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191. Frolov, R.V., Severina, I., Novikova, E., Ignatova, I.I., Liu, H., Zhukovskaya, M., Torkkeli, P.H. and French, A.S. (2022) Opsin knockdown specifically slows phototransduction in broadband and UV-sensitive photoreceptors in Periplaneta americana. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. doi:10.1007/s00359-022-01580-z
190. French, A.S. and Warren, B. (2021) Gene transcription changes in a locust model of noise-induced deafness. Journal of Neurophysiology 125: 2264-2278. doi:10.1152/jn.00119.2021
189. Johnson, J.A.G., Liu, H., Höger, U., Rogers, S.M., Sivapalan, K., French, A.S. and Torkkeli, P.H. (2021) Mechanotransduction channel Piezo is widely expressed in the spider, Cupiennius Salei, mechanosensory neurons and central nervous system. Scientific Reports 11:7994. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-87202-1
188. Hennenfent, A., Liu, H., Torkkeli, P.H. and French, A.S. (2020) RNA interference supports a role for Nanchung-Inactive in mechanotransduction by the cockroach, Periplaneta americana, tactile spine. Invertebrate Neuroscience 20: 1-12. doi: 10.1007/s10158-019-0234-x
187. Ignatova, I.I., French, A.S., Torkkeli, P.H., Liu, H. and Frolov, R.V. (2020) Suppression of Gq and PLC gene expression in Periplaneta americana has a small effect on responses to light. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. doi: 10.1007/s00359-020-01417-7
186. Warren, B., Fenton, G., Klenschi, E., Windmill, J.F.C. and French, A.S. (2020) Physiological basis of noise-induced hearing loss in a tympanal ear. Journal of Neuroscience 40: 3130-3140. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2279-19.2019
185. Saari, P., Immonen, E.V., Kemppainen, J., Heimonen, K., Zhukovskaya, M., Novikova, E., French, A.S., Torkkeli, P.H., Liu, H. and Frolov, R. (2018) Changes in electrophysiological properties of photoreceptors in Periplaneta americana associated with the loss of screening pigment. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 204: 915-928. doi: 10.1007/s00359-018-1290-0
184. Saari, P., Immonen, E.V., French, A.S., Torkkeli, P.H., Liu, H., Heimonen, K. and Frolov, R.V. (2018) Electrical interactions between photoreceptors in the compound eye of Periplaneta americana. Journal of Experimental Biology 221: 189340. doi:10.1242/jeb.189340
183. Frolov, R., Immonen, E.V., Saari, P., Torkkeli, P.H., Liu, H. and French, A.S. (2018) Phenotypic plasticity in Periplaneta americana photoreceptors. Journal of General Physiology 150: 1386-1396. doi: 10.1085/jgp.201611737
182. Sukumar, V., Liu, H., Meisner, S., French, A.S. and Torkkeli, P.H. (2018) Multiple biogenic amine receptor types modulate spider, Cupiennius salei, mechanosensory neurons. Frontiers in Physiology 9: 857. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.00857
181. French, A.S. and Pfeiffer, K. (2018) Nonlinearization: Naturalistic stimulation reveals nonlinear dynamic behavior in a spider mechanoreceptor. Biological Cybernetics 112: 403-413. doi: 10.1007/s00422-018-0763-0
180. Ignatova, I., French, A.S. and Frolov, R. (2018) Effects of phase correlations in naturalistic stimuli on quantitative information coding by fly photoreceptors. Journal of Neurophysiology 119: 2276-2290. doi: 10.1152/jn.00017.2018
179. Fabian-Fine, R., Anderson, C., Roush, M., Johnson, J.A.G., Liu, H., French, A.S. and Torkkeli, P.H. (2017) The distribution of cholinergic neurons, and their co-localization with FMRFamide in central and peripheral neurons of the spider Cupiennius salei. Cell and Tissue Research 370: 71-88. doi: 10.1007/s00441-017-2652-6
178. Saari, P., French, A.S., Torkkeli, P.H., Liu, H., Immonen, E.V. and Frolov, R. (2017) Distinct roles of light-activated channels TRP and TRPL in photoreceptors of Periplaneta americana. Journal of General Physiology 149: 455-464.
177. Immonen, E.V., French, A.S., Torkkeli, P.H. Liu, H., Vähäsöyrinki, M. and Frolov, R.V. (2017) EAG channels expressed in microvillar photoreceptors are unsuited to diurnal vision. Journal of Physiology 595: 5465-5479. doi: 10.1113/JP273612
176. Liu, H., French, A.S. and Torkkeli, P.H. (2017) Expression of Cys-loop receptor subunits and acetylcholine binding protein in the mechanosensory neurons, glial cells and muscle of the spider Cupiennius salei. Journal of Comparative Neurology 525: 1139-1154. doi: 10.1002/cne.24122
175. French, A.S., Immonen, E.V. and Frolov, R.V. (2016) Static and dynamic adaptation of insect photoreceptor responses to naturalistic stimuli. Frontiers in Physiology 7: 477. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2016.00477
174. Pfeiffer, K. and French, A.S. (2015) Naturalistic stimulation changes the dynamic response of action potential encoding in a mechanoreceptor. Frontiers in Physiology 6: 303. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2015.00303
173. Torkkeli, P.H., Liu, H. and French, A.S. (2015) Transcriptome analysis of the central and peripheral nervous systems of the spider Cupiennius salei reveals multiple putative Cys-loop ligand gated ion channel subunits and an acetylcholine binding protein. PLoS ONE. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138068
172. French, A.S., Meisner, S., Liu, H., Weckström, M. and Torkkeli, P.H. (2015) Transcriptome analysis and RNA interference of cockroach phototransduction indicate three opsins and suggest a major role for TRPL channels. Frontiers in Physiology 6: 207. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2015.00207
171. French, A.S. and Torkkeli, P.H. (2015) Some recent advances in spider sensory physiology. Physiology News 99: 34-37.
170. Ignatova, I., French, A.S., Frolov, R. and Weckström, M. (2014) Equilibrating errors: reliable estimation of information transmission rates in biological systems. Biological Cybernetics 108: 305-320.
169. French, A.S., Li, A.W., Meisner, S. and Torkkeli, P.H. (2014) Upstream open reading frames and Kozak regions of assembled transcriptome sequences from the spider Cupiennius salei. Selection or chance? Gene 539: 203-208.
168. French, A.S., Meisner, S., Su, C-Y and Torkkeli, P.H. (2014) CO2 and fruit odor transduction in Drosophila olfactory neurons. What controls their dynamic properties? PLoS ONE 9: e86347.
167. French, A.S. (2012) Transcriptome walking: A laboratory-oriented GUI-based approach to mRNA identification from deep-sequenced data. BMC Research Notes 5:673-680.
166. Torkkeli, P.H., Meisner, S., Pfeiffer, K. and French, A.S. (2012) GABA and glutamate receptors have different effects on excitability and are differentially regulated by calcium in spider mechanosensory neurons. European Journal of Neuroscience 36: 3602-3614.
165. Schmitz, J., Höger, U., Torkkeli, P.H. and French, A.S. (2012) Calcium buffering and clearance in spider mechanosensory neurons. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 198: 477-483.
164. Pfeiffer, K., Torkkeli P.H. and French A.S. (2012) Activation of GABAA receptors modulates all stages of mechanoreception in spider mechanosensory neurons. Journal of Neurophysiology 107: 196-204.
163. French, A.S. and Pfeiffer, K. (2011) Measuring entropy in continuous and digitally filtered neural signals. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 196: 81-87.
162. French, A.S., Torkkeli, P.H. and Schuckel, J. (2011) Dynamic characterization of Drosophila antennal olfactory neurons indicates multiple opponent signaling pathways in odor discrimination. Journal of Neuroscience 31: 861-869.
161. Höger, U., Torkkeli, P.H. and French, A.S. (2010) Feedback modulation of transduction by calcium in a spider mechanoreceptor. European Journal of Neuroscience 32: 1473-1479.
160. Pfeiffer, K. and French, A.S. (2009) GABAergic excitation of spider mechanoreceptors increases information capacity by increasing entropy rather than decreasing jitter. Journal of Neuroscience 29: 10989-10994.
159. Schuckel, J., Torkkeli, P.H. and French, A.S. (2009) Two interacting olfactory transduction mechanisms have linked polarities and dynamics in Drosophila melanogaster antennal basiconic sensilla neurons. Journal of Neurophysiology 102: 214-223.
158. French, A.S. (2009) The systems analysis approach to mechanosensory coding. Biological Cybernetics 100: 417-426
157. Pfeiffer, K., Panek, I., Höger, U., French, A.S. and Torkkeli, P.H. (2009) Random stimulation of spider mechanosensory neurons reveals long-lasting excitation by GABA and muscimol. Journal of Neurophysiology 101: 54-66.
156. Höger, U., Meisner, S., Torkkeli, P.H. and French, A.S. (2008) Regional distribution of calcium elevation during sensory transduction in spider mechanoreceptor neurons. Neuroscience Research 62: 278-285.
155. Schuckel, J. and French, A.S.(2008) A digital sequence method of dynamic olfactory characterization. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 171: 98-103.
154. Schuckel, J., Meisner, S., Torkkeli, P.H. and French, A.S. (2008) Dynamic properties of Drosophila olfactory electroantennograms. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 194: 483-489.
153. Panek, I., Höger, U., French, A.S. and Torkkeli, P.H.(2008) Contributions of voltage- and Ca2+-activated conductances to GABA induced depolarization in spider mechanosensory neurons. Journal of Neurophysiology 99: 1596-1606.
