Dr Francois Windels
Manager, Research Development
Frazer Institute
+61 7 344 38277
Journal Articles
Giorni, Andrea, Coyne, Terry, Silburn, Peter A., Mellick, George D., Sah, Pankaj and Windels, François (2022). Changes in pallidal neural activity following long-term symptom improvement from botulinum toxin treatment in DYT6 dystonia: a case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports, 16 (1) 15, 15. doi: 10.1186/s13256-021-03215-4
Wallis, Tristan P., Venkatesh, Bharat G., Narayana, Vinod K., Kvaskoff, David, Ho, Alan, Sullivan, Robert K., Windels, François, Sah, Pankaj and Meunier, Frédéric A. (2021). Saturated free fatty acids and association with memory formation. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 3443, 3443. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-23840-3
Mosley, Philip E., Windels, François, Morris, John, Coyne, Terry, Marsh, Rodney, Giorni, Andrea, Mohan, Adith, Sachdev, Perminder, O’Leary, Emily, Boschen, Mark, Sah, Pankaj and Silburn, Peter A. (2021). A randomised, double-blind, sham-controlled trial of deep brain stimulation of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis for treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder. Translational Psychiatry, 11 (1) 190, 190. doi: 10.1038/s41398-021-01307-9
Kielar, Marcin, Hamid, Tasnuva, Wiemer, Martin, Windels, François, Hirsch, Lionel, Sah, Pankaj and Pandey, Ajay K. (2019). Light detection in open-circuit voltage mode of organic photodetectors. Advanced Functional Materials, 30 (9) 1907964, 1-9. doi: 10.1002/adfm.201907964
Kielar, Marcin, Hamid, Tasnuva, Wu, Liao, Windels, François, Sah, Pankaj and Pandey, Ajay K. (2019). Organic optoelectronic diodes as tactile sensors for soft-touch applications. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 11 (24) acsami.9b04671, 21775-21783. doi: 10.1021/acsami.9b04671
Giorni, Andrea, Windels, François, Stratton, Peter G., Cook, Raymond, Silberstein, Paul, Coyne, Terrence, Silburn, Peter A. and Sah, Pankaj (2017). Single-unit activity of the anterior Globus pallidus internus in Tourette patients and posterior Globus pallidus internus in dystonic patients. Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology, 128 (12), 2510-2518. doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2017.10.003
Windels, Francois, Yan, Shanzhi, Stratton, Peter G., Sullivan, Robert, Crane, James W. and Sah, Pankaj (2016). Auditory tones and foot-shock recapitulate spontaneous sub-threshold activity in basolateral amygdala principal neurons and interneurons. PLoS ONE, 11 (5) e0155192, e0155192. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155192
Windels, Francois, Thevathasan, Wesley, Silburn, Peter and Sah, Pankaj (2015). Where and what is the PPN and what is its role in locomotion?. Brain, 138 (5), 1133-1134. doi: 10.1093/brain/awv059
Boskovic, Zoran, Alfonsi, Fabienne, Rumballe, Bree A., Fonseka, Sachini, Windels, Francois and Coulson, Elizabeth J. (2014). The role of p75NTR in cholinergic basal forebrain structure and function. Journal of Neuroscience, 34 (39), 13033-13038. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2364-14.2014
Ball, David, Kliese, Russell, Windels, Francois, Nolan, Christopher, Stratton, Peter, Sah, Panjkaj and Wiles, Janet (2014). Rodent scope: A user-configurable digital wireless telemetry system for freely behaving animals. PLoS One, 9 (2) e89949, e89949.1-e89949.10. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089949
Tattersall, Timothy L., Stratton, Peter G., Coyne, Terry J., Cook, Raymond, Silberstein, Paul, Silburn, Peter A., Windels, Francois and Sah, Pankaj (2014). Imagined gait modulates neuronal network dynamics in the human pedunculopontine nucleus. Nature Neuroscience, 17 (3), 449-454. doi: 10.1038/nn.3642
Hamlin, Adam S., Windels, Francois, Boskovic, Zoran, Sah, Pankaj and Coulson, Elizabeth J. (2013). Lesions of the basal forebrain cholinergic system in mice disrupt idiothetic navigation. PLoS ONE, 8 (1) e53472, e53472.1-e53472.9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053472
