Interests: Central pattern generators and control of locomotion in mammals.

Selected Publications:

1. Wilson JM, Dombeck DA, Diaz-Rios M, Harris-Warrick RM, Brownstone RM. (2007) Two-photon calcium imaging of network activity in XFP expressing
neurons in the mouse. J Neurophysiol. Feb 15; [Epub ahead of print].

2. Guisheng Zhong, Manuel Díaz-Ríos & Ronald M. Harris-Warrick (2006) Serotonin modulates the properties of ascending commissural interneurons in the neonatal mouse spinal cord. J Neurophysiol. 95(3):1545-55.

3. Díaz-Ríos M & Miller MW (2006). Target-specific regulation of synaptic efficacy in the feeding central pattern generator of Aplysia: Potential substrates for behavioral plasticity? Biological Bulletin 210: 215-229.
 

4. Zhong G, Díaz-Ríos M & Harris-Warrick RM. (2006). Intrinsic and functional differences among commissural interneurons in the central pattern generator for locomotion in the neonatal mouse. J Neurosci. 26(24):6509-17

5.Díaz-Ríos M., and Miller M.W. (2005). Rapid Dopaminergic Signaling by Interneurons that Contain Markers for Catecholamines and GABA in the Feeding Circuitry of Aplysia. J. Neurophysiol. 2005 Apr;93(4):2142-56. Epub 2004 Nov 10.

6. Díaz-Ríos M & Miller MW (2005). Rapid dopaminergic signaling by interneurons that contain markers for catecholamines and GABA in the feeding circuitry of Aplysia. J Neurophysiology 93: 2142-2156.

7. Walters E.T., Bodnarova M., Billy A.J., Dulin M.F., Diaz-Rios M., Miller M.W., and Moroz L.L. (2004). Somatotopic organization and functional properties of mechanosensory neurons expressing sensorin-A mRNA in Aplysia californica. J. Comp. Neurol. 471(2);219-240.

8. Wu J.S., Jing J., Díaz-Ríos M., Miller M.W., Kupfermann I. And Weiss K.R. (2003). Identification of a GABA-containing Cerebral-Buccal Interneuron-11 in Aplysia californica. Neurosci. Lett. 341(1):5-8.

9. Robie A., Díaz-Ríos M. and Miller M.W. (2003). A population of Pedal-Buccal Projection Neurons Associated with Appetitive Components of Aplysia Feeding Behavior. J. Comp. Physiol. A. 189:231-244.

10. Díaz-Ríos M., Oyola E. and Miller M.W. (2002). Colocalization of γ-Aminobutyric Acid-like immunoreactivity and Catecholamines in the Feeding Circuitry of Aplysia californica. J. Comp. Neurol. 445(1):29-46.

11. Díaz-Ríos M., Suess E. and Miller M.W. (1999). Localization of GABA-like immunoreactivity in the Central Nervous System of Aplysia californica. J. Comp. Neurol. 413(2):255-270.
 

Selected Abstracts /Presentations

1. Díaz-Ríos ME, Dombeck DA, Webb WW & Harris-Warrick R (2006)  Serotonin modulates dendritic calcium influx in a subpopulation of spinal interneurons of the mammalian locomotor network. Soc. Neuroc. Abstr., 252.14 (Online Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner).

2. Daniel A. Dombeck, Manuel Díaz-Ríos, Watt W. Webb and Ronald Harris-Warrick. (2005). Modulation of dendritic calcium influx by serotonin in commissural interneurons of the mouse spinal cord. 35th Annual Meeting for the Society of Neuroscience, Washington, DC.

3. G. Zhong, M. Díaz-Ríos, Y. Zhang and R. Harris-Warrick (2005). Intrinsic and functional differences among commissural interneurons in the central pattern generator for locomotion in the neonatal mouse. 35th Annual Meeting for the Society of Neuroscience, Washington, DC.

4. Manuel Díaz-Ríos, Guisheng Zhong and Ronald Harris-Warrick (2005). Serotonin modulation of intrinsic properties of ascending commissural interneurons in the neonatal mouse spinal cord. 35th Annual Meeting for the Society of Neuroscience, Washington, DC.

5. Manuel Díaz-Ríos and Mark W. Miller (2003). Divergent and convergent synaptic signaling by interneurons that contain GABA and dopamine in the feeding circuitry of Aplysia. 32th Annual Meeting for the Society of Neuroscience, New Orleans, La.

6. Manuel Díaz-Ríos and Mark W. Miller (2002). GABA and dopamine colocalization in interneurons of the Aplysia feeding circuitry: Synaptic actions of GABA. Gordon Research Conference on Synaptic Transmission, Kimball Union Academy, NH.

7. Manuel Díaz-Ríos, Eduardo Oyola, Karen A. Mesce, Karen Klukas, Richard K. Orkand and Mark W. Miller (2000). Localization of Tyrosine Hydroxylase-like immunoreactivity in the nervous system of Aplysia californica. 31th Annual Meeting for the Society of Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.

8. Manuel Díaz-Ríos and Mark W. Miller (2000). Colocalization of GABA-like immunoreactivity and catecholamine histofluorescence in neurons of the feeding motor circuitry in Aplysia californica. 30th Annual Meeting for the Society of Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA.