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D-Index
33
Citations
3807
World Ranking
9470
National Ranking
460

Overview

John Simmers is affiliated with the University of Bordeaux in France and has contributed extensively to the field of neuroscience. Their research spans various subfields, including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurology, Cell Biology, and the Endocrine and Autonomic Systems.

Throughout their career, John Simmers has worked on topics such as Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications, Vestibular and auditory disorders, Neural dynamics and brain function, Photoreceptor and optogenetics research, Neuroscience of respiration and sleep, and Sleep and Wakefulness Research.

Their publication record includes several papers across well-known scientific journals. Recent papers include:

  • Fentanyl-induced hyperalgesia and analgesic tolerance in male rats: common underlying mechanisms and prevention by a polyamine deficient diet (2021, Neuropsychopharmacology)
  • From tadpole to adult frog locomotion (2023, Current Opinion in Neurobiology)
  • Role of locomotor efference copy in vertebrate gaze stabilization (2022, Frontiers in Neural Circuits)
  • Organelle calcium-derived voltage oscillations in pacemaker neurons drive the motor program for food-seeking behavior in Aplysia (2021, eLife)
  • Microglia shape the embryonic development of mammalian respiratory networks (2022, eLife)

Frequent publication venues for John Simmers' work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Current Opinion in Neurobiology
  • Frontiers in Neural Circuits
  • eLife
  • Neuropsychopharmacology

Collaborations have been a significant part of their research, with frequent coauthors such as:

  • François Lambert
  • Alexis Bédécarrats
  • Romuald Nargeot
  • Muriel Thoby-Brisson
  • Laura Cardoit

John Simmers' body of work highlights a multidisciplinary approach within neuroscience, focusing both on fundamental mechanisms and applied biomedical research. Their scientific contributions cover diverse biological systems and functions, reflecting a broad interest in understanding neural control, locomotion, sensory systems, and the neural basis of behavior and physiology.

Best Publications

  • Construction of a pattern-generating circuit with neurons of different networks.

    Pierre Meyrand;John Simmers;Maurice Moulins

  • Propriospinal Circuitry Underlying Interlimb Coordination in Mammalian Quadrupedal Locomotion

    Laurent Juvin;John Simmers;Didier Morin

  • Dynamic construction of a neural network from multiple pattern generators in the lobster stomatogastric nervous system

    P Meyrand;J Simmers;M Moulins

  • A New Perspective on Predictive Motor Signaling.

    Hans Straka;John Simmers;Boris P. Chagnaud

  • Neuromodulatory Inputs Maintain Expression of a Lobster Motor Pattern-Generating Network in a Modulation-Dependent State: Evidence from Long-Term Decentralization In Vitro

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  • Cervicolumbar Coordination in Mammalian Quadrupedal Locomotion: Role of Spinal Thoracic Circuitry and Limb Sensory Inputs

    Laurent Juvin;Jean-Patrick Le Gal;John Simmers;Didier Morin

  • Gaze Stabilization by Efference Copy Signaling without Sensory Feedback during Vertebrate Locomotion

    François M. Lambert;Denis Combes;John Simmers;Hans Straka

  • 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

  • Dynamic Restructuring of a Rhythmic Motor Program by a Single Mechanoreceptor Neuron in Lobster

    Denis Combes;Pierre Meyrand;John Simmers

  • Locomotor rhythmogenesis in the isolated rat spinal cord: a phase‐coupled set of symmetrical flexion–extension oscillators

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  • Motor pattern specification by dual descending pathways to a lobster rhythm-generating network.

    Denis Combes;Pierre Meyrand;John Simmers

  • 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

  • Neuromodulation and developmental plasticity in the locomotor system of anuran amphibians during metamorphosis

    Keith T. Sillar;Denis Combes;Sankari Ramanathan;Micol Molinari

  • 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

  • Long-term neuromodulatory regulation of a motor pattern-generating network: maintenance of synaptic efficacy and oscillatory properties.

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  • A disynaptic sensorimotor pathway in the lobster stomatogastric system

    J. Simmers;M. Moulins

  • Species-specific modulation of pattern-generating circuits.

    Pierre Meyrand;Serge Faumont;John Simmers;Andrew E. Christie

  • In Vivo Modulation of Interacting Central Pattern Generators in Lobster Stomatogastric Ganglion: Influence of Feeding and Partial Pressure of Oxygen

    Stefan Clemens;Jean-Charles Massabuau;Alexia Legeay;Pierre Meyrand

  • Xenopus laevis: An ideal experimental model for studying the developmental dynamics of neural network assembly and sensory‐motor computations

    Hans Straka;John Simmers

  • An intrinsic feed-forward mechanism for vertebrate gaze stabilization.

    Denis Combes;Didier Le Ray;François M. Lambert;John Simmers

  • Behavioral and in vitro correlates of compulsive-like food seeking induced by operant conditioning in Aplysia.

    Romuald Nargeot;Christine Petrissans;John Simmers

  • Development of rhythmic pattern generators

    Valérie S Fénelon;Béatrice Casasnovas;John Simmers;Pierre Meyrand

  • Spinal corollary discharge modulates motion sensing during vertebrate locomotion

    Boris P. Chagnaud;Roberto Banchi;John Simmers;Hans Straka

  • Neural mechanisms of operant conditioning and learning-induced behavioral plasticity in Aplysia.

    Romuald Nargeot;John Simmers

Frequent Co-Authors

Pierre Meyrand
Pierre Meyrand University of Bordeaux
Hans Straka
Hans Straka Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Keith T. Sillar
Keith T. Sillar University of St Andrews
Joel C. Glover
Joel C. Glover University of Oslo
Michael P. Nusbaum
Michael P. Nusbaum University of Pennsylvania
Matti S. Airaksinen
Matti S. Airaksinen University of Helsinki
Mireille Montcouquiol
Mireille Montcouquiol Inserm : Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale

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