152. French, A.S. and Torkkeli, P.H. (2008) The power law of sensory adaptation: simulation by a simple model of excitability in spider mechanoreceptor neurons. Annals of Biomedical Engineering 36: 153-161.
151. Höger, U., Torkkeli, P.H. and French, A.S. (2007) Ratiometric calcium concentration estimation by LED excitation during mechanotransduction in single sensory neurons. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 164: 255-260.
150. French, A.S. and Meisner, S. (2007) A new method for wide frequency range dynamic olfactory stimulation and characterization. Chemical Senses 32: 681-688.
149. Mitsis, G.D., French, A.S., Höger, U., Courellis, S. and Marmarelis, V.Z. (2007) Principal dynamic mode analysis of action potential firing in a spider mechanoreceptor. Biological Cybernetics 96: 113-127.
148. French, A.S., Panek, I. and Torkkeli, P.H. (2006) Shunting versus inactivation: simulation of GABAergic inhibition in spider mechanoreceptors suggests that either is sufficient. Neuroscience Research 55: 189-196.
147. Widmer A., Panek I. Höger U., Meisner S., French A.S. and Torkkeli P.H. (2006) Acetylcholine receptors in spider peripheral mechanosensilla. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 192: 85-95.
146. Höger U., Torkkeli P.H. and French A.S. (2005) Calcium concentration changes during sensory transduction in spider mechanoreceptor neurons. European Journal of Neuroscience 22: 3171-3178.
145. Widmer A., Höger U., Meisner S., French A.S. and Torkkeli P.H. (2005) Spider peripheral mechanosensory neurons are directly innervated and modulated by octopaminergic efferents. Journal of Neuroscience 25: 1588-1598.
144. Höger, U. and French, A.S. (2005) Slow adaptation in spider mechanoreceptor neurons. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 191: 403-411.
143. Justus, K.A., Cardé R.T. and French, A.S. (2005) Dynamic properties of antennal responses to pheromone in two moth species. Journal of Neurophysiology 93: 2233-2239.
142. Gingl, E., French, A.S., Panek, I., Meisner, S. and Torkkeli, P.H. (2004) Dendritic excitability and localization of GABA mediated inhibition in spider mechanoreceptor neurons. European Journal of Neuroscience 20: 59-65.
141. French, A.S. and Torkkeli, P.H. (2004) Mechanotransduction in spider slit sensilla. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology 82: 541-548.
140. Niven, J.E., Vähäsöyrinki, M., Juusola, M. and French, A.S. (2004) Interactions between light induced currents, voltage-gated currents and input signal properties in Drosophila photoreceptors. Journal of Neurophysiology 91: 2696-2706.
139. Juusola, M., Niven, J.E. and French, A.S. (2003) Shaker K+ channels contribute an early nonlinear amplification to the light response in Drosophila photoreceptors. Journal of Neurophysiology 90: 2014-2021.
138. Gingl,E. and French, A.S. (2003) Active signal conduction through the sensory dendrite of a spider mechanoreceptor neuron. Journal of Neuroscience 23: 6096-6101.
137. French, A.S., Höger, U., Sekizawa, S.-i. and Torkkeli, P.H. (2003) A context-free data compression approach to measuring information transmission by action potentials. BioSystems 69: 55-61.
136. Höger, U. and French, A.S. (2002) Extracellular acid increases the open probability of transduction channels in spider mechanoreceptors. European Journal of Neuroscience 16: 2311-2316.
135. French, A.S., Torkkeli, P.H. and Seyfarth, E.-A. (2002) From stress and strain to spikes: mechanotransduction in spider slit sensilla. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 188: 739-752.
134. French, A.S., Dick, S.H. and Rasmusson, D.D. (2002) Postsynaptic dorsal column and cuneate correlations in the raccoon: a re-evaluation by parallel cascade analysis. Journal of Neurophysiology 88: 3372-3376.
133. Panek, I., French, A.S., Seyfarth, E.-A., Sekizawa, S.-i. and Torkkeli, P.H. (2002) Peripheral GABAergic inhibition of spider mechanosensory afferents. European Journal of Neuroscience 16: 96-104.
132. Torkkeli, P.H. and French, A.S. (2002) Simulation of different firing patterns in paired spider mechanoreceptor neurons: The role of Na+ channel inactivation. Journal of Neurophysiology 87: 1363-1368.
131. Dick, S.H., French, A.S. and Rasmusson, D.D. (2001) Post-synaptic dorsal column and cuneate neurons in raccoon: comparison of response properties and cross-correlation analysis. Brain Research 914: 134-148.
130. French, A.S., Höger, U., Sekizawa, S.-i. and Torkkeli, P.H. (2001) Frequency response functions and information capacities of paired spider mechanoreceptor neurons. Biological Cybernetics 85: 293-300.
129. Torkkeli, P.H., Sekizawa, S.-i. and French, A.S. (2001) Inactivation of voltage-activated Na+ currents contributes to different adaptation properties of paired mechanosensory neurons. Journal of Neurophysiology 85: 1595-1602.
128. French, A.S., Sekizawa, S.-i., Höger, U. and Torkkeli, P.H. (2001) Predicting the responses of mechanoreceptor neurons to physiological inputs by nonlinear system identification. Annals of Biomedical Engineering 29: 187-194.
127. Sekizawa, S.-i., French, A.S. and Torkkeli, P.H. (2000) Low-voltage activated calcium current does not regulate the firing behavior in paired mechanosensory neurons with different adaptation properties. Journal of Neurophysiology 83: 746-753.
126. Shi, C., Ryan, J.S., French, A.S., Cocal-Prados, M. and Kelly, M.E.M. (1999) Hypoosmotically activated chloride channels in cultured rabbit non-pigmented ciliary epithelial cells. Journal of Physiology 521: 57-67.
125. Höger, U. and French, A.S. (1999) Temperature sensitivity of transduction and action potential conduction in a spider mechanoreceptor. Pflügers Archiv 438: 837-842.
124. Torkkeli, P.H., and French, A.S. (1999) Primary culture of antennal mechanoreceptor neurons of Manduca sexta. Cell and Tissue Research 297: 301-309.
123. Höger, U. and French, A.S. (1999) Estimated single-channel conductance of mechanically-activated channels in a spider mechanoreceptor. Brain Research 826: 230-235.
122. Marmarelis, V.Z., Juusola, M. and French, A.S. (1999) Principal dynamic mode analysis of nonlinear transduction in a spider mechanoreceptor. Annals of Biomedical Engineering 27: 391-402.
121. Sekizawa, S.-i., French, A.S., Höger, U. and Torkkeli, P.H. (1999) Voltage-activated potassium outward currents in two types of spider mechanoreceptor neurons. Journal of Neurophysiology 81: 2937-2944.
120. Amat, C, Lapied, B., French, A.S. and Hue, B. (1998) Na+-Dependent neuritic spikes initiate Ca2+-dependent somatic plateau action potentials in insect dorsal paired median neurons. Journal of Neurophysiology 80: 2718-2726.
119. Juusola, M. and French, A.S. (1998) Adaptation properties of two types of sensory neurons in a spider mechanoreceptor organ. Journal of Neurophysiology 80: 2781-2784.
118. French, A.S. and Torkkeli, P.H. (1998) Information transmission at 500 bits/s by action potentials in a mechanosensory neuron of the cockroach. Neuroscience Letters 243: 113-116.
117. Korenberg, M.J., Juusola, M. and French, A.S. (1998) Two methods for calculating the responses of photoreceptors to moving objects. Annals of Biomedical Engineering 26: 308-314.
116. Höger, U., Torkkeli, P.H., Seyfarth, E.-A. and French, A.S. (1997) Ionic selectivity of mechanically activated channels in spider mechanoreceptor neurons. Journal of Neurophysiology 78: 2079-2085.
115. Juusola, M. and French, A.S. (1997) The efficiency of sensory information coding by mechanoreceptor neurons. Neuron 18: 959-968.
114. Ridge, F.P.G., Duszyk, M. and French, A.S. (1997) A large conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channel in a human lung epithelial cell line (A549). Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1327: 249-258.
113. Ho, M.W.Y., Shears, S.B., Bruzik, K.S., Duszyk, M. and French, A.S. (1997) Ins(3,4,5,6)P4 specifically inhibits a receptor-mediated Ca2+-dependent Cl- current in CFPAC-1 cells. American Journal of Physiology: Cell Physiology 272: C1160-1168.
112. Juusola, M. and French, A.S. (1997) Visual acuity for moving objects in first- and second-order neurons of the fly compound eye. Journal of Neurophysiology 77:1487-1495.
111. Juusola, M., Seyfarth, E.-A. and French, A.S. (1997) Rapid coating of glass-capillary microelectrodes for single-electrode voltage-clamp. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 71: 199 - 204.
110. Sanders, E.J., Torkkeli, P.H. and French, A.S. (1997) Patterns of cell death during gastrulation in the chick and mouse embryos. Anatomy and Embryology 195: 147-154.
109. Juusola, M.I., French, A.S., Uusitalo, R.O. and Weckström, M.T. (1996) Information processing by graded-potential transmission through tonically active synapses. Trends in Neurosciences 19: 292-297.
108. Torkkeli, P.H. and French, A.S. (1995) Slowly inactivating outward currents in a cuticular mechanoreceptor neuron of the cockroach (Periplaneta americana). Journal of Neurophysiology 74: 1200-1211.
107. Juusola, M.I. and French, A.S. (1995) Transduction and adaptation in spider slit sense organ mechanoreceptors. Journal of Neurophysiology 74: 2513-2523.
