Janis Weeks - Publications

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University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, United States 

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2018 Weeks JC, Robinson KJ, Lockery SR, Roberts WM. Anthelmintic drug actions in resistant and susceptible C. elegans revealed by electrophysiological recordings in a multichannel microfluidic device. International Journal For Parasitology. Drugs and Drug Resistance. 8: 607-628. PMID 30503202 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ijpddr.2018.10.003  0.593
2016 Weeks JC, Robinson KJ, Wanjeri B, Copenhaver PF, Roberts WM. Microfluidic EPG recordings show striking pharyngeal pumping phenotype in a Alzheimer's disease model. Micropublication. Biology. 2016. PMID 32550340 DOI: 10.17912/W2WC7M  0.608
2016 Weeks JC, Roberts WM, Robinson KJ, Keaney M, Vermeire JJ, Urban JF, Lockery SR, Hawdon JM. Microfluidic platform for electrophysiological recordings from host-stage hookworm and Ascaris suum larvae: A new tool for anthelmintic research. International Journal For Parasitology. Drugs and Drug Resistance. PMID 27751868 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ijpddr.2016.08.001  0.571
2012 Lockery SR, Hulme SE, Roberts WM, Robinson KJ, Laromaine A, Lindsay TH, Whitesides GM, Weeks JC. A microfluidic device for whole-animal drug screening using electrophysiological measures in the nematode C. elegans. Lab On a Chip. 12: 2211-20. PMID 22588281 DOI: 10.1039/C2Lc00001F  0.568
2011 Winbush A, Weeks JC. Steroid-triggered, cell-autonomous death of a Drosophila motoneuron during metamorphosis. Neural Development. 6: 15. PMID 21521537 DOI: 10.1186/1749-8104-6-15  0.359
2003 Weeks JC. Thinking globally, acting locally: steroid hormone regulation of the dendritic architecture, synaptic connectivity and death of an individual neuron. Progress in Neurobiology. 70: 421-42. PMID 14511700 DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0082(03)00102-3  0.435
2003 Gray JR, Weeks JC. Steroid-induced dendritic regression reduces anatomical contacts between neurons during synaptic weakening and the developmental loss of a behavior. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society For Neuroscience. 23: 1406-15. PMID 12598629  0.485
2003 Kinch G, Hoffman KL, Rodrigues EM, Zee MC, Weeks JC. Steroid-triggered programmed cell death of a motoneuron is autophagic and involves structural changes in mitochondria. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 457: 384-403. PMID 12561078 DOI: 10.1002/Cne.10563  0.729
2001 Wiel DE, Wood ER, Weeks JC. Habituation of the proleg withdrawal reflex in Manduca sexta does not involve changes in motoneuron properties or depression at the sensorimotor synapse. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 76: 57-80. PMID 11525253 DOI: 10.1006/nlme.2000.3982  0.348
2001 Zee MC, Weeks JC. Developmental change in the steroid hormone signal for cell-autonomous, segment-specific programmed cell death of a motoneuron. Developmental Biology. 235: 45-61. PMID 11412026 DOI: 10.1006/Dbio.2001.0273  0.714
1999 Weeks JC. Steroid hormones, dendritic remodeling and neuronal death: Insights from insect metamorphosis Brain, Behavior and Evolution. 54: 51-60. PMID 10516404 DOI: 10.1159/000006611  0.423
1997 Weeks JC, Jacobs GA, Pierce JT, Sandstrom DJ, Streichert LC, Trimmer BA, Wiel DE, Wood ER. Neural mechanisms of behavioral plasticity: metamorphosis and learning in Manduca sexta. Brain, Behavior and Evolution. 50: 69-80. PMID 9217994 DOI: 10.1159/000113356  0.747
1997 Wood ER, Wiel DE, Weeks JC. Neural correlates of habituation of the proleg withdrawal reflex in larvae of the hawk moth, Manduca sexta. Journal of Comparative Physiology. a, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. 180: 639-57. PMID 9190046 DOI: 10.1007/s003590050080  0.311
1996 Levine RB, Weeks JC. Cell culture approaches to understanding the actions of steroid hormones on the insect nervous system. Developmental Neuroscience. 18: 73-86. PMID 8840087 DOI: 10.1159/000111397  0.618
1995 Weeks JC, Levine RB. Steroid hormone effects on neurons subserving behavior. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 5: 809-15. PMID 8805414 DOI: 10.1016/0959-4388(95)80110-3  0.612
1995 Novicki A, Weeks JC. A single pair of interneurons controls motor neuron activity during pre-ecdysis compression behavior in larval Manduca sexta Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 176: 45-54. PMID 7823308 DOI: 10.1007/BF00197751  0.327
