Department of Physiology   Emory University

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Selected Publications

Gonzalez-Islas, C., and Wenner, P. (2006) Spontaneous network activity in the embryonic spinal cord regulates AMPAergic and GABAergic synaptic strength. Neuron 49: 563-75.
 
Xu, H., Whelan, P.J., and Wenner, P. (2005) Development of an inhibitory interneuronal circuit in the embryonic spinal cord. J Neurophysiol. 93: 2922-33. [PDF]
 
Wenner, P., and O'Donovan, M.J. (2001) Mechanisms that initiate spontaneous network activity in the developing chick spinal cord. J Neurophysiol. 86: 1481-98. [PDF]
 
Wenner, P., O'Donovan, M.J., and Matise, M.P. (2000) Topographical and physiological characterization of interneurons that express Engrailed-1 in the embryonic chick spinal cord. J Neurophysiol. 84: 2651-57. [PDF]
 
Wenner, P., and O'Donovan, M.J. (1999) Identification of an interneuronal population that mediates recurrent inhibition of motoneurons in the developing chick spinal cord. J Neurosci. 19: 7557-67. [PDF]
 
O'Donovan, M.J., Chub, N., and Wenner, P. (1998) Mechanisms of spontaneous activity in developing spinal networks. J Neurobiol. 37: 131-45.
 
Wenner, P., Tsau, Y., Choen, L.B., O'Donovan, M.J., Dan, Y. (1996) Voltage-sensitive dye recording using retrogradely transported dye in the chicken spinal cord: staining and signal characteristics. J Neurosci Methods. 70: 111-20.
 
Wenner, P., and Frank, E. (1995) Peripheral target specifications of synaptic connectivity of muscle spindle sensory neurons with spinal motoneurons. J Neurosci. 15: 8191-98.
 
Frank, E., and Wenner, P. (1993) Environmental specification of neuronal connectivity. Neuron 10: 779-85.