106. Juusola, M.I., Weckström, M.T., Uusitalo, R.O., Korenberg, M.J. and French, A.S. (1995) Nonlinear models of the first synapse in the light-adapted fly retina. Journal of Neurophysiology 74: 2538-2547.
105. French, A.S. and Marmarelis, V.Z. (1995) Nonlinear neuronal mode analysis of action potential encoding in the cockroach tactile spine neuron. Biological Cybernetics 73: 425-430.
104. Seyfarth, E.-A., Sanders, E.J. and French, A.S. (1995) Sodium channel distribution in a spider mechanosensory organ. Brain Research 683: 93-101.
103. Juusola, M.I. and French, A.S. (1995) Recording from cuticular mechanoreceptors during mechanical stimulation. Pflügers Archiv 431: 125-128.
102. Duszyk, M., Liu, D., Kamosinska, B., French, A.S. and Man, S.F.P. (1995) Characterization and regulation of a chloride channel from bovine tracheal epithelium. Journal of Physiology 489: 81-93.
101. Liu, D., Duszyk, M., French, A.S. and Man, S.F.P. (1995) Evidence that pH-titratable groups control the activity of a large epithelial chloride channel. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 215: 355-360.
100. Weckström, M., Juusola, M., Uusitalo, R. and French, A.S. (1995) Fast-acting compressive and facilitatory nonlinearities in light-adapted fly photoreceptors. Annals of Biomedical Engineering 23: 70-77.
99. Torkkeli, P.H. and French, A.S. (1994) Characterization of a transient outward current in a rapidly adapting insect mechanosensory neuron. Pflügers Archiv 429: 72-78.
98. Juusola, M.I., Seyfarth, E.-A. and French, A.S. (1994) The sodium-dependent receptor current in a new mechanoreceptor preparation. Journal of Neurophysiology 72: 3026-3028.
97. French, A.S. and Torkkeli, P.H. (1994) The time course of sensory adaptation in the cockroach tactile spine. Neuroscience Letters 178: 147-150.
96. French, A.S. and Patrick, S.K. (1994) A nonlinear model of step responses in the cockroach tactile spine neuron. Biological Cybernetics 70: 435-441.
95. Ho, M.W.Y., Duszyk, M. and French, A.S. (1994) Evidence that channels below 1 pS cause the volume-sensitive chloride conductance in T84 cells. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1191: 151-156.
94. French, A.S. and Torkkeli, P.H. (1994) The basis of rapid adaptation in mechanoreceptors. News in Physiological Sciences 9: 158-161.
93. Seyfarth, E.-A. and French, A.S. (1994) Intracellular characterization of identified sensory cells in a new spider mechanoreceptor preparation. Journal of Neurophysiology 71: 1422-1427.
92. French, A.S., Klimaszewski, A.R. and Stockbridge, L.L. (1993) The morphology of the sensory neuron in the cockroach femoral tactile spine. Journal of Neurophysiology 69: 669-673.
91. Man, S.F.P., Duszyk, M. and French, A.S. (1993) Ion channels in human airway epithelial cells. Sapporo Medical Journal 62: 297-303.
90. Duszyk, M., French, A.S. and Man, S.F.P. (1993) Halide permeation through three types of epithelial anion channels after reconstitution into giant liposomes. European Biophysical Journal 22: 5-11.
89. French, A.S. (1993) The cockroach tactile spine. The 16th. Sarrazin Lecture of the Canadian Physiological Society. Physiology Canada 24: 30-45.
88. French, A.S., Sanders, E.J., Duszyk, E., Prasad, S., Torkkeli, P.H., Haskins, J. and Murphy, R.A. (1993) Immunocytochemical localization of sodium channels in an insect central nervous system using a site-directed antibody. Journal of Neurobiology 24: 939-948.
87. Sanders, E.J., Varedi, M. and French, A.S. (1993) Cell proliferation in the gastrulating chick embryo: a study using BrdU incorporation and PCNA localization. Development 118: 389-399.
86. French, A.S., Korenberg, M.J., Järvilehto, M., Kouvalainen, E., Juusola, M. and Weckström, M. (1993) The dynamic nonlinear behavior of fly photoreceptors evoked by a wide range of light intensities. Biophysical Journal 65: 832-839.
85. Torkkeli, P.H. and French, A.S. (1993) Mapping extracellular excitability in an insect mechanoreceptor neuron. Brain Research 632: 317-320.
84. Cai T.-D., Duszyk, M., French, A.S. and Man, S.F.P. (1993) Voltage-dependent whole-cell currents in human nasal airway epithelial cells. Chinese Journal of Physiological Sciences 9: 322-330.
83. French, A.S. (1992) Mechanotransduction. Annual Review of Physiology 54: 135-152.
82. Duszyk, M., French, A.S., and Man, S.F.P. (1992) Noise analysis and single-channel observations of 4 pS chloride channels in human airway epithelia. Biophysical Journal 61: 583-587.
81. Wilk-Blaszczak, M.A., French, A.S. and Man, S.F.P. (1992) Halide permeation through 10 pS and 20 pS anion channels in human airway epithelial cells. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1104: 160-166.
80. Wilk-Blaszczak, M.A., French, A.S. and Man, S.F.P. (1992) 5 pS anion channels in human airway epithelial cells. Biomedical Research 13: 143-148.
79. Pece, A.E.C. and French, A.S. (1992) Sublinear summation of responses in locust photoreceptors. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 170: 729-738.
78. Zhang, B.G., Torkkeli, P.H. and French, A.S. (1992) Octopamine selectively modifies the slow component of sensory adaptation in an insect mechanoreceptor. Brain Research 591: 351-355.
77. Basarsky, T.A. and French, A.S. (1991) Intracellular measurements from a rapidly adapting sensory neuron. Journal of Neurophysiology 65: 49-56.
76. Duszyk, M., French, A.S. and Man, S.F.P. (1991) Cation channels in normal and cystic fibrosis human airway epithelial cells. Biomedical Research 12: 17-23.
75. Stockbridge, L.L., French, A.S. and Man, S.F.P. (1991) Subconductances in calcium-activated potassium channels from canine airway smooth muscle. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1064: 212-218.
74. Duszyk, M. and French, A.S. (1991) An analytical model of ionic movements in airway epithelial cells. Journal of Theoretical Biology 151: 231-247.
73. Stockbridge, L.L., Torkkeli, P.H. and French, A.S. (1991) Intracellular nonlinear frequency response measurements in the cockroach tactile spine neuron. Biological Cybernetics 65: 181-187.
72. French, A.S. and Korenberg, M.J. (1991) Dissection of a nonlinear cascade model for sensory encoding. Annals of Biomedical Engineering 19: 473-484.
71. Duszyk, M., French, A.S., Man, S.F.P. and Becker, A.B. (1991) An inwardly rectifying chloride channel in ragweed-sensitized canine tracheal epithelial cells. European Biophysics Journal 20: 65-69.
70. Stockbridge, L.L. and French, A.S. (1991) The morphological basis of intracellular measurements in the cockroach tactile spine neuron. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 169: 471-477.
69. Ramirez, J.-M. and French, A.S. (1990) Phentolamine selectively affects the fast sodium component of sensory adaptation in an insect mechanoreceptor. Journal of Neurobiology 21: 893-899.
68. Stockbridge, L.L., French, A.S. and Sanders, E.J. (1990) Dissociation and culture of mechanosensory neurons for patch clamp analysis. Brain Research 523: 161-166.
67. Duszyk, M., French, A.S. and Man, S.F.P. (1990) The 20 pS chloride channel of the human airway epithelium. Biophysical Journal 57: 223-230.
66. Pece, A.E.C., French, A.S., Korenberg, M.J. and Kuster, J.E. (1990) Nonlinear mechanisms for gain adaptation in locust photoreceptors. Biophysical Journal 57: 733-743.
65. Vaughan, P. and French, A.S. (1989) Non-ligand-gated anion channels in muscles and epithelia. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology 54: 59-79.
64. French, A.S. and Korenberg, M.J. (1989) A nonlinear cascade model of action potential encoding in an insect sensory neuron. Biophysical Journal 55: 655-661.
63. Pece, A.E.C. and French, A.S. (1989) Single photon responses in locust photoreceptors: the effects of stimulus location on amplitude and time-course. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 164: 365-375.
62. Stockbridge, L.L. and French, A.S. (1989) Characterization of a calcium-activated potassium channel in human fibroblasts. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology 67: 1300-1307.
61. French, A.S. (1989) Two components of rapid sensory adaptation in a cockroach mechanoreceptor neuron. Journal of Neurophysiology 62: 768-777.
60. French, A.S. (1989) Ouabain selectively affects the slow component of sensory adaptation in an insect mechanoreceptor. Brain Research 504: 112-114.
59. Duszyk, M., French, A.S. and Man, S.F.P. (1989) Cystic fibrosis affects chloride and sodium channels in human airway epithelia. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology 67: 1362-1365.
58. French, A.S. and Stockbridge, L.L. (1988) Potassium channels in human and avian fibroblasts. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B232: 395-412.
57. Korenberg, M.J., French, A.S. and Voo, S. (1988) White-noise analysis of nonlinear behavior in an insect sensory neuron: kernel and cascade approaches. Biological Cybernetics 58: 313-320.
56. French, A.S. (1988) Transduction mechanisms of mechanosensilla. Annual Review of Entomology 33: 39-58.
55. Stockbridge, L.L. and French, A.S. (1988) Stretch-activated cation channels in human fibroblasts. Biophysical Journal 54: 187-190.
