287
Functional Neurobiology in Xenopus
Gaze R.M., Jacobson M., Szekely C. 1963. The retino-tectal projection in Xenopus with compound eyes. J Physiol 165:484–499.
Gensberger K.D., Kaufmann A.K., Dietrich H., Branoner F., Banchi
R., Chagnaud B.P., Straka H. 2016. Galvanic vestibular stimulation: Cellular substrates and response patterns of neurons
in the vestibulo-ocular network. J Neurosci 36:9097–9110.
Giorgi P.P., van der Loos H. 1978. Axons from eyes grafted in
Xenopus can grow into the spinal cord and reach the optic
tectum. Nature 275:746–748.
Giszter S.F., Mussa-Ivaldi F.A., Bizzi E. 1993. Convergent
force felds organized in the frog’s spinal cord. J Neurosci
13:467–491.
Gonzalez A., ten Donkelaar H.J., de Boer-Van Huizen R. 1984.
Cerebellar connections in Xenopus laevis: An HRP study.
Anat Embryol 169:167–176.
Gordy C., Straka H., Houston D.W., Fritzsch B., Elliott K.L. 2018.
Transplantation of ears provides insights into inner ear afferent pathfnding properties. Dev Neurobiol 78:1064–1080.
Götz S., Bribian A., López-Mascaraque L., Götz M., Grothe B., Kunz
L. 2021. Heterogeneity of astrocytes: Electrophysiological
properties of juxtavascular astrocytes before and after brain
injury. Glia 69:346–361.
Gravot C.M., Knorr A.G., Glasauer S., Straka H. 2017. It’s not all
black and white: Visual scene parameters inf uence optokinetic refex performance in Xenopus laevis tadpoles. J Exp
Biol 220:4213–4224.
Grinnell A.D. 1966. A study of the interaction between motoneurones in the frog spinal cord. J Physiol 182:612–648.
Guardabassi A. 1955. Experiments on exchange of ocular anlagen
in Bufo vulgaris embryos; connections of the nerves with
brain centers. Arch Ital Anat Embriol 60:488–514.
Hackett J.T. 1972. Electrophysiological properties of neuronal circuits in the frog cerebellum in vitro. Brain Res 48:385–389.
Hänzi S., Straka H. 2017. Developmental changes in head movement kinematics during swimming in Xenopus laevis tadpoles. J Exp Biol 220:227–236.
I Gusti Bagus M., Gordy C., Sanchez-Gonzalez R., Strupp M.,
Straka H. 2019. Impact of 4-aminopyridine on vestibuloocular refex performance. J Neurol 266(Suppl 1):93–100.
James E.J., Gu J., Ramirez-Vizcarrondo C.M., Hasan M.,
Truszkowski T.L., Tan Y., Oupravanh P.M., Khakhalin A.S.,
Aizenman C.D. 2015. Valproate-induced neurodevelopmental defcits in Xenopus laevis tadpoles. J Neurosci 35:
3218–3229.
Jurand A., Maron K., Olekiewicz M., Skowron S. 1954. Effect of
excision of the telencephalon on regeneration rate in the tail
in Xenopus laevis tadpoles. Folia Biol (Krakow) 2:3–29.
Koehler K.R., Nie J., Longworth-Mills E., Liu X.P., Lee J., Holt
J.R., Hashino E. 2017. Generation of inner ear organoids
containing functional hair cells from human pluripotent stem
cells. Nat Biotechnol 35:583–589.
Koo H., Graziadei P.P. 1995. Cell migration from the transplanted
olfactory placode in Xenopus. Anat Embryol 191:171–181.
Kroese A.B.A., van der Zalm J.M., van der Bercken J. 1978.
Frequency response of the lateral-line organ of Xenopus laevis. Pf ügers Arch 375:167–175.
Lambert F.M., Bacqué-Cazenave J., Le Seach A., Arama J.,
Courtand G., Tagliabue M., Eskiizmirliler S., Straka H.,
Beraneck M. 2020. Stabilization of gaze during early
Xenopus development by swimming-related utricular signals. Curr Biol 30:1–8.
