Timothy M. Nardine;Andrea Penton;Pierre Billuart

  • Structure of the vertical and horizontal system neurons of the lobula plate in Drosophila

    Ethan K. Scott;Thomas Raabe;Liqun Luo

  • Spontaneous Activity in the Zebrafish Tectum Reorganizes over Development and Is Influenced by Visual Experience.

    Lilach Avitan;Zac Pujic;Jan Mölter;Matthew Van De Poll

  • Cellular-Resolution Imaging of Vestibular Processing across the Larval Zebrafish Brain.

    Itia A. Favre-Bulle;Gilles Vanwalleghem;Michael A. Taylor;Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop

  • Optical trapping of otoliths drives vestibular behaviours in larval zebrafish.

    Itia A. Favre-Bulle;Alexander B. Stilgoe;Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop;Ethan K. Scott

  • Cerebellar output in zebrafish: an analysis of spatial patterns and topography in eurydendroid cell projections.

    Lucy A. Heap;Chi Ching Goh;Karin S. Kassahn;Ethan K. Scott

Frequent Co-Authors

Geoffrey J. Goodhill
Geoffrey J. Goodhill Washington University in St. Louis
Herwig Baier
Herwig Baier Max Planck Society
Liqun Luo
Liqun Luo Stanford University
Darryl W. Eyles
Darryl W. Eyles University of Queensland
Claire Wyart
Claire Wyart Institut du Cerveau
Jan Kaslin
Jan Kaslin Monash University
Richard H. Kramer
Richard H. Kramer University of California, Berkeley
Sten Grillner
Sten Grillner Karolinska Institute
Misha B. Ahrens
Misha B. Ahrens Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Koichi Kawakami
Koichi Kawakami National Institute of Genetics

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