Publications & Presentations

2024

*Journals

1.    League AF, Yadav-Samudrala BJ, Kolagani R, Cline CA, Jacobs IR, Manke J, Niphakis MJ, Cravatt BF , Lichtman AH, Ignatowska-Jankowska BM, and Fitting S. A Helping HAND: Therapeutic Potential of MAGL Inhibition Against HIV-1-associated Neuroinflammation. 2024 Frontiers in Immunology vol 15.

2. Yadav-Samudrala BJ, Dodson H, Ramineni S, Kim E, Poklis JL, Lu D, Ignatowska-Jankowska BM,  Lichtman AH,  Fitting S Cannabinoid receptor 1 positive allosteric modulator ZCZ011 shows differential effects on behavior and the endocannabinoid system in HIV-1 Tat transgenic female and male mice. 2004 PLOS One (in press)

*Oral and Poster Presentations​

  1. Poster presentationn at the FENS Forum: Ignatowska-Jankowska BM, Turkki TH, Swaminathan L, Uusisaari MY. Disruption of treadmill running by harmaline and cannabinoid agonist in marker-based 3D motion capture of mice. 24-29 June 2024, Vienna, Austria. 

  2. Poster presentationn at the FENS Forum: Turkki TH, Swaminathan L, Ignatowska-Jankowska BM, Uusisaari MY. Disruption of climbing behavior by harmaline in marker-based 3D motion capture of freely moving mice. 24-29 June 2024, Vienna, Austria.

  3. Poster presentation at the International Cannabinoid Research Society Annual Symposium: Ignatowska-Jankowska BM, Swaminathan L, Turkki TH, Uusisaari MY. Effects of CP55,940 on step kinematics during treadmill running in marker based 3D motion capture of mice. International Cannabinoid Research Society Annual Symposium, June 30th- July 5th 2024, Salamanca, Spain.

     

 

2023

*Journals

  1. Yadav-Samudrala BJ, Ravula HP, Barmada KM, Dodson H, Poklis JL, Ignatowska-Jankowska BM, Lichtman AH, Reissner KJ and Fitting S. Acute Effects of Monoacylglycerol Lipase Inhibitor ABX1431 on Neuronal Hyperexcitability, Nociception, Locomotion, and the Endocannabinoid System in HIV-1 Tat Male Mice. Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (in Press).

  2. Jankowski MM, Ignatowska-Jankowska BM,  Glac W,  Wiergowski M, Kaźmierska-Grębowska P,  Świergiel AH.  (2023) Intravenous haloperidol and cocaine alter the distribution of T CD4+ and B lymphocytes and NKT cells in rats. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1681.13762

  3. Justus M. Kebschull, Filippo Casoni, G. Giacomo Consalez, Daniel Goldowitz, Richard Hawkes, Tom J. H. Ruigrok, Karl Schilling, Richard Wingate, Joshua Wu, Joanna Yeung, and Uusisaari M.Y. (2023) Cerebellum Lecture: the Cerebellar Nuclei—Core of the Cerebellum. The Cerebellum. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12311-022-01506-0

*Oral and Poster Presentations​

  1. Lecture as a guest speaker at the Faculty of Human Sciences, Waseda University (早稲田大学　人間科学部「暗黙知」の科学): Uusisaari M.Y.
    Date: February 10, 2023
    Venue: Faculty of Human Sciences, Waseda University, Tokyo
     
  2. Special Lecture at Tokyo Medical and Dental University "Investigation of the inferior olive to understand cerebellar function": Uusisaari M.Y.
    Date: March 3, 2023
    Venue: Graduate School Lecture Room 2, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo.
     
  3. Invited Lecture at Motor Control Science Club, Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Germany. Distinct behavioral phenotypes induced by endocannabinoid modulation in high-precision 3D motion capture of freely moving mice. Ignatowska-Jankowska BM. May 17, 2023, Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Germany.
     
  4. Poster presentation at the International Cannabinoid Research Society Symposium on Cannabinoids, 24-29 June, Toronto, Canada.Ignatowska-Jankowska BM, Gurkan-Ozer A, Kuck A, Niphakis MJ, Ogasawara D, Cravatt BF, Uusisaari M.Y. Endocannabinoid system modulation affects locomotory episode structure. International Cannabinoid Research Society Symposium on Cannabinoids, 24-29 June, Toronto, Canada.
     
