Recent Publications

McLean, D.L, J. Fan, SI Higashijima, M.E. Hale, J.R. Fetcho (2007) A topographic map of recruitment in spinal cord. Nature.  446:71-75

Bhatt, D. H., D.L. McLean, M.E. Hale and J.R. Fetcho (2007) Grading movement strength by changes in firing intensity versus recruitment of spinal interneurons. Neuron.  53:91-102.

Bhatt, D.H., H. Patzelova, D.L. McLean, J.R. Fetcho and S.J. Zottoli (2007) Functional Regeneration in the Larval Zebrafish Spinal Cord. In: Model Organisms in Spinal Regeneration. (C.G. Becker and T. Becker eds.) pp. 263-288. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. 

Fetcho, J. R. (2006) Using zebrafish to image the structure and function of neuronal networks in vivo. In: Using zebrafish to study Neuroscience. (Nicolson T. ed) pp. 23-31. Atlanta, GA: Society for Neuroscience.

Pogoda, H. M., N. Sternheim,, D.A. Lyons, B.  Diamond, T. A Hawkins, , I. G., Woods, D. H., Bhatt, , C. Franzini-Armstrong, C. Dominguez, N . Arana, J.  Jacobs, R. Nix, J.R. Fetcho, and W.S. Talbot (2006) A genetic screen identifies genes essential for development of myelinated axons in zebrafish. Dev Biol. 298:118-31

Fetcho, J. R. (2006) The utility of zebrafish for studies of the comparative biology of motor systems. J Exp Zoolog B Mol Dev Evol. E-pub ahead of print

Li, J, Mack, JA, Souren, M, Yaksi, E, Higashijima, S, Mione, M, Fetcho, JR, Friedrich, RW (2005) Early developmental of functional spatial maps in the zebrafish olfactory bulb. J. Neurosci. 25:5784-5795

Masino, MA, Fetcho, JR (2005) Fictive swimming motor patterns in wild type and mutant larval zebrafish. J. Neurophysiol. 93: 3177-3188.

Armisen R, Gleason MR, Fetcho JR, Mandel G (2004) Tracking molecules in intact zebrafish. In: Imaging in Neuroscience and development: A laboratory Manual (Yuste R, Konnerth A, eds), pp 623-626. Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.

Bhatt DH, Otto SJ, Depoister B, Fetcho JR (2004) Cyclic AMP-induced repair of zebrafish spinal circuits. Science 305:254-258.

Fetcho JR (2004) Imaging neuronal activity with calcium indicators in larval zebrafish. In: Imaging in Neuroscience and development: A laboratory Manual (Yuste R, Konnerth A, eds), pp 707-710. Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.

Fetcho JR, Bhatt DH (2004) Genes and photons: new avenues into the neuronal basis of behavior. Curr Opin Neurobiol 14:707-714.

Fetcho JR, Higashijima S (2004) Optical and genetic approaches toward understanding neuronal circuits in zebrafish. Integr Comp Biol 44:57-70.

Higashijima S, Masino MA, Mandel G, Fetcho JR (2004) Engrailed-1 expression marks a primitive class of inhibitory spinal interneuron. J Neurosci 24:5827-5839.

Higashijima S, Schaefer M, Fetcho JR (2004) Neurotransmitter properties of spinal interneurons in embryonic and larval zebrafish. J Comp Neurol 480:19-37.

Higashijima S, Mandel G, Fetcho JR (2004) Distribution of prospective glutamatergic, glycinergic, and GABAergic neurons in embryonic and larval zebrafish. J Comp Neurol 480:1-18.

McLean DL, Fetcho JR (2004a) Ontogeny and innervation patterns of dopaminergic, noradrenergic, and serotonergic neurons in larval zebrafish. J Comp Neurol 480:38-56.

McLean DL, Fetcho JR (2004b) Relationship of tyrosine hydroxylase and serotonin immunoreactivity to sensorimotor circuitry in larval zebrafish. J Comp Neurol 480:57-71.

Gleason, M.R., S. Higashijima, J. Dallman, K. Liu, G. Mandel and J.R. Fetcho (2003) Translocation of calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II to synaptic sites in vivo. Nature Neuroscience.  6: 217-218.

