Dr Mikko Juusola: Full Publications (55)
Ph.D. Thesis (1)
Juusola, M. (1993)
Contrast coding in dipteran photoreceptors, the role of phototransduction and the cell membrane.
Acta Univ. Oulu 142 pp. ISBN 951-42-3629-7; ISSN 0355-3221
Preprints (1)
Tang, S.* & Juusola, M.*, (*pdf)
Intrinsic Activity in the Fly Brain Gates Visual Information during Behavioral Choices
Nature Precedings hdl:10101/npre.2010.4325.1
Peer-reviewed original articles in print or press (46)
54. Lipscomb, L., Parkin, C.A., Juusola, M. & Winder, S.J.* (2011).
The proteasomal inhibitor MG132 prevents muscular dystrophy in zebrafish.
PLoS Currents: Muscular Dystrophy. 3: RRN1286. doi: 10.1371/currents.RRN1286
53. Abou Tayoun, A.N., Li, X., Chu, B., Hardie, R.C., Juusola, M.* & Dolph, P.J.* (2011),
The Drosophila SK channel (dSK) contributes to photoreceptor performance by mediating sensitivity control at the first visual network
J. Neurosci. 31: 13897-13910.
52. Gonzalez-Bellido, P.T., Wardill, T.J. & Juusola, M.* (2011), (*pdf)
Compound eyes and retinal information processing in miniature dipteran species match their specific ecological demands
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 108: 4224-4229.
51. Tang, S.* & Juusola, M.* (2010), (*pdf)
Intrinsic Activity in the Fly Brain Gates Visual Information during Behavioral Choices
PLoS one 5(12): e14455. doi:10.1371/ journal.pone.0014455
50. Gonzalez-Bellido, P.T., Wardill, T.J., Kostyleva, R., Meinertzhagen, I.A.* & Juusola, M.* (2009), (*pdf)
Overexpressing Temperature-Sensitive Dynamin Decelerates Phototransduction and Bundles Microtubules in Drosophila Photoreceptors
J. Neurosci. 29: 14199-14210.
49. Nikolaev, A., Zheng, L., Wardill, T.J., O'Cane, C.J., de Polavieja, G.G. & Juusola, M.* (2009), (*pdf)
Network adaptation improves temporal representation of naturalistic stimuli in Drosophila eye: II mechanisms
PLoS one 4(1): e4306. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0004306
48. Zheng, L., Nikolaev, A., Wardill, T.J., O'Cane, C.J., de Polavieja, G.G. & Juusola, M.* (2009), (*pdf)
Network adaptation improves temporal representation of naturalistic stimuli in Drosophila eye: I dynamics
PLoS one 4(1): e4307. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0004307
47. Pantazis, A., Segaran, A., Liu, C-H., Nikolaev, A, Rister, J., Thum, A., Roeder, T., Semenov, E., Juusola, M., Hardie, R.C.* (2008)., (*pdf)
Distinct roles for two histamine receptors (hclA and hclB) at the Drosophila photoreceptor synapse.
J. Neurosci. 28: 7250-7259.
46. Faivre O.C. & Juusola, M.* (2008), (*pdf)
Visual coding in locust photoreceptors.
PLoS one 3(5): e2173. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002173
45. McQuibban, G.A., Lee, J.R., Zheng, L., Juusola, M. & Freeman, M.* (2006), (*pdf)
Rhomboid-7 regulates mitochondrial dynamics and contributes to Drosophila lifespan and neuronal function.
Current Biol. 16: 982-989.
44. Zheng, L., de Polavieja, G.G., Wolfram W., Asyali, M.H., Hardie, R.C. & Juusola, M.* (2006), (*pdf)
Feedback network controls photoreceptor output at the layer of first visual synapses in Drosophila.
J. Gen. Physiol. 127: 495-510.
43. Vähäsöyrinki, M., Niven, J.E., Hardie, R.C., Weckström, M.* & Juusola, M. (2006), (*pdf)
Robustness of neural coding in Drosophila photoreceptors in the absence of slow delayed rectifier K+ channels.
J. Neurosci. 26: 2652–2660.
42. de Polavieja, G.G.*, Harsch, A., Kleppe, I., Robinson, H.P.C. & Juusola, M.* (2005), (*pdf)
Stimulus history reliably shapes action potential waveforms of cortical neurons.
J. Neurosci. 25: 5657-5665.
41. Asyali, M.H.* & Juusola, M. (2005), (*pdf)
Use of Meixner functions in estimation of Volterra kernels of nonlinear systems with delay.
IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. 52: 229-237.
40. Wolfram W. & Juusola, M.* (2004), (*pdf)
The impact of rearing conditions and short-term light exposure on signaling performance in Drosophila photoreceptors.
J. Neurophysiol. 92: 1918-1927.
39. Niven, J.E., Vähäsöyrinki, M., Juusola, M. & French, A.S.* (2004), (*pdf)
Interaction between light induced currents, voltage-gated currents and input statistics in Drosophila photoreceptors.
J. Neurophysiol. 91: 2696-2706.
38. Juusola, M., Niven, J.E. & French, A.S.* (2003), (*pdf)
Shaker K+ channels contribute an early nonlinear amplification to the light response in Drosophila photoreceptors.
J. Neurophysiol. 90: 2014-2021.
37. Juusola, M.* & de Polavieja, G.G.* (2003), (*pdf)
The rate of information transfer of naturalistic stimulation by graded potentials.
J. Gen. Physiol. 122: 191-206.
36. Niven, J.E.*, Vähäsöyrinki, M. & Juusola, M. (2003), (*pdf)
Shaker K+ channels are predicted to reduce the metabolic cost of neural information in Drosophila photoreceptors.
Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 270: S58-S61.
35. Niven, J.E., Vähäsöyrinki, M., Kauranen, M., Hardie, R.C., Juusola, M*. & Weckström, M. (2003), (*pdf)
The contribution of Shaker K+ channels to the information capacity in Drosophila photoreceptors.
Nature 421: 630-634. (* the corresponding author)
34. Hardie, R.C.*, Martin, F., Cochrane, G.R., Juusola, M., Georgiev, P., Raghu, P.(2002), (*pdf)
Molecular Basis of amplification in Drosophila phototransduction: roles for G protein, phosphlipase C and diacylglycerol kinase.
Neuron 36: 689-701.
33. Hardie, R.C.*, Raghu, P., Moore, S., Juusola, M., Baines, R. & Sweeney, S. (2001), (*pdf)
Calcium influx via TRP channels is required to maintain PIP2 levels in Drosophila photoreceptors.
Neuron 30: 149-159.
32. Juusola, M.* & Hardie, R.C. (2001), (*pdf)
Light-adaptation in Drosophila photoreceptors: II Rising temperature increases the bandwidth of reliable signalling.
J. Gen. Physiol. 117: 27-42.
31. Juusola, M.* & Hardie, R.C. (2001), (*pdf)
Light-adaptation in Drosophila photoreceptors: I Response dynamics and signaling efficiency at 25oC.
J. Gen. Physol. 117: 3-25.
30. Marmarelis, V.Z.*, Juusola, M. & French, A.S. (1999), (*pdf)
Principal dynamic mode analysis of nonlinear transduction in a spider mechanoreceptor.
Ann. Biomed. Eng. 27: 391-402.
29. Juusola, M. & French, A.S.* (1998), (*pdf)
The adaptation properties of two types of sensory neurons in a spider mechanoreceptor organ.
J. Neurophysiol. 80: 2781-2784.
28. Korenberg, M.J.*, Juusola, M. & French A.S. (1998), (*pdf)
Two methods for calculating the responses of photoreceptors to moving objects.
Ann. Biomed. Eng. 26: 308-314.
27. Juusola, M. & French, A.S.* (1997), (*pdf)
Efficiency of sensory information coding by mechanoreceptor neurons.
Neuron 18: 959-968.