1994 Weeks JC, Davidson SK. Influence of interganglionic interactions on steroid-mediated dendritic reorganization and death of proleg motor neurons during metamorphosis in Manduca sexta. Journal of Neurobiology. 25: 535-54. PMID 8071659 DOI: 10.1002/neu.480250507  0.331
1993 Trimmer BA, Weeks JC. Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors modulate the excitability of an identified insect motoneuron. Journal of Neurophysiology. 69: 1821-36. PMID 7688797 DOI: 10.1152/JN.1993.69.6.1821  0.58
1991 Trimmer BA, Weeks JC. Activity-dependent induction of facilitation, depression, and post-tetanic potentiation at an insect central synapse. Journal of Comparative Physiology. a, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. 168: 27-43. PMID 2033567 DOI: 10.1007/BF00217101  0.634
1991 Levine RB, Fahrbach SE, Weeks JC. Steroid hormones and the reorganization of the nervous system during insect metamorphosis Seminars in Neuroscience. 3: 437-447. DOI: 10.1016/1044-5765(91)90053-Q  0.718
1991 Weeks JC. Introduction: Steroid actions on neurons and behavior Seminars in Neuroscience. 3: 435-436. DOI: 10.1016/1044-5765(91)90052-P  0.334
1990 Levine RB, Weeks JC. Hormonally mediated changes in simple reflex circuits during metamorphosis in Manduca. Journal of Neurobiology. 21: 1022-36. PMID 2258719 DOI: 10.1002/neu.480210708  0.642
1990 Weeks JC, Levine RB. Postembryonic neuronal plasticity and its hormonal control during insect metamorphosis. Annual Review of Neuroscience. 13: 183-94. PMID 2183673 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ne.13.030190.001151  0.643
1990 Jacobs G, Weeks J. Postsynaptic changes at a sensory-to-motoneuron synapse contribute to the developmental loss of a reflex behavior during insect metamorphosis The Journal of Neuroscience. 10: 1341-1356. DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.10-04-01341.1990  0.682
1989 Weeks JC, Jacobs GA, Miles CI. Hormonally mediated modifications of neuronal structure, synaptic connectivity, and behavior during metamorphosis of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta Integrative and Comparative Biology. 29: 1331-1344. DOI: 10.1093/icb/29.4.1331  0.712
1987 Weeks JC. Time course of hormonal independence for developmental events in neurons and other cell types during insect metamorphosis Developmental Biology. 124: 163-176. PMID 3666303 DOI: 10.1016/0012-1606(87)90469-6  0.312
1987 Weeks JC, Jacobs GA. A reflex behavior mediated by monosynaptic connections between hair afferents and motoneurons in the larval tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta. Journal of Comparative Physiology. a, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. 160: 315-29. PMID 3572850 DOI: 10.1007/BF00613021  0.67
1986 Weeks JC, Truman JW. Steroid control of neuron and muscle development during the metamorphosis of an insect. Journal of Neurobiology. 17: 249-67. PMID 3519866 DOI: 10.1002/neu.480170308  0.572
1984 Weeks JC, Truman JW. Neural organization of peptide-activated ecdysis behaviors during the metamorphosis of Manduca sexta - II. Retention of the proleg motor pattern despite loss of the prolegs at pupation Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 155: 423-433. DOI: 10.1007/BF00610595  0.459
1984 Weeks JC, Truman JW. Neural organization of peptide-activated ecdysis behaviors during the metamorphosis of Manduca sexta - I. Conservation of the peristalsis motor pattern at the larval-pupal transformation Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 155: 407-422. DOI: 10.1007/BF00610594  0.537
1982 Weeks JC. Synaptic basis of swim initiation in the leech - II. A pattern-generating neuron (cell 208) which mediates motor effects of swim-initiating neurons Journal of Comparative Physiology □ A. 148: 265-279. DOI: 10.1007/BF00619133  0.338
1982 Weeks JC. Synaptic basis of swim initiation in the leech - I. Connections of a swim-initiating neuron (cell 204) with motor neurons and pattern-generating 'oscillator' neurons Journal of Comparative Physiology □ A. 148: 253-263. DOI: 10.1007/BF00619132  0.344
1978 Kristan WB, Weeks J. Difficulties in applying a functional definition of command neurons Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 1: 28-29. DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X00059240  0.569
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1991 Miles CI, Weeks JC. Developmental attenuation of the pre-ecdysis motor pattern in the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 168: 179-190. PMID 1669740 DOI: 10.1007/BF00218410  0.291
2000 Novicki A, Weeks JC. Developmental attenuation of Manduca pre-ecdysis behavior involves neural changes upstream of motoneurons and relay interneurons Journal of Comparative Physiology - a Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. 186: 69-79. PMID 10659044 DOI: 10.1007/s003590050008  0.286
