Chargée de Recherche CNRS, University of Bordeaux
Contact:
Email: francois.lambert@u-bordeaux.fr
Team:
DN3 (Development and Neurobiology of Neural Networks)
Domain:
Neurophysiology of sensory-motor systems
Research axis:
Ontogeny of vestibular control of gaze, posture and locomotion
Scientific expertise:
- Vestibular, oculomotor and spinal networks
- Neuronal tracing, Electrophysiology, cell imaging, motion analysis
- Xenopus laevis, mouse
Projects:
- Developmental interaction of vestibular and locomotor signals involved in gaze stabilization
- Maturation, adaptation of vestibular-evoked postural control
- Ontogeny of intrinsic membrane properties of central vestibular neurons
Selected Publications:
Bacqué-Cazenave J, Courtand G, Beraneck M, Straka H, Combes D, Lambert FM. Locomotion-induced ocular motor behavior in larval Xenopus is developmentally tuned by visuo-vestibular reflexes. Nat. Communications. 2022 in press
França de Barros F, Bacqué-Cazenave J, Taillebuis C, Courtand G, Manuel M, Bras H, Tagliabue M, Combes D, Lambert FM, Beraneck M.Conservation of locomotion-induced oculomotor activity through evolution in mammals. Curr Biol. 2022 Jan 24;32(2):453-461
Lambert FM, Bacqué-Cazenave J, Le Seach A, Arama J, Courtand G, Tagliabue M, Eskiizmirliler S, Straka H, Beraneck M. Stabilization of Gaze during Early Xenopus Development by Swimming-Related Utricular Signals. Curr Biol. 2020 Feb 24;30(4):746-753
Olechowski-Bessaguet A, Grandemange R, Cardoit L, Courty E, Lambert FM, Le Ray D. Functional organization of vestibulospinal inputs on thoracic motoneurons responsible for trunk postural control in Xenopus. J Physiol. 2020 Feb;598(4):817-838.
Bacqué-Cazenave J, Courtand G, Beraneck M, Lambert FM, Combes D. Temporal Relationship of Ocular and Tail Segmental Movements Underlying Locomotor-Induced Gaze Stabilization During Undulatory Swimming in Larval Xenopus. Front Neural Circuits. 2018 Oct 29;12:95.
Lambert FM, Cardoit L, Courty E, Bougerol M, Thoby-Brisson M, Simmers J, Tostivint H, Le Ray D. Functional limb muscle innervation prior to cholinergic transmitter specification during early metamorphosis in Xenopus. Elife. 2018 May 30;7:e30693.
Lambert FM Bras H, Cardoit L, Vinay L, Coulon P, Glover JC. Early postnatal maturation in vestibulospinal pathways involved in neck and forelimb motor control. Dev Neurobiol. 2016 Oct;76(10):1061-77.
von Uckermann G, Lambert FM, Combes D, Straka H, Simmers J. Adaptive plasticity of spino-extraocular motor coupling during locomotion in metamorphosing Xenopus laevis. J Exp Biol. 2016 Apr 15;219(Pt 8):1110-21.