ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-970505-26
Saint-Amant, Louis
Email: louis.st-amant@umontreal.ca
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Affiliation: Saint-Amant Lab
Address: Chercheur adjoint Département de Pathologie et Biologie Cellulaire Université de Montréal Pavillon Roger-Gaudry S-546 2900, boul. Édouard-Montpetit Montréal, Québec, H3T 1J4 Canada
Country: Canada
Phone: 514-343-6294
Fax: 514-343-5755
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BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH INTERESTS


PUBLICATIONS
Gribble, K.D., Walker, L.J., Saint-Amant, L., Kuwada, J.Y., Granato, M. (2018) The synaptic receptor Lrp4 promotes peripheral nerve regeneration. Nature communications. 9:2389
Ogino, K., Low, S.E., Yamada, K., Saint-Amant, L., Zhou, W., Muto, A., Asakawa, K., Nakai, J., Kawakami, K., Kuwada, J.Y., Hirata, H. (2015) RING finger protein 121 facilitates the degradation and membrane localization of voltage-gated sodium channels. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 112(9):2859-64
Knogler, L.D., Ryan, J., Saint-Amant, L., Drapeau, P. (2014) A hybrid electrical/chemical circuit in the spinal cord generates a transient embryonic motor behavior. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 34:9644-55
Kokel, D., Dunn, T.W., Ahrens, M.B., Alshut, R., Cheung, C.Y., Saint-Amant, L., Bruni, G., Mateus, R., van Ham, T.J., Shiraki, T., Fukada, Y., Kojima, D., Yeh, J.R., Mikut, R., von Lintig, J., Engert, F., and Peterson, R.T. (2013) Identification of Nonvisual Photomotor Response Cells in the Vertebrate Hindbrain. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 33(9):3834-3843
Horstick, E.J., Linsley, J.W., Dowling, J.J., Hauser, M.A., McDonald, K.K., Ashley-Koch, A., Saint-Amant, L., Satish, A., Cui, W.W., Zhou, W., Sprague, S.M., Stamm, D.S., Powell, C.M., Speer, M.C., Franzini-Armstrong, C., Hirata, H., and Kuwada, J.Y. (2013) Stac3 is a component of the excitation-contraction coupling machinery and mutated in Native American myopathy. Nature communications. 4:1952
Low, S.E., Woods, I.G., Lachance, M., Ryan, J., Schier, A.F., and Saint-Amant, L. (2012) Touch responsiveness in zebrafish requires voltage-gated calcium channel 2.1b. Journal of neurophysiology. 108(1):148-159
Hirata, H., Wen, H., Kawakami, Y., Naganawa, Y., Ogino, K., Yamada, K., Saint-Amant, L., Low, S.E., Cui, W.W., Zhou, W., Sprague, S.M., Asakawa, K., Muto, A., Kawakami, K., and Kuwada, J.Y. (2012) Connexin39.9 is necessary for coordinated activation of slow-twitch muscle and normal behavior in zebrafish. The Journal of biological chemistry. 287(2):1080-9
Low, S.E., Amburgey, K., Horstick, E., Linsley, J., Sprague, S.M., Cui, W.W., Zhou, W., Hirata, H., Saint-Amant, L., Hume, R.I., and Kuwada, J.Y. (2011) TRPM7 Is Required within Zebrafish Sensory Neurons for the Activation of Touch-Evoked Escape Behaviors. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 31(32):11633-11644
Valdmanis, P.N., Dupre, N., Lachance, M., Stochmanski, S.J., Belzil, V.V., Dion, P.A., Thiffault, I., Brais, B., Weston, L., Saint-Amant, L., Samuels, M.E., and Rouleau, G.A. (2011) A mutation in the RNF170 gene causes autosomal dominant sensory ataxia. Brain : a journal of neurology. 134(Pt 2):602-607
Low, S.E., Ryan, J., Sprague, S.M., Hirata, H., Cui, W.W., Zhou, W., Hume, R.I., Kuwada, J.Y., and Saint-Amant, L. (2010) touche Is Required for Touch-Evoked Generator Potentials within Vertebrate Sensory Neurons. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 30(28):9359-9367
Low, S.E., Zhou, W., Choong, X., Saint-Amant, L., Sprague, S.M., Hirata, H., Cui, W.W., Hume, R.I., and Kuwada, J.Y. (2010) Na(V)1.6a is required for normal activation of motor circuits normally excited by tactile stimulation. Developmental Neurobiology. 70(7):508-522
Nakano, Y., Fujita, M., Ogino, K., Saint-Amant, L., Kinoshita, T., Oda, Y., and Hirata, H. (2010) Biogenesis of GPI-anchored proteins is essential for surface expression of sodium channels in zebrafish Rohon-Beard neurons to respond to mechanosensory stimulation. Development (Cambridge, England). 137(10):1689-1698
Saint-Amant, L. (2010) Chapter 4 - Development of motor rhythms in zebrafish embryos. Progress in brain research. 187:47-61
