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Isabel Llano is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions in several subfields including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Sensory Systems, and Cell Biology.

The main topics of their scientific investigation include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Neural dynamics and brain function, Retinal Development and Disorders, Ion channel regulation and function, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, Photoreceptor and optogenetics research, and aspects related to Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, and Genetics.

Isabel Llano has published numerous papers in a range of scientific journals. Some recent notable papers include:

  • Molecular layer interneurons in the cerebellum encode for valence in associative learning, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Differentially poised vesicles underlie fast and slow components of release at single synapses, 2020, The Journal of General Physiology
  • Influence of spatially segregated IP3-producing pathways on spike generation and transmitter release in Purkinje cell axons, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Physiological involvement of presynaptic L-type voltage-dependent calcium channels in GABA release of cerebellar molecular layer interneurons, 2020, Journal of Neurochemistry
  • Synergism of type 1 metabotropic and ionotropic glutamate receptors in cerebellar molecular layer interneurons in vivo, 2020, eLife

Their frequently collaborated coauthors include Thibault Collin, Alain Marty, Federico F. Trigo, Abdelali Jalil, and Jonathan Bradley.

Isabel Llano's work has appeared often in the following publication venues:

  • The Journal of General Physiology
  • Nature Communications
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of Neurochemistry
  • eLife

Best Publications

  • Calcium entry increases the sensitivity of cerebellar Purkinje cells to applied GABA and decreases inhibitory synaptic currents

    I. Llano;N. Leresche;A. Marty

  • Synaptic- and agonist-induced excitatory currents of Purkinje cells in rat cerebellar slices.

    I Llano;A Marty;C M Armstrong;A Konnerth

  • Prolonged presence of glutamate during excitatory synaptic transmission to cerebellar Purkinje cells

    Boris Barbour;Bernhard U. Keller;Isabel Llano;Alain Marty

  • Synaptic currents in cerebellar Purkinje cells

    Arthur Konnerth;Isabel Llano;Clay M. Armstrong

  • Role of the calcium-binding protein parvalbumin in short-term synaptic plasticity.

    Olivier Caillard;Herman Moreno;Beat Schwaller;Isabel Llano

  • Presynaptic calcium stores underlie large-amplitude miniature IPSCs and spontaneous calcium transients

    I. Llano;J. Gonzalez;C. Caputo;Francis Anthony Lai

  • Calcium-induced calcium release in cerebellar purkinje cells

    I. Llano;R. DiPolo;A. Marty

  • High endogenous calcium buffering in Purkinje cells from rat cerebellar slices.

    L Fierro;I Llano

  • Developmental Changes in Parvalbumin Regulate Presynaptic Ca2+ Signaling

    Thibault Collin;Mireille Chat;Marie Gabrielle Lucas;Herman Moreno

  • INTRADENDRITIC RELEASE OF CALCIUM INDUCED BY GLUTAMATE IN CEREBELLAR PURKINJE-CELLS

    I. Llano;J. Dreessen;M. Kano;A. Konnerth

  • Presynaptic calcium stores and synaptic transmission.

    Thibault Collin;Alain Marty;Isabel Llano

  • Inhibitory synaptic currents in stellate cells of rat cerebellar slices.

    I Llano;H M Gerschenfeld

  • Actin- and Myosin-Dependent Vesicle Loading of Presynaptic Docking Sites Prior to Exocytosis.

    Takafumi Miki;Gerardo Malagon;Camila Pulido;Isabel Llano

  • Excitatory effects of GABA in established brain networks.

    Alain Marty;Isabel Llano

  • Glutamate as a candidate retrograde messenger at interneurone-Purkinje cell synapses of rat cerebellum.

    M Glitsch;I Llano;A Marty

  • Intracellular calcium clearance in Purkinje cell somata from rat cerebellar slices

    Leonardo Fierro;Reinaldo DiPolo;Isabel Llano

  • Calcium Currents and Calcium Signaling in Rod Bipolar Cells of Rat Retinal Slices

    Dario A. Protti;Isabel Llano

  • Patch-clamp recording of amino acid-activated responses in "organotypic" slice cultures.

    I Llano;A Marty;J W Johnson;P Ascher

  • Recurrent axon collaterals underlie facilitating synapses between cerebellar Purkinje cells

    David Orduz;Isabel Llano

  • Beta-adrenergic enhancement of inhibitory synaptic activity in rat cerebellar stellate and Purkinje cells.

    I Llano;H M Gerschenfeld

  • GABAergic and glycinergic IPSCs in Ganglion Cells of Rat Retinal Slices

    Dario A. Protti;Hersch M. Gerschenfeld;Isabel Llano

Frequent Co-Authors

Alain Marty
Alain Marty Université Paris Cité
Ryuichi Shigemoto
Ryuichi Shigemoto Institute of Science and Technology Austria
Arthur Konnerth
Arthur Konnerth Technical University of Munich
Dongdong Li
Dongdong Li Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Kamran Khodakhah
Kamran Khodakhah Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Scott A. Small
Scott A. Small Columbia University
Diego Restrepo
Diego Restrepo University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Masanobu Kano
Masanobu Kano University of Tokyo
Marco R. Celio
Marco R. Celio University of Fribourg

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