Lambert F.M., Beck J.C., Baker R., Straka H. 2008. Semicircular
canal size determines the developmental onset of angular vestibuloocular refexes in larval Xenopus. J Neurosci
28:8086–8095.
Lambert F.M., Cardoit L., Courty E., Bougerol M., Thoby-Brisson
M., Simmers J., Tostivint H., Le Ray D. 2018. Functional
limb muscle innervation prior to cholinergic transmitter
specifcation during early metamorphosis in Xenopus. Elife
7:e30693.
Lambert F.M., Combes D., Simmers J., Straka H. 2012. Gaze
stabilization by efference copy signaling without sensory
feedback during vertebrate locomotion. Curr Biol 22:
1649–1658.
Lambert F.M., Malinvaud D., Glaunès J., Bergot C., Straka H.,
Vidal P.P. 2009. Vestibular asymmetry as the cause of idiopathic scoliosis: A possible answer from Xenopus. J Neurosci
29:12477–12483.
Lambert F.M., Straka H. 2012. The frog vestibular system as a
model for lesion-induced plasticity: Basic neural principles
and implications for posture control. Front Neurol 3:42.
Lee R.H., Mills E.A., Schwartz N., Bell M.R., Deeg K.E.,
Ruthazer E.S., Marsh-Armstrong N., Aizenman C.D. 2010.
Neurodevelopmental effects of chronic exposure to elevated
levels of pro-infammatory cytokines in a developing visual
system. Neural Dev 5:2.
Liu X.F., Haas K. 2011. Single-cell electroporation in Xenopus.
Cold Spring Harb Protoc 9:pdb.top065607.
Liu Z., Donnelly K.B., Pratt K.G. 2018. Preparations and protocols
for whole cell patch clamp recording of Xenopus laevis tectal
neurons. J Vis Exp 133:57465.
Llinás R., Precht W. 1976. Frog Neurobiology. Berlin, Heidelberg,
New York: Springer-Verlag.
Manzini I., Rössler W., Schild D. 2002. cAMP-independent
responses of olfactory neurons in Xenopus laevis tadpoles
and their projection onto olfactory bulb neurons. J Physiol
545:475–484.
McNamara S., Wlizla M., Horb M.E. 2018. Husbandry, general
care, and transportation of Xenopus laevis and Xenopus tropicalis. Methods Mol Biol 1865:1–17.
Meyer R.L., Sperry R.W. 1976. Retinotectal specif city: Chemoaff nity
theory. Studies on the Development of Behavior and the
Nervous System. G. Gottlieb, Elsevier. 3:111–149.
Munz M., Gobert D., Schohl A., Poquérusse J., Podgorski K.,
Spratt P., Ruthazer E.S. 2014. Rapid Hebbian axonal remodeling mediated by visual stimulation. Science 344:904–909.
Naert T., Tulkens D., Edwards N.A., Carron M., Shaidani N.I.,
Wlizla M., Boel A., Demuynck S., Horb M.E., Coucke P.,
Willaert A., Zorn A.M., Vleminckx K. 2020. Maximizing
CRISPR/Cas9 phenotype penetrance applying predictive
modeling of editing outcomes in Xenopus and zebraf sh
embryos. Sci Rep 10:14662.
Neher E., Sakmann B. 1976. Single-channel currents recorded
from membrane of denervated frog muscle f bres. Nature
260:799–802.
Nieuwenhuys R., ten Donkelaar H.J., Nicholson C. 1998. The
Central Nervous System of Vertebrates. Berlin, Heidelberg:
Springer.
Nieuwkoop P.D., Faber J. 1994. Normal Table of Xenopus laevis (Daudin): A Systematical and Chronological Survey
of the Development from the Fertilized Egg Till the End of
Metamorphosis. New York: Garland Publisher.
Offner T., Daume D., Weiss L., Hassenklöver T., Manzini I. 2020.
Whole-brain calcium imaging in larval Xenopus. Cold Spring
Harb Protoc 12:pdb.prot106815.
Özugur S., Kunz L., Straka H. 2020. Relationship between oxygen
consumption and neuronal activity in a defned neural circuit.
BMC Biol. 18:76.