  5. Invited talk at the Tohoku NeuroTech Symposium (TNS) 2023. Uusisaari M.Y. “Information”: brain activity seen through the information landscape of animal. July 31, 2023, Sendai, Japan.https://www.tfc.tohoku.ac.jp/junior-research-program/event/9022.html
     
  6. Poster presentation at the 46th Annual Meeting of Japan Neuroscience Society: Refining the Viral Labeling Procedure of the Mouse Inferior Olive by Ventral Approach. Hoedemaker J.F.H, Turkki T, Ignatowska-Jankowska BM, Uusisaari M.Y. August 1-4, 2023, Sendai, Japan.
     
  7. Poster presentation at the Japan Neuroscience Society Meeting. Eguchi K, Shigemoto R. Alternative splicing of CaV2.1-EF-hand regulates coupling between calcium influx-synaptic vesicle exocytosis. August 1-4, Sendai, Japan.
     

  8. Poster presentation at the Cerebellum Gordon Research Seminar: David D, Guo D, Uusisaari M.Y. The investigation of the inferior olive afferents from the superior colliculus in mice. August 5-6, 2023, ME, USA.

  9. Invited talk at the Gordon Research Conference Cerebellum 2023. Uusisaari M.Y. Return of the Olive. August 8, 2023, ME, USA.

  10. Poster presentation at the Cerebellum Gordon Research Conference: David D, Guo D, Uusisaari M.Y. The investigation of the inferior olive afferents from the superior colliculus in mice. August 6-11, 2023, ME, USA.

  11. Poster Presentation at Benzon Symposium 67 – Bringing Circuit for Movement Together.SA Lacava, Uusisaari M.Y. The role of tails in maitaining balance: neuronal and behavioral insights from the mouse. September 4-7, 2023, Copenhagen, Denmark.

  12. Talk at the NIPS meeting on Synapse Physiology. Eguchi K & Shigemoto R. "Alternative splicing of CaV2.1 EF-hand regulates calcium influx-sensor coupling for neurotransmitter release in mouse cerebellar synapses". October 19-20, 2023, Kagoshima, Japan.

  13. Invited talk at the Janelia research campus. Swaminathan L, Of Movement and Mice. November 7, 2023, VA, USA.

  14. Poster presentation at the 52nd Annual Society for Neuroscience meeting: Inhibition of endocannabinoid catabolic enzymes affects locomotory episode structure in mice., Ignatowska-Jankowska BM, Gurkan-Ozer A, Kuck A, Niphakis MJ, Ogasawara D, Cravatt BF, Uusisaari M.Y. 11-15 November 2023 Washington DC, USA Presentation Number: PSTR046.14

  15. Poster presentation at the 52nd Annual Society for Neuroscience meeting: Exploring body configurations of mice during treadmill running locomotion. Swaminathan L, Ignatowska-Jankowska BM, Gurkan Ozer A, Uusisaari M.Y. 11-15 November 2023, Washington DC, USA Presentation Number: PSTR416.07

  16. Presentation at University at Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, David DL. “The study of superior colliculus to inferior olive pathway” December 12, 2023, CO, USA.

  17. Invited talk at Institute of Biomedical Sciences (IBMS), Academia Sinica. Eguchi K. The physiological impact of Cav2.1 EF-hand alternative splicing on calcium influx-sensor coupling for neurotransmitter release. December 19, 2023, Taiwan.

  18. Lecture at Tampere University, Gamification group, Uusisaari M.Y. How minds move matter - on computation below cognition. December 19, 2023, Finland.

  19. Presentation at University of Helsinki, Synaptic Plasticity and Development group, Turkki, T. "Examining Morphological and Transcriptional Effects of Motor Learning in the Mouse Inferior Olive" December 20, 2023, Finland.
     
  20. Talk at the Neuroscience Symposium "The past and the future of synaptic physiology": Eguchi K. "Exploring the role of phosphoinositides in synaptic transmission by visualization and manipulation". February 13-14, 2024, at OIST, Japan.
     
  21. Talk at the Sensorimotor circuits for limb control Workshop at OIST. Uusisaari M.Y. More than a decoration: how mice use tails for balancing. March 6, 2024 at OIST, Japan.
     