Oluich, Laura-Jane, Stratton, Jo Anne S., Xing, Yao Lulu, Ng, Sze Woei, Cate, Holly S., Sah, Pankaj, Windels, Francois, Kilpatrick, Trevor J. and Merson, Tobias D. (2012). Targeted ablation of oligodendrocytes induces axonal pathology independent of overt demyelination. The Journal of Neuroscience, 32 (24), 8317-8330. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1053-12.2012
Stratton, Peter, Cheung, Allen, Wiles, Janet H., Kiyatkin, E., Sah, Pankaj and Windels, Francois (2012). Action potential waveform variability limits multi-unit separation in freely behaving rats. PLoS One, 7 (6) e38482, e38482.1-e38482.16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038482
Windels, Francois, Crane, James W. and Sah, Pankaj (2010). Inhibition dominates the early phase of up-states in the basolateral amygdala. Journal of Neurophysiology, 104 (6), 3433-3438. doi: 10.1152/jn.00531.2010
Crane, James W., Windels, Francois and Sah, Pankaj (2009). Oscillations in the basolateral amygdala: aversive stimulation is state dependent and resets the oscillatory phase. Journal Neurophysiology, 102 (3), 1379-1387. doi: 10.1152/jn.00438.2009
Windels, Francois and Kiyatkin, Eugene A. (2006). Dopamine action in the substantia nigra pars reticulata: iontophoretic studies in awake, unrestrained rats. European Journal of Neuroscience, 24 (5), 1385-1394. doi: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.05015.x
Windels, Francois (2006). Neuronal activity - From in vitro preparation to behaving animals. Molecular Neurobiology, 34 (1), 1-25. doi: 10.1385/MN:34:1:1
Windels, F. and Kiyatkin, E. A. (2006). Stability of substantia nigra pars reticulata neuronal discharge rates during dopamine receptor blockade and its possible mechanisms. Neuroreport, 17 (10), 1071-1075. doi: 10.1097/01.wnr.0000221845.43126.7d
Windels, F. and Kiyatkin, E. A. (2006). Gabaergic mechanisms in regulating the activity state of substantia nigra pars reticulata neurons. Neuroscience, 140 (4), 1289-1299. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.03.064
Windels, F. and Kiyatkin, E. A. (2006). General anesthesia as a factor affecting impulse activity and neuronal responses to putative neurotransmitters. Brain Research, 1086 (1), 104-116. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.02.064
Windels, François, Carcenac, Carole, Poupard, Annie and Savasta, Marc (2005). Pallidal origin of GABA release within the substantia nigra pars reticulata during high-frequency stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus. Journal of Neuroscience, 25 (20), 5079-5086. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0360-05.2005
Windels, François and Kiyatkin, Eugene A. (2004). GABA, not glutamate, controls the activity of substantia nigra reticulata neurons in awake, unrestrained rats. Journal of Neuroscience, 24 (30), 6751-6754. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1528-04.2004
Windels, F., Bruet, N., Poupard, A., Feuerstein, C., Bertrand, A. and Savasta, M. (2003). Influence of the frequency parameter on extracellular glutamate and gamma-aminobutyric acid in substantia nigra and globus pallidus during electrical stimulation of subthalamic nucleus in rats. Journal of Neuroscience Research, 72 (2), 259-267. doi: 10.1002/jnr.10577
Windels, F. and Kiyatkin, E. A. (2003). Modulatory action of acetylcholine on striatal neurons: microiontophoretic study in awake, unrestrained rats. European Journal of Neuroscience, 17 (3), 613-622. doi: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02492.x
Bruet, N., Windels, F., Carcenac, C., Feuerstein, C., Bertrand, A., Poupard, A. and Savasta, M. (2003). Neurochemical mechanisms induced by high frequency stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus: Increase of extracellular striatal glutamate and GABA in normal and hemiparkinsonian rats. Journal of Neuropathology And Experimental Neurology, 62 (12), 1228-1240. doi: 10.1093/jnen/62.12.1228
