Selected publications:

1. Huang, C.X., Zhao, Y., Mao, J., Wang, Z., Xu, L., Cheng, J., Guan, N.N., and Song, J. (2021). An injury-induced serotonergic neuron subpopulation contributes to axon regrowth and function restoration after spinal cord injury in zebrafish. Nat Commun 12, 7093.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34876587/

2. Guan, N.N., Xu, L., Zhang, T., Huang, C.X., Wang, Z., Dahlberg, E., Wang, H., Wang, F., Pallucchi, I., Hua, Y., and Song J. (2021). A specialized spinal circuit for command amplification and directionality during escape behavior. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 118.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34663699/

3. Xu, L., Guan, N.N., Huang, C.X., Hua, Y., and Song, J. (2021). A neuronal circuit that generates the temporal motor sequence for the defensive response in zebrafish larvae. Curr Biol 31, 3343-3357 e3344.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34289386/

4. Song, J., Pallucchi, I., Ausborn, J., Ampatzis, K., Bertuzzi, M., Fontanel, P., Picton, L.D., and El Manira, A. (2020). Multiple Rhythm-Generating Circuits Act in Tandem with Pacemaker Properties to Control the Start and Speed of Locomotion. Neuron 105, 1048-1061 e1044.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31982322/

5. Song, J., Dahlberg, E., and El Manira, A. (2018). V2a interneuron diversity tailors spinal circuit organization to control the vigor of locomotor movements. Nat Commun 9, 3370.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30135498/

6. Song, J., Ampatzis, K., Bjornfors, E.R., and El Manira, A. (2016). Motor neurons control locomotor circuit function retrogradely via gap junctions. Nature 529, 399-402.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26760208/

7. Song, J., Ampatzis, K., Ausborn, J., and El Manira, A. (2015). A Hardwired Circuit Supplemented with Endocannabinoids Encodes Behavioral Choice in Zebrafish. Curr Biol 25, 2610-2620.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26412127/

8. Ampatzis, K., Song, J., Ausborn, J., and El Manira, A. (2014). Separate microcircuit modules of distinct v2a interneurons and motoneurons control the speed of locomotion. Neuron 83, 934-943.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25123308/

Other publications:

9. Wang, Y., Yin, J., Wang, G., Li, P., Bi, G., Li, S., Xia, X., Song, J., Pei, G., and Zheng, J.C. (2019). Responsibility and Sustainability in Brain Science, Technology, and Neuroethics in China-a Culture-Oriented Perspective. Neuron 101, 375-379.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30731061/

10. Ma, L., Wang, Y., Hui, Y., Du, Y., Chen, Z., Feng, H., Zhang, S., Li, N., Song, J., Fang, Y., et al. (2019). WNT/NOTCH Pathway Is Essential for the Maintenance and Expansion of Human MGE Progenitors. Stem Cell Reports 12, 934-949.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31056478/

11. Abdo, H., Calvo-Enrique, L., Lopez, J.M., Song, J., Zhang, M.D., Usoskin, D., El Manira, A., Adameyko, I., Hjerling-Leffler, J., and Ernfors, P. (2019). Specialized cutaneous Schwann cells initiate pain sensation. Science 365, 695-699.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31416963/

12. Ampatzis, K., Song, J., Ausborn, J., and El Manira, A. (2013). Pattern of innervation and recruitment of different classes of motoneurons in adult zebrafish. J Neurosci 33, 10875-10886.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23804107/