26.Juusola, M.*, Seyfarth, E.A. & French, A.S. (1997), (*pdf)
Rapid coating of class-capillary microelectrodes for single-electrode voltage-clamp.
J. Neurosci. Methods 71: 199-204.
25. Juusola, M. & French A.S.* (1997), (*pdf)
Visual acuity for moving objects in first and second order neurons of the fly compund eye.
J. Neurophysiol. 77: 1487-1495.
24. Juusola, M., Weckström, M., Uusitalo, R.O., Korenberg, M. & French, A.S.* (1995), (*pdf)
Nonlinear models of the first synapse in the light-adapted fly retina.
J. Neurophysiol. 74: 2538-2547.
23. Juusola, M.* & French, A.S. (1995), (*pdf)
Transduction and adaptation in spider split sense organ mechanoreceptors.
J. Neurophysiol. 74: 2513-2523.
22. Juusola, M.* & French, A.S. (1995), (*pdf)
Recording from cuticular mechanoreceptors during mechanical stimulation.
PflŸger Arch. 431: 125-128.
21. Uusitalo, R.O.*, Juusola, M., Kouvalainen, E. &Weckström, M. (1995), (*pdf)
Tonic transmitter release in a graded potential synapse.
J. Neurophysiol. 74: 470-473.
20. Uusitalo, R.O.*, Juusola, M. & Weckström, M. (1995), (*pdf)
Graded and spiking responses in identified first order visual interneurons of the fly compound eye.
J. Neurophysiol. 72: 1782-1792.
19. Weckström, M., Juusola, M., Uusitalo, R.O. & French, A.S.* (1995), (*pdf)
Fast-acting compressive and facilatory nonlinearities in light-adapted fly photoreceptors.
Ann. Biomed. Eng. 23: 70-77
18. Juusola, M.*, Uusitalo, R. & Weckström, M. (1995), (*pdf)
Transfer of graded potentials at the photoreceptor-interneuron synapse.
J. Gen. Physiol. 105: 117-148. PLEASE NOTICE BELOW! Corrections to editorial errors: the right figure order and legends
18. Juusola, M.*, Uusitalo, R. & Weckström, M. (1995)
Corrections to editorial errors - the right figure order and legends for: "Transfer of graded potentials at the photoreceptor-interneuron synapse".
J. Gen. Physiol. 105: 117-148.
17.Juusola, M.*, Seyfarth, E.A. & French, A.S. (1994), (*pdf)
The sodium-dependent receptor current in a new mechanoreceptor preparation.
J. Neurophysiol. 72: 3026-3028.
16. Kouvalainen, E.*, Weckström, M. & Juusola, M. (1994), (*pdf)
Determination of signal-to-noise ratio and linearity in light-adapted blowfly photoreceptors.
Vis. Neurosci. 95(11): 1221-1225.
15. Juusola, M.*, Kouvalainen, E. Järvilehto, M. & Weckström, M. (1994), (*pdf)
Contrast gain, signal-to-noise ratio and linearity in light-adapted blowfly photoreceptors.
J. Gen. Physiol. 104: 593-621.
14. Juusola, M.* (1994), (*pdf)
Measuring complex admittance and receptor current by single electrode voltage-clamp.
J. Neurosci. Methods 53: 1-6.
13. French, A.S.*, Korenberg, M., Järvilehto, M., Kouvalainen, E., Juusola, M., M. & Weckström, M. (1993), (*pdf)
The dynamic nonlinear behavior of fly photoreceptors evoked by a wide range of light intensities.
Biophys. J. 65: 832-839.
12. Juusola, M.* & Weckström, M. (1993), (*pdf)
Band-pass filtering by voltage-dependent membrane in an insect photoreceptor.
J. Neurosci Lett. 154: 84-88.
11. Juusola, M.* (1993), (*pdf)
Linear and non-linear contrast coding in light adapted blowfly photoreceptors.
J. Comp. Physiol. A. 172: 511-521.
10. Weckström, M.*, Juusola, M. & Laughlin, S. (1992), (*pdf)
Presynaptic enhancement of signal transients in photoreceptor terminals in the compound eye.