54. French, A.S. and Stockbridge, L.L. (1988) Fractal and Markov behavior in ion channel kinetics. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology 66: 967-970.
53. French, A.S. (1987) Removal of rapid sensory adaptation from an insect mechanoreceptor neuron by oxidizing agents which affect sodium channel inactivation. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 161: 275-282.
52. French, A.S. (1986) Strength-duration properties of a rapidly adapting insect sensory neuron. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 159: 757-764.
51. French, A.S. (1986) The role of calcium ions in the rapid adaptation of an insect mechanoreceptor. Journal of Neuroscience 6: 2322-2326.
50. French, A.S. (1985) After-hyperpolarization and receptor potential attenuation following bursts of action potentials in an insect mechanoreceptor. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology 63: 18-22.
49. French, A.S. and Kuster, J.E. (1985) Nonlinearities in locust photoreceptors during transduction of small numbers of photons. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 156: 645-652.
48. French, A.S. (1985) The effects of temperature on action potential encoding in the cockroach tactile spine. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 156: 817-821.
47. Kuster, J.E. and French, A.S. (1985) Changes in the dynamic properties of locust photoreceptors at three levels of light adaptation. Biological Cybernetics 52: 333-337.
46. Watts, R.E. and French, A.S. (1985) Sensory transduction in dorsal cutaneous mechanoreceptors of the frog, Rana pipiens. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 157: 657-665.
45. French, A.S. (1984) Action potential adaptation in the femoral tactile spine of the cockroach, Periplaneta americana. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 155: 803-812.
44. French, A.S. (1984) The dynamic properties of the action potential encoder in an insect mechanosensory neuron. Biophysical Journal 46: 285-290.
43. French, A.S. (1984) The receptor potential and adaptation in the cockroach tactile spine. Journal of Neuroscience 4: 2063-2068.
42. French, A.S. (1984) The frequency response function and sinusoidal threshold properties of the Hodgkin-Huxley model of action potential encoding. Biological Cybernetics 49: 169-174.
41. Kuster, J.E. and French, A.S. (1984) Duplication of a peripheral sensory neuron in the cockroach, Periplaneta americana. Cell and Tissue Research 236: 129-131.
40. Kuster, J.E., French, A.S. and Sanders, E.J. (1983) The effects of microtubule dissociating agents on the physiology and cytology of the sensory neuron in the femoral tactile spine of the cockroach, Periplaneta americana L. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B219: 397-412.
39. Kuster, J.E. and French, A.S. (1983) Sensory transduction in a locust multipolar joint receptor: the dynamic behaviour under a variety of stimulus conditions. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 150: 207-215.
38. French, A.S. and Kuster, J.E. (1982) The effects of temperature on mechanotransduction in the cockroach tactile spine. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 147: 251-258.
37. French, A.S. and Kuster, J.E. (1981) Sensory transduction in an insect mechanoreceptor: extended bandwidth measurements and sensitivity to stimulus strength. Biological Cybernetics 42: 87-94.
36. French, A.S. and Sanders, E.J. (1981) The mechanosensory apparatus of the femoral tactile spine of the cockroach, Periplaneta americana. Cell and Tissue Research 219: 53-68.
35. Hutchison, K.J., Oberle, K., Scott, J.A. and French, A.S. (1981) A comparison of doppler ultrasonic waveforms processed by zero crossing and spectrographic techniques in the diagnosis of peripheral arterial disease. Angiology 32: 277-289.
34. French, A.S. (1980) The linear dynamic properties of phototransduction in the fly compound eye. Journal of Physiology 308: 385-401.
33. French, A.S. (1980) Sensory transduction in an insect mechanoreceptor: linear and nonlinear properties. Biological Cybernetics 38: 115-123.
32. Dvorak, D., Srinivasan, M.V. and French, A.S. (1980) The contrast sensitivity of fly movement-detecting neurons. Vision Research 200: 397-407.
31. French, A.S. (1980) Phototransduction in the fly compound eye exhibits temporal resonances and a pure time delay. Nature 283: 200-202.
30. French, A.S. (1980) Coherence improvement in white noise analysis by the use of a repeated random sequence generator. I.E.E.E. Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 27: 51-53.
29. French, A.S. and Sanders, E.J. (1979) The mechanism of sensory transduction in the sensilla of the trochanteral hair plate of the cockroach, Periplaneta americana. Cell and Tissue Research 198: 159-174.
28. French, A.S. (1979) The effect of light adaptation on the dynamic properties of phototransduction in the fly, Phormia regina. Biological Cybernetics 32: 115-123.
27. French, A.S. (1978) Computer aided nonlinear analysis of neural coding. Brain Theory Newsletter 3: 89-91.
26. French, A.S. and Järvilehto, M. (1978) The dynamic behaviour of photoreceptor cells in the fly in response to random (white noise) stimulation at a range of temperatures. Journal of Physiology 274: 311-322.
25. French, A.S. and Järvilehto, M. (1978) The transmission of information by first and second order neurons in the fly visual system. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 126: 87-96.
24. French, A.S., Snyder, A.W. and Stavenga, D.G. (1977) Image degradation by an irregular retinal mosaic. Biological Cybernetics 27: 229-233.
23. French, A.S. (1977) Computer simulation of space-filling molecular models. I.E.E.E. Transactions on Computers 26: 1026-1028.
22. French, A.S. and Wong, R.K.S. (1977) Nonlinear analysis of sensory transduction in an insect mechanoreceptor. Biological Cybernetics 26: 231-240.
21. French, A.S. (1976) Practical nonlinear system analysis by Wiener kernel estimation in the frequency domain. Biological Cybernetics 24: 111-119.
20. DiCaprio, R.A., French, A.S. and Sanders, E.J. (1976) On the mechanism of electrical coupling between cells of early Xenopus embryos. Journal of Membrane Biology 27: 393-408.
19. French, A.S. and Wong, R.K.S. (1976) The responses of trochanteral hair plate sensilla in the cockroach to periodic and random displacements. Biological Cybernetics 22: 33-38.
18. DiCaprio, R.A., French, A.S. and Sanders, E.J. (1975) Intercellular connectivity in the eight-cell Xenopus embryo. Biophysical Journal 15: 373-389.
17. French, A.S. and DiCaprio, R.A. (1975) The dynamic electrical behaviour of the electrotonic junction between Retzius cells in the leech. Biological Cybernetics 17: 129-135.
16. French, A.S. (1974) Synthesis of low frequency noise for use in biological experiments. I.E.E.E. Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 21: 251-252.
15. DiCaprio, R.A., French, A.S. and Sanders, E.J. (1974) Dynamic properties of electrotonic coupling between cells of early Xenopus embryos. Biophysical Journal 14: 387-411.
14. French, A.S. and Butz, E.G. (1974) The use of Walsh functions in the Wiener analysis of nonlinear systems. I.E.E.E. Transactions on Computers 23: 225-232.
13. French, A.S. and Butz, E.G. (1973) Measuring the Wiener kernels of a nonlinear system using the fast Fourier transform algorithm. International Journal of Control 17: 529-539.
12. French, A.S. (1973) Averaging of neurophysiological data prior to frequency domain analysis. Computer Programs in Biomedicine 3: 113-122.
11. French, A.S. (1973) Automated spectral analysis of neurophysiological data using intermediate magnetic tape storage. Computer Programs in Biomedicine 3: 45-57.
10. French, A.S., Holden, A.V. and Stein, R.B. (1972) The estimation of the frequency response function of a mechanoreceptor. Kybernetik 11: 15-23.
9. Stein, R.B., French, A.S., Mannard, A. and Yemm, R. (1972) New methods for analyzing motor function in man and animals. Brain Research 40: 187-192.
8. Stein, R.B., French, A.S. and Holden, A.V. (1972) The frequency response, coherence, and information capacity of two neural models. Biophysical Journal 12: 295-322.
7. French, A.S. and Holden, A.V. (1971) Semi-on-line implementation of an alias-free sampling system for neuronal signals. Computer Programs in Biomedicine 2: 1-7.
6. French, A.S. and Holden, A.V. (1971) Frequency domain analysis of neurophysiological data. Computer Programs in Biomedicine 1: 219-234.
5. French, A.S. and Holden, A.V. (1971) Alias-free sampling of neuronal spike trains. Kybernetik 8: 165-171.
4. French, A.S. (1970) On-line storage of event/time data using a magnetic disc unit. Computer Programs in Biomedicine 1: 134-145.
3. French, A.S. (1970) Pulse, an event/time histogramming program. Computer Programs in Biomedicine 1: 105-117.
2. French, A.S. and Stein, R.B. (1970) A flexible neural analog using integrated circuits. I.E.E.E. Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 17: 248-253.
1. Bradley, J.N. and French, A.S. (1969) The chemisorption of carbon monoxide on deposited metal aerosols. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A313: 169-182.

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Book chapters published or in press :

23. French A.S. and Torkkeli P.H. (2012) Sensory receptors and mechanotransduction. In: Sperelakis N., (Ed.) Cell Physiology Source Book. Academic Press, San Diego, London, Boston, New York, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto. 4th edition. 633-647.
22. French, A.S. and Torkkeli, P.H. (2009) Mechanoreception (Touch, Sensillar Structure). In: Encyclopedia of Insects. Eds: V.H. Resh and R.T. Cardé. Academic Press, San Diego. pp. 610-611.
21. French, A.S. and Torkkeli, P.H. (2009) Mechanoreceptors. In: Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Ed: L.R. Squire. Academic Press, Oxford. 5: 689-695.