Fetcho, J.R. and S. Higashijima (2003) Optical and genetic approaches toward understanding neuronal circuits in zebrafish.  In Press.

Higashijima, S., M.A. Masino, G. Mandel and J.R. Fetcho (2003) Imaging neuronal activity during zebrafish behavior with a genetically encoded calcium indicator. J. Neurophysiol. 90:3986-3997.

Liu, K, M. Gray, S. Otto, J.R. Fetcho and C.E. Beattie (2003) Mutations in deadly seven/notch1a reveal developmental plasticity in the escape response Circuit. J. Neurosci. 23:8159-8166

Fetcho JR (2001) Optical and genetic approaches toward understanding spinal circuits. In: Motor Neurobiology of the Spinal Cord (Cope TC, ed), pp 3-20. Boca Raton, FL.: CRC Press.

Lorent, K., K.S. Liu, J.R. Fetcho and M. Granato (2001) The zebrafish space cadet gene controls axonal pathfinding of neurons modulating fast turning movements. Development. 128:2131-2142.

Ono, F., S. Higashijima, A. Shcherbatko, J. Fetcho, and P. Brehm (2001) Paralytic zebrafish lacking acetylcholine receptors fail to localize rapsyn clusters to the synapse. J. Neurosci21:5439-5448.

Hale, M.E., Ritter, D.A., and Fetcho, J.R. (2001) A confocal study of spinal interneurons in living larval zebrafish. J. Comp. Neurol. 437:1-16

Ritter, D.A., D. H. Bhatt and J. R. Fetcho. (2001) In vivo  imaging of zebrafish reveals differences in the spinal networks for escape and swimming movements. J. Neuroscience.  21:8956-8965.

O'Malley D.M. and J.R. Fetcho (2000), The Zebrafish Hindbrain: A transparent system for imaging motor circuitry.  In "Imaging Living Cells", Eds. R. Yuste, F. Lanni and A. Konnerth, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, CSH, NY.pp.14.1-14.12.

Liu, K.S. and J.R. Fetcho (1999) Laser ablations reveal functional relationships of segmental hindbrain neurons in zebrafish. Neuron 23:325-335.

Fetcho, J.R., K.J.A. Cox and D.M.O'Malley (1998) Monitoring activity in neuronal populations with single cell resolution in a behaving vertebrate. Histochemical J. 30:153-167.

Fetcho, J.R. and K.S. Liu (1998) Zebrafish as a model system for studying neuronal circuits and behavior. Annals of New York Academy of Sciences 860:333-345.

Fetcho, J.R. (1998) Movement through the last decade. Neuron 21:477-478.

Fetcho, J.R., K.J.A. Cox and D.M. O'Malley (1997) Imaging neural activity with single cell resolution in an intact behaving vertebrate.  Biological Bulletin 192:150-153.

Fetcho, J.R. and D.M. O'Malley (1997)  Imaging neuronal networks in behaving animals.  Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 7:832-838.

Svoboda, K.R. and J.R. Fetcho (1996) Interactions between the neural networks for escape and swimming in goldfish.  J. Neurosci. 16:843-852.

Cox, K.J.A and J.R. Fetcho (1996) Labeling blastomeres with a calcium indicator: a non-invasive method of visualizing neural activity in zebrafish. J. Neurosci. Meth. 68:185-191.

O'Malley, D.M.O., Y-H Kao and J.R. Fetcho (1996) Imaging the functional organization of zebrafish hindbrain segments during escape behaviors. Neuron. 17: 1145-1155.

Eaton, R.C., J.C. Hofve and J.R. Fetcho (1995) Beating the competition: The reliability hypothesis for Mauthner axon size.  Brain Behavior and Evolution. 45:183-194.

Fetcho, J.R. (1995) Escape and swimming in goldfish: A model system for studying interactions between motor networks.  In: Neural Control of Movement, W.R. Ferrell and U. Proske eds. Plenum Press pp. 295-304.

Fetcho, J.R. and D.M. O'Malley (1995) Visualization of active neural circuitry in the spinal cord of intact zebrafish. J. Neurophysiol. 73:399-406.