Publications

Zlotkowski K, Pierce-Shimomura JT, Siegel D. (2013) Small-molecule-mediated axonal brancing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Chem Bio Chem Jan 29. doi: 10.1002/cbic.201200712. [Epub ahead of print].

Iyer S, Pierce-Shimomura JT. (2012) Worming our way to AD drug discovery. Bio Psych. ScienceDirect

Vidal-Gadea AG, Pierce-Shimomura JT. (2012) Conserved role of dopamine in the modulation of behavior. Comm Int Biol. 5:440 – 447. PubMed

Alaimo JT, Davis SJ, Song SS, Burnette CR, Grotewiel M, Shelton KL, Pierce-Shimomura JT, Davies AG, Bettinger JC. (2012) Ethanol metabolism and osmolarity modify behavioral responses to ethanol in C. elegans. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 36:1840-50. PubMed

Vidal-Gadea AG, Davis S, Becker L, Pierce-Shimomura JT. (2012) Coordination of behavioral hierarchies during environmental transitions in Caenorhabditis elegans. Worm. 1(1):4-10. Landes

Vidal-Gadea AG, Topper S, Young L, Crisp A, Kressin L, Elbel E, Maples T, Brauner M, Erbguth K, Axelrod A, Gottschalk A, Siegel D, Pierce-Shimomura JT. (2011) Caenorhabditis elegans selects distinct crawling and swimming gaits via dopamine and serotonin. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 108(42):17504-9. PubMed

Mesce KA, Pierce-Shimomura JT. (2010) Shared strategies for behavioral switching: understanding how locomotor patterns are turned on and off. Frontiers in Behavioral Neurosci. 4 Article 49. PubMed

Schreiber MA, Pierce-Shimomura JT, Chan S, Parry D, McIntire SL. (2010) Manipulation of behavioral decline in Caenorhabditis elegans with the Rag GTPase raga-1. PLoS Genet. 6(5):e1000972. PubMed

Kim H, Pierce-Shimomura JT, Oh HJ, Johnson BE, Goodman MB, McIntire SL. (2009) The dystrophin complex controls bk channel localization and muscle activity in Caenorhabditis elegans. PLoS Genet. 5(12). PubMed

Pierce-Shimomura JT, Chen BL, Mun JJ, Ho R, Sarkis R, McIntire SL. (2008) Genetic analysis of crawling and swimming locomotory patterns in C. elegans. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 105(52):20982-7. PubMed

Pierce-Shimomura JT, Dores M, Lockery SR. (2006) Analysis of the effects of turning bias on chemotaxis in C. elegans. J Exp Biol. 208(Pt 24):4727-33. PubMed

Dunn NA, Lockery SR, Pierce-Shimomura JT, Conery JS. (2004) A neural network model of chemotaxis predicts functions of synaptic connections in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. J Comput Neurosci. 17(2):137-47. PubMed

Davies AG, Pierce-Shimomura JT, Kim H, VanHoven MK, Thiele TR, Bonci A, Bargmann CI, McIntire SL. (2003) A central role of the BK potassium channel in behavioral responses to ethanol in C. elegans. Cell. 115(6):655-66. PubMed

Pierce-Shimomura JT, Faumont S, Gaston MR, Pearson BJ, Lockery SR. (2001) The homeobox gene lim-6 is required for distinct chemosensory representations in C. elegans. Nature. 410(6829):694-8. PubMed

Pierce-Shimomura JT, Morse TM, Lockery SR. (1999) The fundamental role of pirouettes in Caenorhabditis elegans chemotaxis. J Neurosci. 19(21):9557-69. PubMed