20. French, A.S. (2008) Biophysics of Chordotonal Organs. In: The Senses: A Comprehensive Reference, 3: Audition. Eds: P. Dallos and D. Oertel. Academic Press, San Diego. 211-216.
19. French, A.S. and Torkkeli, P.H. (2007) Mechanosensitive ion channels of spiders: Mechanical coupling, electrophysiology and synaptic modulation. In: Current Topics in Membranes 59: Mechanosensitive Ion Channels, Part B. Ed: O.P. Hamill. Elsevier. pp. 1-20.
18. Mitsis, G.D., French, A.S., Höger, U, Courellis, S. and Marmarelis, V Z. (2005) Nonlinear Dynamic Modeling of Action Potential Encoding in two types of Spider Mechanoreceptors. In: International Federation for Medical and Biological Eengineering Proceedings (EMBEC 2005), 11: 5 pp.
17. Mitsis, G.D., Courellis, S., French, A.S. and Marmarelis, V.Z. (2003) Principal dynamic mode analysis of a spider mechanoreceptor action potentials. In: Proceedings of the 25th Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS. Cancun, Mexico, September 17-21, 2003, 2051-2054.
16. French, A.S. and Torkkeli, P.H. (2003) Mechanotransduction (Touch, Sensillar Structure). In: Encyclopedia of Insects. Eds: V.H. Resh and R.T. Cardé. Academic Press, San Diego. pp. 689-690.
15. French, A.S. and Torkkeli, P.H. (2001) Sensory Receptors and Mechanotransduction. In: Cell Physiology Source Book, 3rd Edition. Ed: N. Sperelakis. Academic Press, San Diego. pp. 761-773.
14. French, A.S. and Marmarelis, V.Z. (1999) Nonlinear analysis of neuronal systems. In: Modern Techniques in Neuroscience Research. Eds: U. Windhorst and H. Johansson. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. pp. 627-640.
13. Amat, C., Lapied, B., French, A.S. and Hue, B. (1998) Morphological, immunocytochemical, electrophysiological and pharmacological aspects of dorsal paired median (DPM) insect neurons. In: Proceedings of the IInd International Conference on Insects. Chemical, Physiological and Environmental Aspects. Ldek-Zdröj, Poland. pp. 64-69.
12. Juusola, M. and French, A.S. (1996) Signal encoding in spider slit-sense organ mechanoreceptor neurons. In: From structure to information in sensory systems. Proceedings of the International School of Biophysics, Naples, Italy. 15 pp.
11. French, A.S. (1994) Ion channels underlying transduction and adaptation in mechanoreceptors. In: Cellular mechanisms of sensory processing. In: NATO ASI Series. Ed: L. Urban. Springer-Verlag. H79: 19-34.
10. French, A.S. and Patrick, S.K. (1994) Testing a nonlinear model of sensory adaptation with a range of step input functions. In: Advanced methods of physiological system modelling. Ed: V.Z. Marmarelis. Plenum Press. 3: 129-138.
9. French, A.S., Pece, A.E.C., and Korenberg, M.J. (1989) Nonlinear models of transduction and adaptation in locust photoreceptors. In: Advanced methods of physiological system modelling. Ed: V.Z. Marmarelis. Plenum Press. 2: 81-95.
8. French, A.S. and Korenberg, M.J. (1989) Nonlinear cascade analysis of sensory transduction in a mechanoreceptor. In: Modelling and Control in Biomedical Systems, Selected Papers from the IFAC Symposium, Venice, Italy April 6-8, 1988. Ed: C. Cobelli and L. Mariani. Pergamon Press. pp. 519-524.
7. French, A.S. and Kuster, J.E. (1987) Linear and nonlinear behavior of photoreceptors during transduction of small numbers of photons. In: Advanced Methods of Physiological System Modelling. Ed: V.Z. Marmarelis. Plenum Press. 1: 41-48.
6. French, A.S. (1982) Linear and nonlinear frequency domain analysis of sensory transduction in an insect mechanoreceptor. In: Proceedings of the 5th. Hawaii International Conference on System Science. pp. 327-336.
5. French, A.S. (1976) Software for spectral analysis of neurophysiological data. In: Computer Technology in Neuroscience. Ed: P.B. Brown. John Wiley and Sons. pp. 459-473.
4. French, A.S. (1976) A sampling algorithm for bandwidth limitation of action potential trains. In: Computer Technology in Neuroscience. Ed: P.B. Brown. John Wiley and Sons. pp. 447-458.
3. French, A.S. (1975) Measuring the Wiener kernels of a nonlinear system by use of the fast Fourier transform and Walsh functions. In: Proceedings of the 1st. Symposium on Testing and Identification of Nonlinear Systems. California Institute of Technology. Eds: G.D. McCann and P.Z. Marmarelis. pp. 76-88.
2. French, A.S. (1974) The analysis of information coding by neuronal spike trains. In: Proceedings of the 8th. International Biometric Conference. Eds: L.C.A. Corsten and T. Postelnicu. Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste Romania. pp. 209-214.
1. Stein, R.B. and French, A.S. (1970) Models for the transmission of information by nerve cells. In: Excitatory Synaptic Mechanisms. Universitetsforlaget, Oslo. pp. 247-257.

Abstracts:

170. Torkkeli, P.H., Johnson J.A.G., Liu H., Höger U. and French A.S. (2019). Piezo protein is required for mechanotransduction in the spider, Cupiennius salei, slit sensilla. Invertebrate Sound and Vibration XVII, Iowa City, USA.
169. French, A.S., Hennenfent, A., Liu, H. and Torkkeli, P.H. (2019) Evidence for a nanchung-inactive model of mechanotransduction in the cockroach tactile spine. Invertebrate Sound and Vibration XVII, Iowa City, USA.
168. French, A.S. and Pfeiffer, K. (2018) Naturalistic stimulation increases high frequency sensitivity in spider mechanosensory neurons. 13th Congress of the International Society for Neuroethology. Brisbane, Australia P-156.
167. Torkkeli, P.H., Johnson, J.A., Liu H., Sivapalan, K. and French A.S. (2018) Is Piezo protein the mechanotransduction channel in spider Cupiennius salei mechanosensilla? 13th Congress of the International Society for Neuroethology. Brisbane, Australia P-163.
166. Johnson, J.A., Liu, H., Fabian-Fine, R., French, A.S., Torkkeli, P.H. (2017) Localization of cholinergic markers in the central nervous system of the spider, Cupiennius salei. 10th Department of Physiology and Biophysics Graduate Student Research Day.
165. Torkkeli, P.H., Sukumar, V., Meisner, S., Panek, I. and French, A.S. (2015) Spider, Cupiennius salei, mechanosensory neurons have multiple biogenic amine receptor types, including constitutively active receptors. Program No. 205.11. 2015 Neuroscience Meeting Planner. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, 2015. Online.
164. French, A.S., Torkkeli, P.H., Meisner, S., Liu, H., Immonen, E.-V., Frolov, R. and Weckström, M. (2015) Molecular and functional characterization of opsins and TRP channels in compound eyes of the cockroach, Periplaneta americana. Program No. 58.21. 2015 Neuroscience Meeting Planner. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, 2015. Online.
163. Torkkeli, P.H. and French, A.S. (2014) The cys-loop ligand-gated ion channel gene family of the spider Cupiennius salei nervous system. 11th International Congress of Neuroethology. Sapporo, Japan, PO-1064.
162. French, A.S., Li, W.A., Meisner, S. and Torkkeli, P.H. (2014) The transcriptome of the spider Cupiennius salei peripheral nervous system: identifying genes involved in mechanosensation. 11th International Congress of Neuroethology. Sapporo, Japan, PO-2196.
161. Torkkeli, P.H., Wu Li, A., Meisner, S. and French, A.S. (2013) Several octopamine receptor subtypes are involved in modulation of spider mechanosensory neurons. Invertebrate Sound and Vibration 14: 58. Glasgow, Scotland.
160. French, A.S., Höger, U., Schmitz, J. and Torkkeli, P.H. (2013) Calcium ions modulate transduction, and are strongly buffered in spider mechanosensory neurons. Invertebrate Sound and Vibration 14: 22. Glasgow, Scotland.
159. French, A.S., Li, A., Meisner, S. and Torkkeli, P.H. (2013) Transcriptome assembly of neurotransmitter receptors in spider mechanoreceptors. Journal of Physiological Sciences.
158. Torkkeli, P.H., Meisner, S. and French, A.S. (2012) Ionotropic GABA and glutamate receptors have different effects on excitability and are differentially regulated by calcium in spider mechanosensory neurons. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 136.21.
157. French, A.S., Meisner, S., Lowe, J. and Torkkeli, P.H. (2012) Dynamic characterization of carbon dioxide transduction in Drosophila melanogaster antennal olfactory sensilla. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 174.04.
156. French, A.S., Torkkeli, P.H. and Schuckel, J. (2011) Dynamic properties of multiple olfactory neurons in Drosophila antennal basiconic sensilla. Eighth IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience. Florence, Italy, July 14-18, 2011, C222.
155. Pfeiffer, K., Torkkeli, P.H. and French, A.S. (2011) Information transmission is limited by entropy in spider mechanoreceptors. Ninth Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society. T20-1B.
154. French, A.S., Schuckel, J. and Torkkeli, P.H. (2009) Excitatory and inhibitory pathways with differing dynamics in Drosophila olfactory receptors. Canadian Physiological Society Winter Meeting, Beauprö, Quöbec. 24.