Bruet, N., Windels, F., Bertrand, A., Feuerstein, C., Poupard, A. and Savasta, M. (2001). High frequency stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus increases the extracellular contents of striatal dopamine in normal and partially dopaminergic denervated rats. Journal of Neuropathology And Experimental Neurology, 60 (1), 15-24. doi: 10.1093/jnen/60.1.15
Gervasoni, Damien, Soulière, Fabienne, Lobo, Letícia, Rentéro, Nicolas, Windels, François, Astier, Bernadette, Fort, Patrice, Renaud, Bernard, Luppi, Pierre-Hervé and Chouvet, Guy (2000). Unrelated course of subthalamic nucleus and globus pallidus neuronal activities across vigilance states in the rat. European Journal of Neuroscience, 12 (9), 3361-3374. doi: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00199.x
Windels, F, Bruet, N, Poupard, A, Urbain, N, Chouvet, G, Feuerstein, C and Savasta, M (2000). Effects of high frequency stimulation of subthalamic nucleus on extracellular glutamate and GABA in substantia nigra and globus pallidus in the normal rat. European Journal of Neuroscience, 12 (11), 4141-4146. doi: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00296.x
Conference Papers
Windels, F., Yan, S., Stratton, P., Crane, J. and Sah, P. (2015). Cortical gating of sensory responses in the amygdala. 25th Biennial Meeting of the International-Society-for-Neurochemistry Jointly with the 13th Meeting of the Asian-Pacific-Society-for-Neurochemistry in Conjunction with the 35th Meeting of the Australasian-Neuroscience-Society, Cairns, QLD Australia, 23-27 august 2015. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/jnc.13188
Windels, François, Stratton, Peter and Sah, Pankaj (2014). Auditory stimulation modulates amygdala network dynamics. The Twenty Third Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting: CNS*2014, Québec City, Canada, 26-31 July, 2014. London, United Kingdom: BioMed Central. doi: 10.1186/1471-2202-15-s1-p52
Maurice, N, Deniau, JM, Degos, B, Windels, F, Carcenac, C, Poupard, A and Savasta, M (2005). High frequency stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus - Electrophysiological and neurochemical aspects. 8th Triennial Meeting of the International-Basal-Ganglia-Society, Crieff Scotland, Sep 05-09, 2004. NEW YORK: SPRINGER.
Windels, F, Bruet, N, Poupard, A, Feuerstein, C, Bertrand, A and Savasta, M (2002). Influence of frequency on extracellular glutamate and GABA in substantia nigra and globus pallidus during electrical stimulation of subthalamic nucleus in rats. 7th International Congress of Parkinsons Disease and Movement Disorders, Miami Florida, Nov 10-14, 2002. NEW YORK: WILEY-LISS.
Windels, F, Bruet, N, Poupard, A, Feuerstein, C, Bertrand, A and Savasta, M (2002). Possible role of GABA in the therapeutical efficacy of high frequency stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson's disease: A microdialysis study in rats. 7th International Congress of Parkinsons Disease and Movement Disorders, Miami Florida, Nov 10-14, 2002. NEW YORK: WILEY-LISS.
Bruet, N, Windels, F, Poupard, A, Bertrand, A and Savasta, M (2002). Increases of striatal glutamate and GABA in normal and hemiparkinsonian rats during high-frequency stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus. 7th International Congress of Parkinsons Disease and Movement Disorders, Miami Florida, Nov 10-14, 2002. NEW YORK: WILEY-LISS.
Savasta, M, Windels, F, Bruet, N, Bertrand, A and Poupard, A (2002). Neurochemical modifications induced by high frequency stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus in rats. 7th Triennial Meeting of the International-Basal-Ganglia-Society, Waitangi New Zealand, Feb 11-15, 2001. NEW YORK: KLUWER ACADEMIC/PLENUM PUBL.
Data Collections
Wallis, Tristan P. , Venkatesh, Bharat G. , Narayana, Vinod K. , Kvaskoff, David, Ho, Alan , Sullivan, Robert K. , Windels, François , Sah, Pankaj and Meunier, Frédéric A. (2021). Rat auditory fear conditioning quantified free fatty acid and phospholipid abundance data. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/12793dc
Windels, Francois (2016). Whole cell and local field potential recordings. Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2016.201