  22. Open lecture at the Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences: Distinct behavioral phenotypes induced by endocannabinoid modulation in high-precision 3D motion capture of freely moving mice. Ignatowska-Jankowska BM March 6th 2024, Cracow, Poland.

  23. Talk at the OIST internal seminar: Eguchi K. Regulation of the stability of synaptic transmission mediated by CaV2.1 EF-hand alternative splicing and tightness of calcium influx-sensor coupling. March 8, 2024, at OIST, Japan.

  24. Seminar at the Department of the Animal Physiology, University of Gdansk: Distinct behavioral phenotypes induced by endocannabinoid modulation in high-precision 3D motion capture of freely moving mice. Ignatowska-Jankowska BM. March 13th 2024, Gdansk, Poland.

  25. Talk at the 101st Annual Meeting of The Physiological Society of Japan: Eguchi K & Shigemoto R. "Physiological impact of P/Q-type voltage-gated calcium channel distribution in the presynaptic active zone on synaptic transmission". Symposium "The physiological significance of ion-regulated membrane protein localization revealed by morphological and physiological approaches" (organizers: Ayako Takeuchi, Yugo Fukazawa). March 28-30, 2024, Japan.

2022

*Journals

  1. Dorgans K., Kuhn B., Uusisaari M.Y. (2022) In Vitro VoltageImaging of Subthreshold Activity in Inferior Olive Neurons with ANNINE-6plus. In: Sillitoe R.V. (eds) Measuring Cerebellar Function. Neuromethods, vol 177. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2026-7_8
     
  2. Spaeth L., Gagneux T., Dorgans K.,  Valera A., Sugihara I., Isope P. (2022) Mapping Synaptic Connectivity in the Cerebellar Cortex Using RuBi-Glutamate Uncaging. In: Sillitoe R.V. (eds) Measuring Cerebellar Function. Neuromethods, vol 177. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2026-7_9
     
  3. Spaeth L., Bahuguna J., Gagneux T., Dorgans K., Sugihara I., Poulain B., Battaglia D., Isope P. Cerebellar connectivity maps embody individual adaptive behavior in mice. Nat Commun 13, 580 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-27984-8
     
  4. Xu C, Yadav-Samudrala BJ, Xu C, Nath B, Mistry T, Jiang W, Niphakis MJ, Cravatt BF, Mukhopadhyay S, Lichtman AH. Ignatowska-Jankowska BM, and Fitting S. (2022) Inhibitory neurotransmission is sex-dependently affected by Tat expression in transgenic mice and suppressed by the fatty acid amide hydrolase enzyme inhibitor PF3845 via cannabinoid type-1 receptor mechanisms. Cells 2022, 11(5), 857; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11050857
     
  5. Dorgans K., Guo D, Kurima K, Wickens J.R. and Uusisaari M. Y.(2022) Designing AAV vectors for in vivo monitoring of the subtle calcium fluctuations of inferior olive network. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience-Cellular Neurophysiology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fncel.2022.825056

*Oral and Poster Presentations​

  1. Poster presentation at the 2022 Eliahu Youdim annual symposium of The National Institute for Psychobiology in Israel. Nora Vrieler, Oren Amsalem, Idan Segev, Uusisaari MY, Yosef Yarom. Action potentials in Inferior Olive neurons are triggered by localized intrinsic regenerative events. June 2022

  2. Oral blitz presentation and poster at ICRS2022:
    Positive allosteric modulator of CB1 receptor: a potential therapeutic target for HAND.Yadav-Samudrala BJ, Kim E, Ramineni S, Gorman B, Lu D, Poklis J, Lichtman A, Ignatowska-Jankowska BM and Fitting S. 25-30 June 2022, Galway, Ireland.

  3. Invited talk at Neuro2022, 45th Annual Meeting of Japan Neuroscience Society: Distinct behavioral phenotypes induced by endocannabinoid modulation in high-precision marker-based 3D motion capture of freely moving mice.  Ignatowska-Jankowska BM, Gurkan-Ozer A, Kuck A, Niphakis MJ, Ogasawara D, Cravatt BF, Uusisaari MY. Symposium “New tools to target the endocannabinoid system for therapeutic benefit” (symposium chair and organizer Bogna Ignatowska-Jankowska, June 30 - July 3, 2022, Okinawa, Japan.