1988 Peterson BA, Weeks JC. Somatotopic mapping of sensory neurons innervating mechanosensory hairs on the larval prolegs of Manduca sexta Journal of Comparative Neurology. 275: 128-144. PMID 3170788 DOI: 10.1002/CNE.902750111  0.283
1996 Lubischer JL, Weeks JC. Target muscles and sensory afferents do not influence steroid-regulated, segment-specific death of identified motoneurons in Manduca sexta Journal of Neurobiology. 31: 449-460. PMID 8951103 DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(199612)31:4<449::AID-NEU5>3.0.CO;2-9  0.282
1992 Weeks JC, Roberts WM, Trimble DL. Hormonal regulation and segmental specificity of motoneuron phenotype during metamorphosis of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta. Developmental Biology. 149: 185-96. PMID 1728589 DOI: 10.1016/0012-1606(92)90275-L  0.27
1993 Novicki A, Weeks JC. Organization of the larval pre-ecdysis motor pattern in the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 173: 151-162. PMID 8410740 DOI: 10.1007/BF00192974  0.267
1991 Sandstrom DJ, Weeks JC. Reidentification of larval interneurons in the pupal stage of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta Journal of Comparative Neurology. 308: 311-327. PMID 1890241 DOI: 10.1002/CNE.903080213  0.257
1997 Streichert LC, Pierce JT, Nelson JA, Weeks JC. Steroid hormones act directly to trigger segment-specific programmed cell death of identified motoneurons in vitro. Developmental Biology. 183: 95-107. PMID 9119119 DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.8467  0.251
1993 Weeks JC, Davidson SK, Debu BH. Effects of a protein synthesis inhibitor on the hormonally mediated regression and death of motoneurons in the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta. Journal of Neurobiology. 24: 125-40. PMID 8419521 DOI: 10.1002/neu.480240110  0.244
1998 Hoffman KL, Weeks JC. Programmed cell death of an identified motoneuron in vitro: temporal requirements for steroid exposure and protein synthesis. Journal of Neurobiology. 35: 300-22. PMID 9622013 DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(19980605)35:3<300::AID-NEU7>3.0.CO;2-2  0.231
2001 Hoffman KL, Weeks JC. Role of caspases and mitochondria in the steroid-induced programmed cell death of a motoneuron during metamorphosis. Developmental Biology. 229: 517-36. PMID 11203705 DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2000.9987  0.229
1989 Weeks JC, Ernst-Utzschneider K. Respecification of larval proleg motoneurons during metamorphosis of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta: segmental dependence and hormonal regulation Journal of Neurobiology. 20: 569-592. PMID 2760610 DOI: 10.1002/NEU.480200605  0.221
1995 Streichert L, Weeks J. Decreased monosynaptic sensory input to an identified motoneuron is associated with steroid-mediated dendritic regression during metamorphosis in Manduca sexta The Journal of Neuroscience. 15: 1484-1495. DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.15-02-01484.1995  0.221
1986 Weeks JC. The command neuron concept: Good in theory, difficult to justify in practice Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 9: 735-736. DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X00052146  0.202
1981 Weeks JC. Neuronal basis of leech swimming: Separation of swim initiation, pattern generation, and intersegmental coordination by selective lesions Journal of Neurophysiology. 45: 698-723. PMID 7229677 DOI: 10.1152/JN.1981.45.4.698  0.193
2005 Hazelett DJ, Weeks JC. Segment-specific muscle degeneration is triggered directly by a steroid hormone during insect metamorphosis. Journal of Neurobiology. 62: 164-77. PMID 15452849 DOI: 10.1002/neu.20077  0.17
1998 Sandstrom DJ, Weeks JC. Segment-specific retention of a larval neuromuscular system and its role in a new, rhythmic, pupal motor pattern in Manduca sexta Journal of Comparative Physiology - a Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. 183: 283-302. PMID 9763701 DOI: 10.1007/s003590050256  0.168
1982 Weeks J. Segmental specialization of a leech swim-initiating interneuron, cell 2051 The Journal of Neuroscience. 2: 972-985. DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.02-07-00972.1982  0.147
2021 Hahnel SR, Roberts WM, Heisler I, Kulke D, Weeks JC. Comparison of electrophysiological and motility assays to study anthelmintic effects in Caenorhabditis elegans. International Journal For Parasitology. Drugs and Drug Resistance. 16: 174-187. PMID 34252686 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpddr.2021.05.005  0.114
