Dr William Heitler

Honorary Reader

Researcher profile

Email

wjh@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Research areas

Biological Sciences; Neuroscience; central pattern; crayfish; Crustacea; escape behaviour; locust jumping; neuronal circuit; neurophysiology; pattern generator ; simulation; c++

Selected publications

• The neuroethology of predation and escape

  Sillar, K. T., Picton, L. D. & Heitler, W. J., May 2016, Oxford; Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. 392 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

• The escape behavior of crayfish

  Heitler, W. J., 13 Nov 2014, Crustacean nervous systems and their control of behavior. Derby, C. & Thiel, M. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 396-427 (Natural history of crustacea).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• How Grasshoppers Jump

  Heitler, W. J., Apr 2012

  Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site

• AnimatLab: A 3D graphics environment for neuromechanical simulations.

  Cofer, D., Cymbalyuk, G., Reid, J., Zhu, Y., Heitler, W. J. & Edwards, D., 2010, In: Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 187, p. 280-288

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Control of tumbling during the locust jump.

  Cofer, D., Cymbalyuk, G., Heitler, W. J. & Edwards, D., 2010, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 213, p. 3378-3387

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Neuromechanical simulation of the locust jump.

  Cofer, D., Cymbalyuk, G., Heitler, W. J. & Edwards, D., 2010, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 213, p. 1060-1068

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Electrical coupling synchronises spinal motoneuron activity during swimming in hatchling Xenopus tadpoles.

  Zhang, H. Y., Li, W., Heitler, W. J. & Sillar, K. T., 2009, In: The Journal of Physiology. 587, p. 4455-4466 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Practical tools for analysing rhythmic neural activity.

  Heitler, W. J., 2009, In: Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 185, p. 151-164

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• ).  DataView: A Tutorial Tool for Data Analysis. Template-based Spike Sorting and Frequency Analysis. ).  DataView: A Tutorial Tool for Data Analysis. Template-based Spike Sorting and Frequency Analysis.

  Heitler, W. J., 2007, In: Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education. 6, p. 1-7

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Nitric oxide modulation of the electrically excitable skin of Xenopus laevis frog tadpoles

  Alpert, M. H., Zhang, H. Y., Molinari, M. A., Heitler, W. J. & Sillar, K. T., 15 Nov 2007, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 210, p. 3910-3918 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

 

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