  4. Poster presentation at Neuro2022, 45th Annual Meeting of Japan Neuroscience Society: Detecting step cycles using embedding techniques on high- precision 3D kinematics of freely locomoting mice. Swaminathan L, Ignatowska-Jankowska BM, Gurkan-Ozer A  Uusisaari MY. June 30 - July 3, 2022, Okinawa, Japan.

  5. Poster presentation at Neuro2022, 45th Annual Meeting of Japan Neuroscience Society: Interplay between entropy and integration quantifies drug-induced changes in mice behavioral complexity. Keshmiri S, Ignatowska-Jankowska BM, Gurkan-Ozer A, Kuck A, Micah Niphakis MJ, Daisuke Ogasawara D, Cravatt BF, Uusisaari MY. June 30 - July 3, 2022, Okinawa, Japan.

  6. Poster presentation at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society : Guo D, Uusisaari MY. The diverse effect of cerebellar nuclei input on inferior olive neurons. JNS, June 30 - July 3, 2022, Okinawa, Japan.

  7. Poster presentation at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society: David DL, Uusisaari MY. The anatomical study of the superior colliculus to inferior olive pathway. JNS, June 30 - July 3, 2022, Okinawa, Japan.

  8. Poster presentation at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society: SA Lacava, Uusisaari MY. An anatomical investigation on the vestibulospinal projections to the tail motoneurons in mice. JNS, June 30 - July 3, 2022, Okinawa, Japan.

  9. Poster presentation: SA Lacava, Uusisaari MY. Tail motoneurons are targeted by vestibular complex axons in mice. Neuronal Control of Movement (NMS) July 2022

  10. Talk at the Indian Institute of Science: Lakshmipriya Swaminathan "Detecting step cycles using embedding techniques on high-precision 3D kinematics of freely locomoting mice". August 10th 2022.
    Venue: Main Seminar Hall, Centre for Neuroscience, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

  11. OIST Internal Seminar (RAM 2022 Scientific Talks)
    Hugo Hoedemaker (nRIM Visiting Researcher) "Refinement of surgical procedures in laboratory animals" October 20, 2022
    https://groups.oist.jp/orc/event/ram-2022-scientific-talks-1

  12. OIST Internal Seminar:
    Lakshmipriya Swaminathan "Of Movement and Mice" October 21, 2022
    https://groups.oist.jp/iss/event/seminar-lakshmipriya-swaminathan-neuronal-rhythms-movement-unit-tba

  13. OIST RAM 2022 BLITZ talk
    Deviana David "An endeavour to study the neurobiological basis of behavior" October 31, 2022.

  14. OIST RAM 2022 BLITZ talk
    Salvatore Lacava “Follow the tail: a story on what mice can teach us about balance" October 31, 2022.

  15. Poster presentation at the 2022 Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN): Guo D, Uusisaari MY. Nucleo-olivary pathway bidirectionally modulates inferior olive activity in living mice. Neuroscience 2022, November 11-16, 2022, San Diego, USA.

  16. Talk at OIST/Humanoids 2022 Joint Workshop: Uusisaari MY "Animal intelligence: what and where is it" December 1, 2022
    Venue: Auditorium, OIST
    https://www.humanoids2022.org/program/oisthumanoids2022-joint-workshop

  17. University of Helsinki Neuroscience Seminar Series:
    Tara Turkki “The Effects of AAV-delivered GCaMP6s Expression in the Inferior Olive on Mouse Motor Function” December 21, 2022
    Venue: Biomedicum 1, University of Helsinki, Finland

Databases:

https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/BioImages/studies/S-BIAD408

2021

*Journals

  1. League AF, Gorman BL, Hermes DJ, Johnson CT, Jacobs IR, Yadav-Samudrala BJ, Poklis JL, Niphakis MJ, Cravatt BF, Lichtman AH, Ignatowska-Jankowska BM, and Sylvia Fitting S. (2021) Monoacylglycerol Lipase Inhibitor MJN110 Reduces Neuronal Hyperexcitability, Restores Dendritic Arborization Complexity, and Regulates Reward-Related Behavior in Presence of HIV-1 Tat. Frontiers in Neurology doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2021.651272