Pearl E.J., Grainger R.M., Guille M., Horb M.E. 2012. Development
of Xenopus resource centers: The national Xenopus resource
Functional Neurobiology in Xenopus
Gaze R.M., Jacobson M., Szekely C. 1963. The retino-tectal projection in Xenopus with compound eyes. J Physiol 165:484–499.
Gensberger K.D., Kaufmann A.K., Dietrich H., Branoner F., Banchi
R., Chagnaud B.P., Straka H. 2016. Galvanic vestibular stimulation: Cellular substrates and response patterns of neurons
in the vestibulo-ocular network. J Neurosci 36:9097–9110.
Giorgi P.P., van der Loos H. 1978. Axons from eyes grafted in
Xenopus can grow into the spinal cord and reach the optic
tectum. Nature 275:746–748.
Giszter S.F., Mussa-Ivaldi F.A., Bizzi E. 1993. Convergent
force felds organized in the frog’s spinal cord. J Neurosci
13:467–491.
Gonzalez A., ten Donkelaar H.J., de Boer-Van Huizen R. 1984.
Cerebellar connections in Xenopus laevis: An HRP study.
Anat Embryol 169:167–176.
Gordy C., Straka H., Houston D.W., Fritzsch B., Elliott K.L. 2018.
Transplantation of ears provides insights into inner ear afferent pathfnding properties. Dev Neurobiol 78:1064–1080.
Götz S., Bribian A., López-Mascaraque L., Götz M., Grothe B., Kunz
L. 2021. Heterogeneity of astrocytes: Electrophysiological
properties of juxtavascular astrocytes before and after brain
injury. Glia 69:346–361.
Gravot C.M., Knorr A.G., Glasauer S., Straka H. 2017. It’s not all
black and white: Visual scene parameters inf uence optokinetic refex performance in Xenopus laevis tadpoles. J Exp
Biol 220:4213–4224.
Grinnell A.D. 1966. A study of the interaction between motoneurones in the frog spinal cord. J Physiol 182:612–648.
Guardabassi A. 1955. Experiments on exchange of ocular anlagen
in Bufo vulgaris embryos; connections of the nerves with
brain centers. Arch Ital Anat Embriol 60:488–514.
Hackett J.T. 1972. Electrophysiological properties of neuronal circuits in the frog cerebellum in vitro. Brain Res 48:385–389.
Hänzi S., Straka H. 2017. Developmental changes in head movement kinematics during swimming in Xenopus laevis tadpoles. J Exp Biol 220:227–236.
I Gusti Bagus M., Gordy C., Sanchez-Gonzalez R., Strupp M.,
Straka H. 2019. Impact of 4-aminopyridine on vestibuloocular refex performance. J Neurol 266(Suppl 1):93–100.
James E.J., Gu J., Ramirez-Vizcarrondo C.M., Hasan M.,
Truszkowski T.L., Tan Y., Oupravanh P.M., Khakhalin A.S.,
Aizenman C.D. 2015. Valproate-induced neurodevelopmental defcits in Xenopus laevis tadpoles. J Neurosci 35:
3218–3229.
Jurand A., Maron K., Olekiewicz M., Skowron S. 1954. Effect of
excision of the telencephalon on regeneration rate in the tail
in Xenopus laevis tadpoles. Folia Biol (Krakow) 2:3–29.
Koehler K.R., Nie J., Longworth-Mills E., Liu X.P., Lee J., Holt
J.R., Hashino E. 2017. Generation of inner ear organoids
containing functional hair cells from human pluripotent stem
cells. Nat Biotechnol 35:583–589.
Koo H., Graziadei P.P. 1995. Cell migration from the transplanted
olfactory placode in Xenopus. Anat Embryol 191:171–181.
Kroese A.B.A., van der Zalm J.M., van der Bercken J. 1978.
Frequency response of the lateral-line organ of Xenopus laevis. Pf ügers Arch 375:167–175.
Lambert F.M., Bacqué-Cazenave J., Le Seach A., Arama J.,
Courtand G., Tagliabue M., Eskiizmirliler S., Straka H.,
Beraneck M. 2020. Stabilization of gaze during early
Xenopus development by swimming-related utricular signals. Curr Biol 30:1–8.
Lambert F.M., Beck J.C., Baker R., Straka H. 2008. Semicircular
canal size determines the developmental onset of angular vestibuloocular refexes in larval Xenopus. J Neurosci
28:8086–8095.