Proc. R. Soc. B Lond. 250: 83-89.
9. Weckström, M.*, Kouvalainen, E. & Juusola, M. (1992), (*pdf)
Measurement of cell impedance in frequency domain using discontinuous current clamp and white noise modulated current injection.
Pflüger Arch. 421: 469-472.
Peer-reviewed review articles (2)
8. Juusola, M.*, Robinson, H.P.C, de Polavieja, G.G.* (2007), (*pdf)
Coding with spike shapes and graded potentials in cortical networks
BioEssays 29: 178-187.
7. Juusola, M.*, French, A.S., Uusitalo, R.O. & Weckström, M. (1996), (*pdf)
Information processing by graded potential transmission through tonically active synapses.
Trends Neurosci. 19: 292-297.
Book chapters and peer-reviewed conference proceedings (6)
6. Song, Z., Billings, S., Coca, D., Postma, M., Hardie, R.C. & Juusola, M. (2009), (*pdf)
Biophysical Modeling of a Drosophila Photoreceptor
Lect. Notes Comp. Sci. (ICONIP 2009, Part I) 5863: 57–71
5. Friederich, U., Coca, D., Billings, S. & Juusola, M. (2009), (*pdf)
Data Modelling for Analysis of Adaptive Changes
in Fly Photoreceptors
Lect. Notes Comp. Sci. (ICONIP 2009, Part I) 5863: 34–48
4. de Polavieja, G.G., Harsch, A., Robinson, H.P.C. & Juusola, M. (2005), (*pdf)
Slow conductances encode stimulus history into spike shapes.
Lect. Notes Comp. Sci. 3561: 150-155.
3. Weckström,M., Juusola, M. & Uusitalo, R.O.(2000)
Synaptic signal transfer in the graded potential synapse.
In Neuroscience Finland 1999. Invited lectures and abstracts of short communications. (ed. Weckström, M.). Acta Universitatis Ouluensis, Medica. pp. 25-29.
2. Juusola, M. & French, A.S. (1998)
Signal encoding in spider slit-sense organ mechanoreceptor neurons.
In From structure to information in sensory systems (eds. Teddei-Ferretti C. & Musio C). pp. 254-265. World Scientific, Singapore, New Jersey, London, Hong Kong. 30.
1. Juusola, M., Uusitalo, R.O. & Weckström, M. (1998)
Optimizing the flow of information by early visual processing.
In From structure to information in sensory systems (eds. Teddei-Ferretti C. & Musio C). pp. 412-430. World Scientific, Singapore, New Jersey, London, Hong Kong. 29.
Theses supervised (7)
Xiaofeng Li: "Information Processing and Distribution in the Early Visual System of Dipteran Flies"
Ph.D. in Neurophysiology (submitted)
BMS, University of Sheffield, 2008-11
Zhuoyi Song: "Biophysical Modelling of Drosophila Photoreceptor"
Ph.D. in Systems Engineering/Neurophysiology
ACSE & BMS, University of Sheffield, 2008-11
Uwe Friederich: "Nonlinear System Identification and Analysis of Adaptive Neural Information Processing in the Fly Early Visual System"
Ph.D. in Systems Engineering/Neurophysiology
ACSE & BMS, University of Sheffield, 2008-11
Paloma Gonzalez-Bellido: "Photoreceptor spatial performance of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster and the killer fly Coenosia attenuata"
Ph.D. in Neurophysiology
BMS, University of Sheffield, 2006-9
Uwe Friederich: "Nonlinear system identification and analysis of neural responses"
Msc in Control Systems
ACSE & BMS, University of Sheffield, 2007
Olivier Faivre: "Visual information processing in locust photoreceptors"
Msc in Neurophysiology
Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, 2005
Verena Wolfram: "Impact light history in processing visual signals in Drosophila photoreceptors"
Ph.D. in Neurophysiology
Physiological Laboratory, University of Cambridge, 2001-4