  2. Hermes DJ, Yadav-Samudrala BJ, Xu C, Paniccia JC, Meeker RB, Armstrong ML, Reisdorph N, Cravatt BF, Mackie K, Lichtman AH,  Ignatowska-Jankowska BM, Lysle DT, Fitting S. (2021)  GPR18 drives FAAH inhibition-induced neuroprotection against HIV-1 Tat-induced neurodegeneration. Experimental Neurology  341:113699. 341:113699.  doi.org/10.1016/j.expneurol.2021.113699

  3. Guo D., Gürkan Özer A., & Uusisaari M. Y. (2021). In vivo Calcium Imaging in Mouse Inferior Olive. JoVE, e62222. https://doi.org/doi:10.3791/62222
     

*Oral and Poster Presentations​

  1. Online lecture at Waseda University
    Uusisaari MY "Brain states, information and emotion in body kinematics"
    Date: February 4th, 2022

  2. OIST Internal Seminar:
    Da Guo "Dig deep to feel the rhythms at bottom of brain: recording the inferior olive activity in alive mice"
    - Date: November 12, 2021
    - Place: L4E01,OIST and Zoom
    https://groups.oist.jp/iss/event/seminar-da-guo-neuronal-rhythms-movement-unit-dig-deep-feel-rhythms-bottom-brain-recording

  3. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the SfN: Vrieler N, Lefler Y, Amsalem O, Medvedev N, Vaso K, Gurkan-Ozer A., Segev I, Uusisaari MY and Yarom Y. Fast depolarizing events triggered by synaptic inputs suggest activation of intrinsic regenerative currents in axonal spines. (Trainee Professional Development Award). 8-11Nov 2021
     

  4. Online presentation at AbGradCon (Astrobiology Graduate Conference) 2021
    L.Swaminathan "Mathematical measures of complexity as a marker of life" September 14th, 2021
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1WZ4qxkig0

  5. OIST Internal Seminar :
    S.Lacava "A tale of tails: what we can learn on the neuronal control of balance"
    - Date: August 13, 2021
    - Place: C700, Lab 3 and Zoom
    https://groups.oist.jp/iss/event/salvatore-andrea-lacava-neuronal-rhythms-movement-unit-tale-tails-what-we-can-learn

  6. Oral presentation at 31st International Cannabinoid Research Society (ICRS) Symposium on Cannabinoids: Ignatowska-Jankowska B, Gurkan-Ozer A., Kuck A, Niphakis M, Ogasawara D, Cravatt BF, Uusisaari MY. Distinct kinematic characteristics of MAGL and FAAH inhibition in high precision 3D motion capture analysis of freely behaving mice. Jerusalem, Israel, 21-24 June 2021.
     
  7. Presentation at the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Global Connectome Virtual Event. Ignatowska-Jankowska B, Gurkan-Ozer A., Kuck A, Niphakis M,  Ogasawara D, Cravatt BF,Uusisaari MY.  Rodent 3D Motion Capture system uncovers distinct behavioral effects of cannabinoids in freely moving mice. SfN, January 11-13th 2021
     
  8. Poster Presentation at the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Global Connectome Virtual Event. K.Dorgans, B.Kuhn, Uusisaari MY. Imaging subthreshold voltage oscillation with cellular resolution in the inferior olive in vitro. SfN, January 12th 2021

2020

*Journals​

  1. Neil Dalphin, Kevin Dorgans, Eugene Khaskin, Bernd Kuhn. Voltage imaging of cortical oscillations in layer1 with two-photon microscopy.     https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0274-19.2020
     
  2. Hermes DJ, Jacobs IR, Key MC, League AF, Yadav-Samudrala BJ, Xu C, McLane VD, Nass SR, Jiang W, Meeker RB, Ignatowska-Jankowska BM, Lichtman AH, Li Z, Wu Z, Yuan H, Knapp PE, Hauser KF, and Fitting S. (2020) Escalating morphine dosing in HIV-1 Tat transgenic mice with sustained Tat exposure leads to an allostatic shift in neuroinflammatory regulation accompanied by increased neuroprotective non-endocannabinoid lipid signaling molecules and amino acids. Journal of Neuroinflammation 17, 345. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12974-020-01971-6 
     