153. Torkkeli, P.H., Pfeiffer, K., Meisner, S. and French, A.S. (2009) Long and short term effects of glutamate on spider mechanosensory neurons during random stimulation. Journal of Physiological Sciences 59: Supp. 1, 203.
152. French, A.S., Höger, U., Meisner, S. and Torkkeli, P.H. (2009) Calcium-based negative feedback on sensory transduction in spider mechanoreceptors. Journal of Physiological Sciences 59: Supp. 1, 203.
151. Pfeiffer, K., Höger, U., French, A.S. and Torkkeli, P.H. (2009) Differing effects of GABA and glutamate on spider (Cupiennius salei) mechanoreceptors. Eighth Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society T20-6C.
150. Höger, U., Meisner, S., Torkkeli, P.H. and French, A.S. (2009) Mechanically induced regional changes in free intracellular Ca2+, and the effect of intracellular Ca2+ on mechanotransduction in spider sensory neurons. Eighth Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society T20-6A.
149. Schuckel, J., Torkkeli, P.H. and French, A.S. (2009) Different fruit odors produce widely divergent dynamic responses in Drosophila antennal olfactory receptor neurons. Eighth Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society T19-1A.
148. Höger, U., Meisner, S., Torkkeli, P.H. and French, A.S. (2008) Regional calcium changes in spider mechanoreceptors during sensory transduction. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 271.2.
147. Pfeiffer K., Höger U., French A.S. and Torkkeli P.H. (2008) Mechanisms of GABAA receptor mediated excitation of spider mechanosensory neurons. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 271.1.
146. Schuckel, J., Stengl, M., Torkkeli, P.H. and French, A.S. (2008) Dynamic characterization of Drosophila olfactory sensilla by random binary sequence stimulation. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 65.5.
145. Pfeiffer K, Höger U, French A.S. and Torkkeli P.H. (2008) Membrane depolarization and the excitatory action of GABA and muscimol in spider mechanosensory neurons. Canadian Physiological Society Winter Meeting 2008, Lake Louise, Alberta, 22-23.
144. Schuckel, J., Meisner, S., Torkkeli, P.H. and French, A.S. (2008) Controlled dynamic stimulation of Drosophila olfactory receptors. Canadian Physiological Society Winter Meeting 2008, Lake Louise, Alberta, 23-24.
143. Pfeiffer K, Höger U, French A.S. and Torkkeli P.H. (2007) Excitatory effects of GABAA receptor activation in spider mechanosensory neurons. 8th Congress of the International Society for Neuroethology 236.
142. Schuckel, J., Meisner, S., Torkkeli, P.H. and French, A.S. (2007) Controlled dynamic stimulation of Drosophila olfactory receptors. 8th Congress of the International Society for Neuroethology 80.
141. Höger, U., Torkkeli, P.H. and French, A.S. (2007) Ratiometric measurements of calcium concentration during sensory transduction in spider mechanoreceptors. 7th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience 147.
140. Widmer A., Höger U., Meisner S., French A.S. and Torkkeli P.H. (2005) Spider peripheral mechanosensory neurons are directly innervated and modulated by octopaminergic efferents. 9th European Symposium of Insect Taste and Olfaction, Villasimius, Italy.
139. Höger U., Torkkeli P.H. and French A.S. (2005) Calcium concentration changes in spider mechanoreceptors during sensory transduction. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 31: 296.8.
138. French, A.S., Justus, K.A. and Cardö, R.T. (2005) Linear and nonlinear analysis of antennal responses to turbulent pheromone plumes in two moth species. Canadian Physiological Society Winter Meeting, Beauprö, Quöbec. 25.
137. Höger, U. and French, A.S. (2004) Slow adaptation of action potential firing in spider mechanoreceptors. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 30: 870.6.
136. Widmer, A., Höger, U, Meisner, S., French, A.S. and Torkkeli P.H. (2004) Immunocytological and electrophysiological characterization of octopamine receptors in spider mechanosensilla. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 30: 870.7.
135. Gingl, E., Panek, I., Torkkeli, P.H. and French, A.S. (2003) Localization of GABA mediated peripheral inhibition in spider mechanoreceptor neurons. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 29: 269.2.
134. Widmer, A., Höger, U., Meisner, S., French, A.S. and Torkkeli, P.H. (2003) Muscarinic ACh receptors on spider mechanosensilla. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 29: 269.3.
133. Höger, U. and French, A.S. (2003) Extracellular pH modulates receptor current in a spider mechanoreceptor. 29th Göttingen Neurobiology Conference 354.
132. Gingl, E. and French, A.S. (2003) Conduction of receptor current through the sensory dendrite of a spider mechanoreceptor neuron. 29th Göttingen Neurobiology Conference 352.
131. Juusola, M., Niven, J.E. and French, A.S. (2003) Nonlinear analysis of normal and Shaker K+ channel knockout Drosophila photoreceptors stimulated by white noise and natural light signals. 29th Göttingen Neurobiology Conference 532-533.
130. French, A.S. (2002) Sensory transduction in an arthropod mechanoreceptor system. Proceedings of the IV World Congress of Biomechanics, Symposium 5167.
129. Höger, U. and French, A.S. (2002) Acid modulation of receptor current in spider mechanoreceptors. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 28: 60.11.
128. French, A.S. and Torkkeli, P.H. (2001) The ionic basis of rapid sensory adaptation in paired spider mechanoreceptor neurons with different adaptation properties. Proceedings of the International Union of Physiological Sciences XXXIV: A373.
127. Torkkeli, P.H. and French, A.S. (2001) A model of excitability in spider mechanoreceptor neurons confirms that sodium inactivation controls their rapid adaptation. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 27: 820.10.
126. Panek, I., French, A.S., Seyfarth, E.-A., Sekizawa, S.-i. and Torkkeli, P.H. (2001) GABAergic modulation of spider mechanosensory afferents. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 27: 156.8.
125. Widmer, A., French, A.S. and Torkkeli, P.H. (2001) Acetylcholine receptors on cultured antennal cells of the moth Manduca sexta. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 27: 392.11.
124. Höger, U. and French, A.S. (2001) Mechanotransduction in the spider VS-3 lyriform organ. 28th Göttingen Neurobiology Conference 323.
123. French, A.S., Höger, U.,Sekizawa, S.-i. and Torkkeli, P.H. (2000) Frequency response functions for mechanical and electrical stimulation of a spider slit sense organ. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 26: 66.7.
122. Torkkeli, P.H., Sekizawa, S.-i and French, A.S. (2000) Inactivation of Na+ currents contributes to the adaptation of paired spider mechanosensory neurons. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 26: 66.8.
121. French, A.S., Sekizawa, S.-i., Höger, U. and Torkkeli, P.H. (2000) Nonlinear models of action potential firing in paired mechanoreceptor neurons. Annals of Biomedical Engineering 28: S33.
120. Sekizawa, S.-i., French, A.S. and Torkkeli, P.H. (1999) Calcium currents in spider mechanosensory neurons. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 25: 726.
119. Höger, U. and French A.S. (1999) Activation energy of mechanotransduction and conduction velocity in a spider mechanoreceptor. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 25: 408.
118. Dick, S.H., French, A.S. and Rasmusson, D.D. (1999) Functional interactions between cuneate and post synaptic dorsal column neurons. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 25: 402.
117. Torkkeli, P.H. and French, A.S. (1999) Stretch-activated ion channels in cultured mechanosensory neurons of Manduca sexta. Biophysical Journal 76: A203.
116. Höger, U., and French, A.S. (1999) Single channel conductance of mechanically-activated channels in a spider mechanoreceptor estimated by noise analysis. Biophysical Journal 76: A204.
115. Sekizawa, S.-i., French, A.S., Höger, U. and Torkkeli, P.H. (1999) Voltage-activated outward currents in two types of spider mechanoreceptor neurons. Biophysical Journal 76: A77.
114. Torkkeli, P.H. and French, A.S. (1998) A new preparation of in vitro mechanoreceptor neurons from the moth, Manduca sexta. Physiology Canada 29: 187.
113. Sekizawa, S.-i., French, A.S., Höger, U. and Torkkeli, P.H. (1998) Contributions of voltage-activated outward currents to adaptation properties in two types of spider mechanoreceptor neurons. Physiology Canada 29: 184.
112. Höger, U. and French, A.S. (1998) Noise analysis of the mechanically-activated current in spider mechanoreceptor neurons. Physiology Canada 29: 169.
111. Shi, C., Ryan, J.S., French, A.S., Cocal-Prados, M. and Kelly, M.E. (1998) Characterization of a hypoosmotically-stimulated Cl- current contributing to regulatory volume decrease in rabbit NPE cells. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 39: S795.
110. Höger, U., Torkkeli, P.H. Seyfarth, E.-A. and French A.S. (1997) The ionic basis of the transduction current in spider slit-sense organ mechanoreceptor neurons. Proceedings of the 25th Göttingen Neurobiology Conference. p 253.
109. Torkkeli, P.H., Höger, U. Seyfarth E.-A. and French A.S. (1997) Ionic selectivity of mechanically-activated ion channels in a spider mechanoreceptor. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 23: 1572.
108. Juusola, M. and French, A.S. (1996) The efficiency of information transfer from transduction to action potential encoding in mechanoreceptor neurons. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 22: 1081.
107. French, A.S. and Juusola, M. (1996) Resolution of moving dots by first- and second-order neurons in the fly eye. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology 65: Supplement 1, 183.
106. Torkkeli, P.H. and French, A.S. (1996) Dissociated cockroach mechanoreceptor neurons in culture. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology 65: Supplement 1, 181.