1985 Weeks J, Truman J. Independent steroid control of the fates of motoneurons and their muscles during insect metamorphosis The Journal of Neuroscience. 5: 2290-2300. DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.05-08-02290.1985  0.11
2018 Weeks JC, Roberts WM, Leasure C, Suzuki BM, Robinson KJ, Currey H, Wangchuk P, Eichenberger RM, Saxton AD, Bird TD, Kraemer BC, Loukas A, Hawdon JM, Caffrey CR, Liachko NF. Sertraline, Paroxetine, and Chlorpromazine Are Rapidly Acting Anthelmintic Drugs Capable of Clinical Repurposing. Scientific Reports. 8: 975. PMID 29343694 DOI: 10.1038/S41598-017-18457-W  0.107
1980 Weeks JC. The implications of recent experimental results for the validity of modeling studies of the leech swim central pattern generator Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 3: 562-563. DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X00006889  0.076
1996 Weeks JC, Wood ER. Short- and long-term modification of reflex function during learning and metamorphosis in Manduca. The Biological Bulletin. 191: 62-9. PMID 8776842 DOI: 10.2307/1543063  0.072
2015 Jones LS, Carvalho MJ, Toleman MA, White PL, Connor TR, Mushtaq A, Weeks JL, Kumarasamy KK, Raven KE, Török ME, Peacock SJ, Howe RA, Walsh TR. Characterization of plasmids in extensively drug-resistant acinetobacter strains isolated in India and Pakistan. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 59: 923-9. PMID 25421466 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.03242-14  0.064
2020 Choi R, Michaels SA, Onu EC, Hulverson MA, Saha A, Coker ME, Weeks JC, Van Voorhis WC, Ojo KK. Taming the Boys for Global Good: Contraceptive Strategy to Stop Malaria Transmission. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland). 25. PMID 32560085 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25122773  0.062
1963 Brocklehurst J, Weeks J. Dimensional changes in graphite: The relationship between those produced by absorption of bromine and those produced by irradiation Journal of Nuclear Materials. 9: 197-210. DOI: 10.1016/0022-3115(63)90134-X  0.061
2014 Jones LS, Toleman MA, Weeks JL, Howe RA, Walsh TR, Kumarasamy KK. Plasmid carriage of bla NDM-1 in clinical Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from India. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 58: 4211-3. PMID 24752257 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.02500-14  0.057
2009 Patzer JA, Walsh TR, Weeks J, Dzierzanowska D, Toleman MA. Emergence and persistence of integron structures harbouring VIM genes in the Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland, 1998-2006. The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 63: 269-73. PMID 19095681 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkn512  0.047
2011 Walsh TR, Weeks J, Livermore DM, Toleman MA. Dissemination of NDM-1 positive bacteria in the New Delhi environment and its implications for human health: an environmental point prevalence study. The Lancet. Infectious Diseases. 11: 355-62. PMID 21478057 DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(11)70059-7  0.036
1971 Weeks J, Cogswell F. Automatic Rheological Measurement and Processing Calculations Ifac Proceedings Volumes. 4: 263-268. DOI: 10.1016/S1474-6670(17)68720-2  0.022
2012 Darley E, Weeks J, Jones L, Daniels V, Wootton M, MacGowan A, Walsh T. NDM-1 polymicrobial infections including Vibrio cholerae. Lancet (London, England). 380: 1358. PMID 23063285 DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60911-8  0.021
2008 Lukowiak K, Weeks J. Neurosensory ecology. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 211: 1705. PMID 18490384 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.019471  0.019
1970 Weeks JC, Reid GC. Dynamic viscoelastic properties of polymer melts Rheologica Acta. 9: 69-76. DOI: 10.1007/BF01984596  0.018
1969 Raha S, Weeks JC. An apparatus to measure the dynamic viscoelasticity of polymer melts Rheologica Acta. 8: 244-244. DOI: 10.1007/bf01984670  0.01
2010 Salabi AE, Toleman MA, Weeks J, Bruderer T, Frei R, Walsh TR. First report of the metallo-beta-lactamase SPM-1 in Europe. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 54: 582. PMID 19858251 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00719-09  0.01
1971 McGOWAN JC, WEEKS JC. Work of Isothermal Compression of Liquids Nature Physical Science. 234: 119-120. DOI: 10.1038/physci234119a0  0.01
1966 McCubbin WL, Weeks JC. Ultraviolet Absorption of Polyethylene Journal of Applied Physics. 37: 3644-3644. DOI: 10.1063/1.1708933  0.01
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