  3. Dorgans K, Kuhn B, Uusisaari MY(2020) Imaging subthreshold voltage oscillation with cellular resolution in the inferior olive in vitro. Frontiers  doi: 10.3389/fncel.2020.607843

*Oral and Poster Presentations​

  1. Science Digest Talk:
    Dr. Kevin Dorgans on "In vitro imaging of subthreshold voltage oscillation in the inferior olive"
    - Date: Thursday, October 22, 2020
    - Place: C209, OIST and Zoom
     
  2. Science Digest Talk:
    Dr. Ignatowska-Jankowska on "Distinct behavioral effects of cannabinoids in 3D motion capture of freely moving mice"
    - Date: Monday, June 29, 2020
    - Place: C700, OIST and Zoom
     
  3. Poster presentation at the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) Virtual FENS Forum: Ignatowska-Jankowska B,Gurkan-Ozer A., Kuck A, Micah Niphakis, Daisuke Ogasawara, Benjamin F Cravatt,Uusisaari MY.  Distinct behavioral effects of cannabinoids in 3D motion capture of freely moving mice Virtual FENS Forum 2020,  1-15 July.
     
  4. Poster presentation at the 43rd Annual Meeting of Japan Neuroscience Society (JNS): Guo D, Dorgans K, Uusisaari MY. In vivo network activity of mouse inferior olive neurons. JNS, July 29 - August 1, 2020.
     
  5. Poster presentation at the 43rd Annual Meeting of Japan Neuroscience Society (JNS): Lacava SA, Uusisaari MY. The mouse tail response to a balance perturbation. JNS, July 29 - August 1, 2020.
     
  6. Poster Presentation Prize at "PDS research summit 2020" in Stellenbosch University, Western Cape, South Africa: Dorgans K. Imaging subthreshold voltage oscillation with cellular resolution in the inferior olive in vitro. November, 2020.

       

2019

*Journals​

  1. Vrieler N., Loyola S., Yarden-Rabinowitz Y., Medvedev N., Hoogland T., De Zeeuw CI., De Schutter E., Yarom Y., Negrello M., Torben-Nielsen B., Uusisaari MY. Variability and directionality of inferior olive neuron dendrites revealed by detailed 3D characterization of an extensive morphological library. Brain Structure and Function 224: 1677-1695. doi: 10.1007/s00429-019-01859-z
     
  2. Mustafa M, Donvito G, Moncayo L, Swafford A, Poklis J, Grauer R, Olszewska T, Ignatowska-Jankowska BM, Kendall D, Lu D, Lichtman AH. (2020) In vivo evaluation of the CB1 allosteric modulator LDK1258 reveals CB1-receptor independent behavioral effects. Pharmacol Biochem Behav, 190: 172840. doi:10.1016/j.pbb.2019.1728402.  
     
  3. Jacobs IR, Xu C, Hermes DJ, Xu C, Niphakis MJ, Cravatt BF, Mackie K, Lichtman AH, Ignatowska-Jankowska BM and Fitting S. (2019) Inhibitory control deficits associated with upregulation of CB1R in the HIV-Tat transgenic mouse model of HAND. J Neuroimmune Pharmacol, 14(4):661–678. doi:10.1007/s11481-019-09867-w3.    
     
  4. Donvito G, Piscitelli F, Muldoon P, Jackson A, Vitale RM, D'Aniello E, Giordano C, Ignatowska-Jankowska BM, Mustafa MA, Guida F, Petrie GN, Parker L, Smoum R, Sim-Selley L, Maione S, Lichtman AH, Damaj MI, Di Marzo V, Mechoulam R. (2019) N-Oleoyl-glycine reduces nicotine reward and withdrawal in mice. Neuropharmacology, 19; 148: 320-331. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2018.03.020.
     
  5. Dorgans  K,  Demais  V,  Bailly  Y,  Poulain  B,  Isope  P,  Doussau  F,  Short-term plasticity  at  cerebellar  granule  cell  to  molecular  layer  interneuron  synapses expands  information  processing.   ELife.   2019  May  13;8.   pii:   e41586.   doi:10.7554/eLife.41586.
     