Pietri, T., Manalo, E., Ryan, J., Saint-Amant, L., and Washbourne, P. (2009) Glutamate drives the touch response through a rostral loop in the spinal cord of zebrafish embryos. Developmental Neurobiology. 69(12):780-795
Guernsey, D.L., Jiang, H., Campagna, D.R., Evans, S.C., Ferguson, M., Kellogg, M.D., Lachance, M., Matsuoka, M., Nightingale, M., Rideout, A., Saint-Amant, L., Schmidt, P.J., Orr, A., Bottomley, S.S., Fleming, M.D., Ludman, M., Dyack, S., Fernandez, C.V., and Samuels, M.E. (2009) Mutations in mitochondrial carrier family gene SLC25A38 cause nonsyndromic autosomal recessive congenital sideroblastic anemia. Nature Genetics. 41(6):651-653
Saint-Amant, L., Sprague, S.M., Hirata, H., Li, Q., Cui, W.W., Zhou, W., Poudou, O., Hume, R.I., and Kuwada, J.Y. (2008) The zebrafish ennui behavioral mutation disrupts acetylcholine receptor localization and motor axon stability. Developmental Neurobiology. 68(1):45-61
Hirata, H., Watanabe, T., Hatakeyama, J., Sprague, S.M., Saint-Amant, L., Nagashima, A., Cui, W.W., Zhou, W., and Kuwada, J.Y. (2007) Zebrafish relatively relaxed mutants have a ryanodine receptor defect, show slow swimming and provide a model of multi-minicore disease. Development (Cambridge, England). 134(15):2771-2781
Zhou, W., Saint-Amant, L., Hirata, H., Cui, W.W., Sprague, S.M., and Kuwada, J.Y. (2006) Non-sense mutations in the dihydropyridine receptor beta1 gene, CACNB1, paralyze zebrafish relaxed mutants. Cell Calcium. 39(3):227-236
Saint-Amant, Louis (2006) Development of Motor Networks in Zebrafish Embryos. Zebrafish. 3(2):173-190
Cui, W.W., Low, S.E., Hirata, H., Saint-Amant, L., Geisler, R., Hume, R.I., and Kuwada, J.Y. (2005) The zebrafish shocked gene encodes a glycine transporter and is essential for the function of early neural circuits in the CNS. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 25(28):6610-6620
Hirata, H., Saint-Amant, L., Downes, G.B., Cui, W.W., Zhou, W., Granato, M., and Kuwada, J.Y. (2005) Zebrafish bandoneon mutants display behavioral defects due to a mutation in the glycine receptor β-subunit. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 102(23):8345-8350
Hirata, H., Saint-Amant, L., Waterbury, J., Cui, W., Zhou, W., Li, Q., Goldman, D., Granato, M., and Kuwada, J.Y. (2004) accordion, a zebrafish behavioral mutant, has a muscle relaxation defect due to a mutation in the ATPase Ca2+ pump SERCA1. Development (Cambridge, England). 131(21):5457-5468
Cui, W.W., Saint-Amant, L., and Kuwada, J.Y. (2004) shocked Gene Is Required for the Function of a Premotor Network in the Zebrafish CNS. Journal of neurophysiology. 92(5):2898-2908
Brustein, E., Saint-Amant, L., Buss, R.R., Chong, M., McDearmid, J.R., and Drapeau, P. (2003) Steps during the development of the zebrafish locomotor network. Journal of physiology, Paris. 97(1):77-86
Saint-Amant, L. (2003) Development of motor behaviors and activity patterns of spinal neurons in the zebrafish embryo. Ph.D. Thesis.
Saint-Amant, L. and Drapeau, P. (2003) Whole-cell patch-clamp recordings from identified spinal neurons in the zebrafish embryo. Methods in cell science : an official journal of the Society for In Vitro Biology. 25(1-2):59-64
Drapeau, P., Saint-Amant, L., Buss, R.R., Chong, M., McDearmid, J.R., and Brustein E. (2002) Development of the locomotor network in zebrafish. Prog. Neurobiol.. 68(2):85-111
Saint-Amant, L. and Drapeau, P. (2001) Synchronization of an embryonic network of identified spinal interneurons solely by electrical coupling. Neuron. 31(6):1035-1046
Suwa, H., Saint-Amant, L., Triller, A., Drapeau, P., and Legendre, P. (2001) High-affinity zinc potentiation of inhibitory postsynaptic glycinergic currents in the zebrafish hindbrain. Journal of neurophysiology. 85(2):912-925
Saint-Amant, L. and Drapeau, P. (2000) Motoneuron activity patterns related to the earliest behavior of the zebrafish embryo. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 20(11):3964-3972
Drapeau, P., Ali, D.W., Buss, R.R., and Saint-Amant, L. (1999) In vivo recording from identifiable neurons of the locomotor network in the developing zebrafish. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 88(1):1-13
Saint-Amant, L. and Drapeau, P. (1998) Time course of the development of motor behaviors in the zebrafish embryo. Journal of neurobiology. 37:622-632

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