105. Ho, M.W.Y., Shears, S.B., Bruzik, K.S., Duszyk, M., and French, A.S. (1996) Direct evidence of down-regulation of calcium-dependent chloride current by inositol(3,4,5,6) tetrakisphosphate in CFPAC-1 cells. Biophysical Journal 70: A70.
104. Juusola, M., Weckström, M., Korenberg, M. and French, A.S. (1995) Nonlinear models of the first synapse in the light-adapted fly retina. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 21: 405
103. Juusola, M.I. and French, A.S. (1995) The dynamic properties of sensory neurons in a spider slit sense organ. Biophysical Journal 68: A392.
102. Torkkeli, P.H. and French, A.S. (1995) Delayed potassium currents in an insect cuticular mechanoreceptor neuron. Biophysical Journal 68: A38.
101. Duszyk, M., Liu, D., French, A.S. and Man, S.F.P. (1995) Acidity affects the rectification of an outwardly rectifying epithelial chloride channel. Biophysical Journal 68: A275.
100. Ho, M.W.Y., Duszyk, M. and French, A.S. (1995) Characterization of the calcium-dependent chloride conductance in CFPAC-1 cells. Biophysical Journal 68: A275.
99. Juusola, M.I., Seyfarth, E.-A. and French, A.S. (1994) Intracellular responses to mechanical and electrical stimulation of a spider slit sense organ. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 20: 776.
98. Man, S.F.P., Liu, D., French, A.S. and Duszyk, M. (1994) Role of alkaline phosphatase in regulation of anion channels from bovine tracheal epithelial cells. American Thoracic Society.
97. Seyfarth, E.-A., Juusola, M. and French, A.S. (1994) Intracellular measurements in identified neurons of a new spider mechanoreceptor preparation. In: Elsner, N., Breer, H. (eds) Sensory Transduction. Proceedings of the 22nd. Göttingen Neurobiology Conference, Thieme Verlag Stuttgart, New York, I, 59.
96. Torkkeli, P.H. and French, A.S. (1994) Adaptation in an insect mechanoreceptor neuron involves both outward and inward currents. Biophysical Journal 66: A167.
95. Duszyk, M., Liu, D., French, A.S. and Man, S.F.P. (1994) Alkaline phosphatase regulates epithelial anion channels in bovine trachea. Biophysical Journal 66: A100.
94. Ho, M.W.Y. and French, A.S. (1994) Fluctuation analysis of a volume-sensitive chloride conductance in T84 cells. Biophysical Journal 66: A99.
93. French, A.S. and Seyfarth, E.-A. (1993) The morphology and electrophysiology of mechanoreceptor neurons in spider slit sensilla. Physiology Canada 24: 139.
92. Juusola, M., Weckström, M., Uusitalo, R. and French, A.S. (1993) Novel nonlinearities in light-adapted fly photoreceptors. Physiology Canada 24: 140.
91. Torkkeli, P.H. and French, A.S. (1993) The role of outward currents in the adaptation of an insect mechanoreceptor neuron. Physiology Canada 24: 141.
90. Ho, M.W.Y., Duszyk, M. and French, A.S. (1993) Characterization of the volume-sensitive chloride conductance in T84 cells. Physiology Canada 24: 201.
89. Liu, D., Duszyk, M., French, A.S. and Man, S.F.P. (1993) Regulation of anion channels by membrane-bound proteins from bovine tracheal epithelial cells. Physiology Canada 24: 197.
88. Duszyk, M., Liu, D., French, A.S. and Man, S.F.P. (1993) Halide permeation through epithelial anion channels reconstituted into giant liposomes. Biophysical Journal 64: A358.
87. Weckström, M., Juusola, M., Korenberg, M., Kouvalainen, E., Järvilehto, M. and French, A.S. (1993) Modelling of fly phototransduction using parallel cascade and volterra kernels. Proceedings of the 21st. Göttingen Neurobiology Conference 342.
86. French, A.S. and Torkkeli, P.H. (1993) The ionic mechanisms of rapid adaptation in a mechanosensory neuron. Proceedings of the XXXII Congress of the International Union of Physiological Sciences 278.5.
85. Duszyk, M., Liu, D., French, A.S. and Man, S.F.P. (1993) A large epithelial ion channel is regulated by protein phosphatases. Proceedings of the XXXII Congress of the International Union of Physiological Sciences 329.5.
84. Seyfarth, E.-A. and French, A.S. (1993) Electrical and morphological properties of sensory neurons in a spider lyriform organ. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 19: 338.
83. French, A.S. and Torkkeli, P.H. (1993) Potassium currents in a rapidly adapting insect mechanosensory neuron. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 19: 338.
82. Duszyk, M., French, A.S. and Man, S.F.P. (1993) Modification of epithelial chloride channel amino groups. Proceedings of the 11th. International Biophysics Congress 11: 132.
81. Torkkeli, P.H. and French, A.S. (1992) Ionic currents in a rapidly adapting mechanosensory neuron. Physiology Canada 23: 115.
80. Duszyk, M., Liu, D., French, A.S. and Man, S.F.P. (1992) Studies of epithelial anion channels reconstituted into giant liposomes. Physiology Canada 23: 119.
79. Duszyk, M., French, A.S. and Man, S.F.P. (1992) A patch-clamp study of epithelial ion channels reconstituted into giant liposomes. The Physiologist 35: A1.
78. Duszyk, M., French, A.S. and Man, S.F.P. (1992) Apical membrane surface charge of MDCK cells. Biophysical Journal 61: A536.
77. Man, S.F.P., A.S. French and T.D. Tsai (1992) Voltage-dependent anion currents in human airway epithelial cells. Biophysical Journal 61: A511.
76. French, A.S., Ho, M., Duszyk, M. and Man, S.F.P. (1992) Noise analysis of ionic currents through voltage-clamped cultured epithelial cells. Proceedings of the XIth. International Cystic Fibrosis Congress, Dublin, Ireland 11: MP32.
75. Torkkeli, P.H. and French, A.S. (1992) Ionic currents underlying rapid sensory adaptation in the cockroach tactile spine. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 18: 301.
74. Man, S.F.P., Duszyk, M., Ho, M.W.Y. and French, A.S. (1991) Salicylate affects ion permeation through MDCK monolayers. American Review of respiratory Disease 145: 367.
73. Duszyk, M., Ho, M.W-Y., Man, S.F.P. and French, A.S. (1991) Effects of varying ionic strength on ion movements in MDCK cells. Physiology Canada 22: 224.
72. Torkkeli, P.H. and French, A.S. (1991) Mapping the action potential initiation region of an insect sensory neuron. Physiology Canada 22: 191.
71. French, A.S., Klimaszewski, A.R. and Stockbridge, L.L. (1991) Morphological properties of the sensory neuron in the cockroach tactile spine. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 17: 638.
70. Wilk-Blaszczak, M.A., French, A.S. and Man, S.F.P. (1991) Halide permeability of 20 pS anion channels in the apical membranes of airway epithelial cells. Biophysical Journal 59: 645a.
69. French, A.S. and Stockbridge, L.L. (1991) Nonlinear analysis of sensory encoding in a rapidly adapting insect mechanoreceptor. Biophysical Journal 59: 185a.
68. Duszyk, M., French, A.S. and Man, S.F.P. (1991) Current fluctuation analysis of chloride channels in the apical membranes of epithelial cells. Biophysical Journal 59: 645a
67. French, A.S. (1991) Rapid adaptation in the cockroach tactile spine. Society for Experimental Biology, Birmingham Meeting, Animal Topics 48.
66. French, A.S., Stockbridge, L.L. and Torkkeli, P.H. (1991) A nonlinear model of action potential encoding in a rapidly adapting sensory neuron. Proceedings of the 13th. International Conference of the IEEE/EMBS 13: 2260-2261.
65. French, A.S. and Stockbridge, L.L. (1991) Electrical and morphological properties of the sensory neuron in the cockroach tactile spine. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology 69: Aviii.
64. Duszyk, M., French, A.S. and Man, S.F.P. (1991) Fluctuation analysis of chloride channels in apical membranes of MDCK cells. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology 69: Avii.
63. Man, S.F.P., Tsai, T.D., Duszyk, M. and French, A.S. (1991) Whole-cell chloride currents in human nasal airway epithelial cells. American Review of Respiratory Disease 143: 149a.
62. French, A.S. and Pece, A.E.C. (1990) Nonlinear models of photon interactions during transduction. Abstracts, International Congress of Eye Research 9: 175.
61. French, A.S. and Duszyk, M. (1990) An analytical model of ionic movements in airway epithelial cells. Physiology Canada 20: 102.
60. Duszyk, M., French, A.S. and Man, S.F.P. (1990) Cation channels in the apical membrane of human airway epithelial cells. Physiology Canada 20: 98.
59. Duszyk, M. and French, A.S. (1990) Analysis of ionic movements in airway epithelial cells. Biophysical Journal 57: 83a.
58. Stockbridge, L.L., French, A.S. and Man, S.F.P. (1990) Subconductances in calcium-activated potassium channels from airway smooth muscle. Biophysical Journal 57: 114a.
57. French, A.S. and Korenberg, M.J. (1990) Analysis of a nonlinear cascade model for sensory encoding by modification of ion channels. Proceedings of the 12th. International Conference of the IEEE/EMBS 12: 25-26.
56. Ramirez, J.-M., Pearson, K.G. and French, A.S. (1990) Reversible inactivation of insect mechanoreceptors by phentolamine and its use for chemical deafferentation. Proceedings of the 18th. Göttingen Neurobiology Conference 70.