  6. Ozcan OO, Wang X, Binda F, Dorgans K, De Zeeuw C, Gao Z, Aertsen, KumarA,  Isope  P.  Differential  Coding  Strategies  in  Glutamatergic  and  GABAergic Neurons in the Medial Cerebellar Nucleus.  J Neurosci.  2020 Jan 2;40(1):159-170.  doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0806-19.2019.  Epub 2019 Nov 6.
     
  7. Straub I, Witter L, Eshra A, Hoidis M, Byczkowicz N, Maas S, Delvendahl I, Dorgans K, Savier E, Bechmann I, Krueger M, Isope P, Hallermann S. Gradients in the mammalian cerebellar cortex enable Fourier-like transformation and improve storing capacity.Elife. 2020 Feb 5;9. pii: e51771. doi: 10.7554/eLife.51771
     

*Books and other one-time publications

  1. Online database of inferior olive neurons published on neuromorpho.org http://neuromorpho.org/NeuroMorpho_ArchiveLinkout.jsp?ARCHIVE=Uusisaari&DATE=2019-12-13
     

*Oral and Poster Presentations​

  1. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the SfN: Vrieler N, Uusisaari MY and Yarom Y. On the organization of electrical coupling between inferior olive neurons, and its influence on synchronized rhythmicity. 19-23 Oct 2019
     
  2. Ignatowska-Jankowska BM, Kuck A, Uusisaari MY: Talk at CannX 4th International Medical Cannabis Conference, Tel Aviv, Israel. Kinematic signatures of cannabinoids in 3D motion capture in mice, 9-10 Sept 2019
     
  3. Ignatowska-Jankowska BM, Poster at 29th Annual International Cannabinoid Research Society Symposium on Cannabinoids. Kinematic signatures of cannabinoid signaling in mice: CP55,940. Bethesda, USA. (ICRS/NIDA Travel Award). 29 Jun-4 July19
     
  4. Guo D, Dorgans K, Uusisaari MY. In vivo calcium imaging of mouse inferior olive neurons. Cerebellum Conference GRC, Les Diablerets, Switzerland, July 14. - 19., 2019
     
  5. Synaptic operational rules for locomotor adaptation in the cerebellum. Spaeth L, Bahuguna J, Gagneux T, Petit-Desmoulieres N, Dorgans K, Sugihara I, Poulain B, Battaglia D and Isope P. Gordon Research Conference. July 14 - 19, 2019, Les Diablerets, Switzerland.
     
  6. Organization of the temporal coding rules of the sensorimotor information in the cerebellar modules. Rossi, Dorgans K et al. Cerebellum Days, Strasbourg, January 2019. Best poster award
     
  7. Gradients in the mammalian cerebellar cortex enable Fourier-like transformation and improve storing capacity.  Straub I, Witter L, Eshra A, Hoidis M, Byczkow-icz  N,  Maas  S,  Delvendahl  I,  Dorgans  K,  Savier  E,  Bechmann  I,  Krueger  M,Isope P, Hallermann S. Gordon conference, les Diablerets, July2019

2018

* Journals​

  1. Hermes DJ, Xu C, Poklis JL, Niphakis MJ, Cravatt BF, Mackie K, Lichtman AH, Ignatowska-Jankowska BM, Fitting S. Neuroprotective effects of fatty acid amide hydrolase catabolic enzyme inhibition in a HIV-1 Tat model of neuroAIDS. ​Journal of Neuropharmacology.  doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2018.08.013. (2018)
     
  2. Kuck, A., Stegeman DF., van der Kooij H., van Asseldonk EHF. Changes in H-Reflex Recruitment After Trans-Spinal Direct Current Stimulation With Multiple Electrode Configurations. Frontiers in Neuroscience, Neural Technology DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2018.00151 (2018)
     
  3. Kuck A., Stegeman DF, van Asseldonk EHF. Modeling Trans-Spinal Direct Current Stimulation in the Presence of Spinal Implants”. TNSRE DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TNSRE.2019.2900377 (2019)
     
  4. Vrieler N., Loyola S., Yarden-Rabinowitz Y., Medvedev N., Hoogland T., De Zeeuw CI., De Schutter E., Yarom Y., Negrello M., Torben-Nielsen B., Uusisaari MY. Variability and directionality of inferior olive neuron dendrites revealed by detailed 3D characterization of an extensive morphological library. Brain Structure and Function (Available online March 30th, 2019)  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-019-01859-z
     

