Author

Janis C. Weeks

Observed names: J C Weeks, J. C. Weeks, J.C. Weeks, JANIS C. WEEKS, JC Weeks, Janis C Weeks, Janis Weeks, JanisC. Weeks, Weeks, Janis C

Observed institutions: University of Arizona, University of Oregon, University of Washington, University of California System, University of California San Diego, University of California, Berkeley

ORCID: 0000-0001-9866-8663

Observed ORCID: 0000-0001-9866-8663

OpenAlex ID: A5017440324

Independent steroid control of the fates of motoneurons and their muscles during insect metamorphosis

1985 · JC Weeks, JW Truman · Journal of Neuroscience · 174

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Initiation, Maintenance and Modulation of Swimming in the Medicinal Leech by the Activity of A Single Neurone

1978 · Janis C. Weeks, William B. Kristan · Journal of Experimental Biology · 158

Neuronal basis of leech swimming: separation of swim initiation, pattern generation, and intersegmental coordination by selective lesions.

1981 · J C Weeks · Journal of Neurophysiology · 143

Effects of Nicotinic and Muscarinic Agents on an Identified Motoneurone and its Direct Afferent Inputs in Larval Manduca Sexta

1989 · Barry A. Trimmer, Janis C. Weeks · Journal of Experimental Biology · 132

A microfluidic device for whole-animal drug screening using electrophysiological measures in the nematode C. elegans

2012 · Shawn R. Lockery, S. Elizabeth Hulme, et al. · Lab on a Chip · 127

Defensive Responses of Larval Manduca Sexta and Their Sensitization by Noxious Stimuli In the Laboratory and Field

2001 · Edgar T. Walters, Paul A. Illich, et al. · Journal of Experimental Biology · 114

Postembryonic Neuronal Plasticity And Its Hormonal Control During Insect Metamorphosis

1990 · J C Weeks, R B Levine · Annual Review of Neuroscience · 102

Synaptic basis of swim initiation in the leech

1982 · Janis C. Weeks · Journal of Comparative Physiology A · 100

Synaptic basis of swim initiation in the leech

1982 · Janis C. Weeks · Journal of Comparative Physiology A · 99

A reflex behavior mediated by monosynaptic connections between hair afferents and motoneurons in the larval tobacco hornworm,Manduca sexta

1987 · Janis C. Weeks, Gwen A. Jacobs · Journal of Comparative Physiology A · 95

Neural organization of peptide-activated ecdysis behaviors during the metamorphosis ofManduca sexta

1984 · Janis C. Weeks, James W. Truman · Journal of Comparative Physiology A · 93

Respecification of larval proleg motoneurons during metamorphosis of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta: Segmental dependence and hormonal regulation

1989 · Janis C. Weeks, Kristina Ernst‐Utzschneider · Journal of Neurobiology · 86

Sertraline, Paroxetine, and Chlorpromazine Are Rapidly Acting Anthelmintic Drugs Capable of Clinical Repurposing

2018 · Janis C. Weeks, William M. Roberts, et al. · Scientific Reports · 78

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Time course of hormonal independence for developmental events in neurons and other cell types during insect metamorphosis

1987 · Janis C. Weeks · Developmental Biology · 76

Neural organization of peptide-activated ecdysis behaviors during the metamorphosis ofManduca sexta

1984 · Janis C. Weeks, James W. Truman · Journal of Comparative Physiology A · 75

Postsynaptic changes at a sensory-to-motoneuron synapse contribute to the developmental loss of a reflex behavior during insect metamorphosis

1990 · GA Jacobs, JC Weeks · Journal of Neuroscience · 69

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Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors modulate the excitability of an identified insect motoneuron

1993 · B. A. Trimmer, J. C. Weeks · Journal of Neurophysiology · 66

Hormonally Mediated Reprogramming of Muscles and Motoneurones During the Larval-Pupal Transformation of the Tobacco Hornworm, Manduca Sexta

1986 · Janis C. Weeks, James W. Truman · Journal of Experimental Biology · 62

Segmental specialization of a leech swim-initiating interneuron, cell 2051

1982 · JC Weeks · Journal of Neuroscience · 58

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Hormonal regulation and segmental specificity of motoneuron phenotype during metamorphosis of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta

1992 · Janis C. Weeks, William M. Roberts, et al. · Developmental Biology · 56

Cell Culture Approaches to Understanding the Actions of Steroid Hormones on the Insect Nervous System

2007 · Richard B. Levine, Janis C. Weeks · Developmental Neuroscience · 54

Hormonally mediated changes in simple reflex circuits during metamorphosis in Manduca

1990 · Richard B. Levine, Janis C. Weeks · Journal of Neurobiology · 54

Steroid control of neuron and muscle development during the metamorphosis of an insect

1986 · Janis C. Weeks, James W. Truman · Journal of Neurobiology · 54

Thinking globally, acting locally: steroid hormone regulation of the dendritic architecture, synaptic connectivity and death of an individual neuron

2003 · Janis C Weeks · Progress in Neurobiology · 52

Steroid Hormones Act Directly to Trigger Segment-Specific Programmed Cell Death of Identified Motoneuronsin Vitro

1997 · Laura C. Streichert, Jonathan T. Pierce, et al. · Developmental Biology · 49

Works count: 77

Citation count: 3,160

H-index: 34

I10-index: 59