55. Ramirez, J.-M., French, A.S. and Pearson, K.G. (1990) Chemical inactivation of mechanoreceptors in the study of insect behavior. Verhandlungen der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft 83: 426-427.
54. French, A.S., Stockbridge, L.L., Duszyk, M. and Man, S.F.P. (1989) Fractal and Markov models of kinetic behavior in single ion channels. Biophysical Journal 55: 495a.
53. Duszyk, M., French, A.S. and Man, S.F.P. (1989) Activation and anion permeability of a chloride channel from human nasal epithelia. Biophysical Journal 55: 605a.
52. Duszyk, M., French, A.S., Man, S.F.P. and Becker, A. (1989) Single chloride channels in airway epithelial cells from ragweed-sensitized dogs. Proceedings of the Canadian Federation of Biological Societies 32: 81.
51. French, A.S., Duszyk, M. and Man, S.F.P. (1989) Single chloride and sodium channels in normal and cystic fibrosis human airway cells. Proceedings of the International Union of Physiological Sciences XXXI: 367.
50. Man, S.F.P., Duszyk, M. and French, A.S. (1989) Sodium channels in the apical membrane of human airway epithelial cells. American Thoracic Society.
49. Duszyk, M., French, A.S. and Man, S.F.P. (1989) Sodium channels in the apical membrane of nasal epithelial cells. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology 67: Aix.
48. Stockbridge, L.L. and French, A.S. (1989) Dissociation and culture of insect mechanoreceptor cells from the connective chordotonal organ in the antenna of Periplaneta americana. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology 67: Axxxv.
47. Pece, A.E.C., French, A.S., Korenberg, M.J. and Kuster, J.E. (1989) Gain control by biochemical feedback in locust photoreceptors. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology 67: Axxix.
46. Stockbridge, L.L. and French, A.S. (1989) Ion channels in isolated mechanosensory neurons from the connective chordotonal organ in the pedicel of the american cockroach. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 15: 1287.
45. Pece, A.E.C., French, A.S., Korenberg, M.J. and Kuster, J.E. (1988) Gain control in locust photoreceptors. Proceedings of the 8th. Annual Heritage Medical Research Days 24.
44. Duszyk, M., French, A.S. and Man, S.F.P. (1988) Sodium channels in the apical membrane of nasal epithelial cells. Proceedings of the 8th. Annual Heritage Medical Research Days 4.
43. Stockbridge, L.L. and French, A.S. (1988) Isolated insect mechanoreceptor cells possess stretch-activated ion channels. Proceedings of the 8th. Annual Heritage Medical Research Days 24.
42. French, A.S. and Stockbridge, L.L. (1988) Stretch-activated ion channels in isolated mechanoreceptor cells from the cockroach. The Physiologist 31: A144.
41. Pece, A.E.C., French, A.S., Korenberg, M.J. and Kuster, J.E. (1988) Transduction in locust photoreceptors: flash and white noise stimulation. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 14: 34.
40. Duszyk, M., French, A.S. and Man, S.F.P. (1988) Chloride channels in the apical membrane of human airway epithelial cells. The Physiologist 31: A144.
39. French, A.S. and Stockbridge, L.L. (1988) The dependence of ion channel kinetics on the observational time scale. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology 66: Axv.
38. French, A.S. (1988) Rapid sensory adaptation in an insect sensory neuron has two clearly separable components. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology 66: Axv.
37. French, A.S. and Stockbridge, L.L. (1988) Kinetic analysis of cation channels in fibroblasts: Markov and fractal behavior. Biophysical Journal 53: 157a.
36. French, A.S. (1987) Dynamic analysis of threshold changes in an insect sensory neuron reveals two components of rapid adaptation. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 13: 30.8.
35. Stockbridge, L.L. and French, A.S. (1987) Stretch-activated channels in human fibroblasts. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 13: 30.7.
34. Pece, A.E.C. and French, A.S. (1987) Stimulus location and dynamic properties of single photon transduction in locust photoreceptors. Proceedings of the 7th. Annual Heritage Medical Research Days 124.
33. Stockbridge, L.L and French, A.S. (1987) A stretch-activated channel in human fibroblasts. Proceedings of the 7th. Annual Heritage Medical Research Days 101.
32. Pece, A.E.C. and French, A.S. (1986) Regional properties of transduction of single photons in locust photoreceptors. Proceedings of the 6th. Annual Heritage Medical Research Days.
31. Stockbridge, L.L. and French, A.S. (1986) K+ channels in fibroblasts. Proceedings of the 6th. Annual Heritage Medical Research Days.
30. French, A.S. (1986) Elimination of rapid adaptation from an insect sensory neuron by Chloramine-T. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 12: 410.12.
29. Stockbridge L.L. and French, A.S. (1986) Ion channels in chick and human fibroblasts. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 12: 368.11.
28. Pece, A.E.C. and French, A.S. (1986) Regional properties of transduction of single photons in locust photoreceptors. Society for Neuroscience abstracts 12: 174.9.
27. French, A.S. (1986) Frequency domain approaches to sensory transduction and sensory adaptation. Proceedings of the International Union of Physiological Sciences 16: S521.01.
26. French, A.S. (1986) Strength-duration relationships in the action potential encoder of an insect mechanosensory neuron. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology 64: Ax.
25. French, A.S. (1985) The effects of temperature on the action potential encoder of an insect mechanosensory neuron. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology 63: Axiii-xiv.
24. French, A.S. (1985) Is calcium involved in the rapid adaptation of an insect mechanoreceptor? Proceedings of the Canadian Federation of Biological Societies 28: PA-198.
23. French, A.S. and Kuster, J.E. (1984) Nonlinear interactions between single photons during transduction in locust photoreceptors. Proceedings of the Canadian Federation of Biological Societies 27: PA-19.
22. Watts, R.E. and French, A.S. (1984) Mechanotransduction in cutaneous dorsal receptors of the leopard frog, Rana pipiens. Proceedings of the Canadian Federation of Biological Societies 27: PO-24.
21. French, A.S. and Kuster, J.E. (1984) Nonlinear dynamic interactions between pairs of photons absorbed in locust photoreceptors. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 10: 181.
20. French, A.S. (1984) Sensory transduction and the cause of adaptation in a rapidly adapting insect mechanoreceptor. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology 62: Aix-x.
19. Kuster, J.E. and French, A.S. (1983) An investigation of the role of microtubules in sensory transduction by an insect mechanoreceptor. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 9: 98.1.
18. French, A.S. and Kuster, J.E. (1983) The effects of microtubule dissociating agents on sensory transduction in an insect mechanoreceptor. Proceedings of the Canadian Federation of Biological Societies 26: 101.
17. Kuster, J.E. and French, A.S. (1982) The dynamic sensitivity of bipolar and multipolar mechanosensitive neurons. Proceedings of the 2nd. Annual Heritage Medical Research Days, A305.
16. French, A.S. and Kuster, J.E. (1982) The dynamic sensitivity of a locust multipolar joint receptor. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 8: 147.2.
15. Kuster, J.E. and French, A.S. (1982) Mechanotransduction in an insect multipolar joint sensillum. Proceedings of the Canadian Federation of Biological Societies 25: 9.
14. Kuster, J.E. and French, A.S. (1982) Mechanotransduction in bipolar and multipolar insect sensory neurons. Bulletin of the Canadian Society of Zoology 13: 41.
13. French, A.S. and Kuster, J.E. (1981) Sensory transduction in the cockroach femoral tactile spine. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 7: 250.
12. French, A.S. (1980) White noise analysis of light transduction in the fly compound eye using an averaging technique to improve high frequency measurements. Proceedings of the Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society 11: 62P.
11. French, A.S. (1979) Linear frequency domain analysis of phototransduction in the fly compound eye reveals temporal resonance behavior. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 5: 2637.
10. Bush, B.M.H., DiCaprio, R.A. and French, A.S. (1978) White noise analysis of a non-spiking stretch receptor. Journal of Physiology 277: 15P.
9. French, A.S. (1977) The frequency domain approach to nonlinear analysis of neural coding. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 3: 135.
8. French, A.S. and Jä M. (1977) An analysis of the time dependent behaviour of fly retinula cells by stimulation with random (white noise) light fluctuations. Proceedings of the Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society 8: 93P.
7. DiCaprio, R.A. and French, A.S. (1973) Chemically mediated excitation of Retzius cells by a fast pathway in the CNS of the leech, Hirudo medicinalis. Proceedings of the Canadian Federation of Biological Societies 16: 94.
6. French, A.S. (1972) Some problems in the transmission of information by neuronal spike trains. Joint meeting of the American Statistical Association, the Biometrical Society and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, p. 149.
5. Bradley, A.B., DiCaprio, R.A. and French, A.S. (1972) Cytological investigations of identifiable nerve cells in the CNS of the cockroach, Periplaneta americana, and of the leech, Hirudo medicinalis. Proceedings of the Canadian Federation of Biological Societies 15: 215.
4. Holden, A.V. and French, A.S. (1971) Spectral analysis of neuronal interactions. Proceedings of the International Union of Physiological Sciences 9: 256.
3. Holden, A.V. and French, A.S. (1971) Spectral analysis of receptor dynamics. Canada Physiology 2: 14.
2. Stein, R.B. and French, A.S. (1969) Responses of neural analogs to sinusoidally modulated inputs. Proceedings of the Canadian Federation of Biological Societies 12: 206.
1. French, A.S. and Stein, R.B. (1969) On-line analysis of neuronal spike trains using a general purpose digital computer. Journal of Physiology 207: 12P.

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