* Oral and Poster Presentations

  1. Uusisaari, MY. From dendritic and network architecture to motor organization in the olivo-cerebellar system. Invited talk at Helsinki University, May 8th, 2018
     
  2. Uusisaari, MY. Invited talk at joint OIST/KAIST symposium: Intelligence in Biological Systems and Its Application to Machines. Daejeon, Korea, June 4-5, 2018
     
  3. Ignatowska-Jankowska BM.  Emerging behavioral models: From 3D motion capture to behavioral transcriptomics. Plenary lecture at Polish Scientific Networks (PNS): Science & Medicine Conference, Lodz, Poland, June 21-23, 2018
     
  4. Ignatowska-Jankowska BM, Hermes DJ, Xu C, Jacob IR, Meeker RB, Niphakis MJ, Cravatt BF, Mackie K, Lichtman AH and Fitting S. Inhibition of FAAH protects against microglial activation and neurotoxicity induced by HIV-1 Tat protein in vitro. Oral presentation ay Annual International Cannabinoid Research Society Meeting, Leiden, Netherlands, 1-4 July 2018
     
  5. Ignatowska-Jankowska BM, Hermes DJ, Xu C, Jacobs IR, Meeker RB, Niphakis MJ, Cravatt BF, Mackie K, Lichtman AH and Fitting S. Upregulation of endocannabinoid signaling is neuroprotective against HIV-1 Tat neurotoxicity in vitro. FENS, Berlin, Germany, 7-11 July 2018
     
  6. Ignatowska-Jankowska BM, Xu C, Hermes DJ, Jacobs IR, Meeker RB, Mackie K, Niphakis MJ, Cravatt  BF, Lichtman  AH, and Fitting S. Neuroprotective effects of endocannabinoids in models of neuronal damage induced by HIV-1 Tat protein. Oral presentation at 41st  Annual Japan Neuroscience Society Meeting (JNS), Kobe, Japan. July 25 - 27, 2018
     
  7. Tang A, Uusisaari MY. Axonal Spike Bursting in the Inferior Olive is Oscillatory-State Dependent. Oral presentation at at 41st  Annual Japan Neuroscience Society Meeting (JNS), Kobe, Japan. July 25 - 27, 2018
     
  8. Kuck A,  Ignatowska-Jankowska BM, Uusisaari MY. Application of real-time marker-based motion capture for the kinematic analysis of freely behaving mice. SfN Annual Meeting, San Diego, USA, November 3. - 7., 2018
     
  9. Ignatowska-Jankowska BM. New pharmacological strategies to target the endocannabinoid system. Department of Biopharmacy, Medical University in Lublin, Poland. December 18th, 2018 
     
  10. Ignatowska-Jankowska BM. Emerging behavioral models: from 3D motion capture to behavioral transcriptomics. Lecture for Pharmacy PhD Program at the Medical University in Lublin, Poland. December 19th, 2018
     
  11. Kuck A,  Ignatowska-Jankowska BM, Uusisaari MY. Application of passive marker-based motion capture for the kinematic analysis of freely behaving mice. OIST/Osaka University joint symposium, Osaka, Japan, January 28. - 29., 2019
     
  12. Lacava S, Uusisaari MY. A motion capture study of Acoustic Startle Response in mice under different lighting conditions. OIST/Osaka University joint symposium, Osaka, Japan, January 28. - 29., 2019
     
  13. Uusisaari MY. Seeking modularity in motor timing. Invited talk at OIST/Osaka University joint symposium, Osaka, Japan, January 28. - 29., 2019

2017

  1. Uusisaari, MY.  From Morphology to network activity: dendritic clustering and oscillatory behavior in inferior olive neurons. Japanese Neuroscience Society meeting 2017, Chiba, Japan, July 20-23 (2017).
     
  2. Uusisaari, MY.  Dendritic architecture and dynamic activity clustering in the inferior olive. Gordon Research Conference on Cerebellum, Lewinston, USA, July 30 - August 4 (2017).
     
  3. Tang, A., Uusisaari, MY. Axonal spike bursting in inferior olive cells is oscillation state-dependent. Australian Neuroscience Society meeting, Sydney, Australia, December 3 - 6 (2017).