Lambert F.M., Cardoit L., Courty E., Bougerol M., Thoby-Brisson
M., Simmers J., Tostivint H., Le Ray D. 2018. Functional
limb muscle innervation prior to cholinergic transmitter
specifcation during early metamorphosis in Xenopus. Elife
7:e30693.
Lambert F.M., Combes D., Simmers J., Straka H. 2012. Gaze
stabilization by efference copy signaling without sensory
feedback during vertebrate locomotion. Curr Biol 22:
1649–1658.
Lambert F.M., Malinvaud D., Glaunès J., Bergot C., Straka H.,
Vidal P.P. 2009. Vestibular asymmetry as the cause of idiopathic scoliosis: A possible answer from Xenopus. J Neurosci
29:12477–12483.
Lambert F.M., Straka H. 2012. The frog vestibular system as a
model for lesion-induced plasticity: Basic neural principles
and implications for posture control. Front Neurol 3:42.
Lee R.H., Mills E.A., Schwartz N., Bell M.R., Deeg K.E.,
Ruthazer E.S., Marsh-Armstrong N., Aizenman C.D. 2010.
Neurodevelopmental effects of chronic exposure to elevated
levels of pro-infammatory cytokines in a developing visual
system. Neural Dev 5:2.
Liu X.F., Haas K. 2011. Single-cell electroporation in Xenopus.
Cold Spring Harb Protoc 9:pdb.top065607.
Liu Z., Donnelly K.B., Pratt K.G. 2018. Preparations and protocols
for whole cell patch clamp recording of Xenopus laevis tectal
neurons. J Vis Exp 133:57465.
Llinás R., Precht W. 1976. Frog Neurobiology. Berlin, Heidelberg,
New York: Springer-Verlag.
Manzini I., Rössler W., Schild D. 2002. cAMP-independent
responses of olfactory neurons in Xenopus laevis tadpoles
and their projection onto olfactory bulb neurons. J Physiol
545:475–484.
McNamara S., Wlizla M., Horb M.E. 2018. Husbandry, general
care, and transportation of Xenopus laevis and Xenopus tropicalis. Methods Mol Biol 1865:1–17.
Meyer R.L., Sperry R.W. 1976. Retinotectal specif city: Chemoaff nity
theory. Studies on the Development of Behavior and the
Nervous System. G. Gottlieb, Elsevier. 3:111–149.
Munz M., Gobert D., Schohl A., Poquérusse J., Podgorski K.,
Spratt P., Ruthazer E.S. 2014. Rapid Hebbian axonal remodeling mediated by visual stimulation. Science 344:904–909.
Naert T., Tulkens D., Edwards N.A., Carron M., Shaidani N.I.,
Wlizla M., Boel A., Demuynck S., Horb M.E., Coucke P.,
Willaert A., Zorn A.M., Vleminckx K. 2020. Maximizing
CRISPR/Cas9 phenotype penetrance applying predictive
modeling of editing outcomes in Xenopus and zebraf sh
embryos. Sci Rep 10:14662.
Neher E., Sakmann B. 1976. Single-channel currents recorded
from membrane of denervated frog muscle f bres. Nature
260:799–802.
Nieuwenhuys R., ten Donkelaar H.J., Nicholson C. 1998. The
Central Nervous System of Vertebrates. Berlin, Heidelberg:
Springer.
Nieuwkoop P.D., Faber J. 1994. Normal Table of Xenopus laevis (Daudin): A Systematical and Chronological Survey
of the Development from the Fertilized Egg Till the End of
Metamorphosis. New York: Garland Publisher.
Offner T., Daume D., Weiss L., Hassenklöver T., Manzini I. 2020.
Whole-brain calcium imaging in larval Xenopus. Cold Spring
Harb Protoc 12:pdb.prot106815.
Özugur S., Kunz L., Straka H. 2020. Relationship between oxygen
consumption and neuronal activity in a defned neural circuit.
BMC Biol. 18:76.
Pearl E.J., Grainger R.M., Guille M., Horb M.E. 2012. Development
of Xenopus resource centers: The national Xenopus resource
