Gillette, R. 2006. Evolution and function in serotonergic systems. Integ. Comp. Biol. In press.

Hatcher, N.G., Sudlow, L.C., Moroz, L.L., and Gillette, R. 2006. Nitric Oxide potentiates cAMP-gated cation current in feeding neurons of Pleurobranchaea californica independent of cAMP and cGMP signaling pathways. J. Neurophysiol. 95, 3219-3227.

Stuart, J.N., Hatcher, N.G., Zhang, X., Gillette, R. and Sweedler, J.V. 2005. Squrious serotonin dimer formation using electrokinetic injection in capillary electrophoresis from small volume biological samples. Analyst. 130, 147-151.

Stuart, J.N., Ebaugh, J.D., Copes, A.L., Hatcher, N.G., Gillette, R. and Sweedler, J.V. 2004. Systemic serotonin sulfate in opisthobranch mollusks. J. Neurochem. 90, 734-742.

Lazebrink, M., Marks, D.L., Potgieter, K., Gillette, R. and Boppart, S.A. 2003. Functional optical coherence tomography for detecting neural activity through scattering changes. Optics Letters. 28, 1218-1221.

Jing, J. and Gillette, R. 2003. Directional avoidance turns encoded by single neurons and sustained by multifunctional serotonergic cells. J. Neurosci. 23, 3039-3051.

Zhang, X., Kim, W.-S., Hatcher, N.G., Potgieter, K., Gillette, R. and Sweedler, J.V. 2002. Interfering with nitric oxide measurements: 4,5-Diaminofluorescein reacts with dehydroascorbic acid and ascorbic acid. J. Biologic. Chem. 277, 472-478.

Gillette, R. and Jing, J. 2001. The role of the escape swim motor network in the organization of behavioral hierarchy and arousal in Pleurobranchaea. Symposium on Swimming in Opisthobranch Mollusks: Contributions to Control of Motor Behavior. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Atlanta. Amer. Zool..

Zhang, X., Fuller, R.R., Dahlgren, R., Potgieter, K., Gillette, R. and Sweedler, J.V. 2001. Neurotransmitter sampling and storage for capillary electrophoresis analysis. Fresenius' Journal of Analytical Chemistry. 369(3-4):206-211.

Gillette, R., Huang, R.-C., Hatcher, N.G. and Moroz, L L. 2000. Cost-benefit analysis potential in feeding behavior of a predatory snail by integration of hunger, taste and pain. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA 97, 3585-3590 .

Jing, J. and Gillette, R. 2000. Escape swim network interneurons have diverse roles in behavioral switching and putative arousal in Pleurobranchaea. J. Neurophysiol. 83, 1346-1355.

Moroz, L.L., Gillette, R. and Sweedler, J.V. 1999. Single cell analyses of nitrergic neurons in simpler nervous systems. J. Exp. Biol. 202, 333-341.

Hurst, W.J., Moroz, L.L., Gillette, M.U. and Gillette, R. 1999. Nitric oxide synthase immunolabeling in the molluscan CNS and peripheral tissues. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 262, 545-548.

Jing, J. and Gillette, R. 1999. The central pattern generator for escape swimming in the sea slug Pleurobranchaea californica. J. Neurophysiol. 81, 654-657.

Sudlow, L..C., Jing, J., Moroz L.L. and Gillette, R. 1998. Serotonin immunoreactivity in the central nervous system of the marine molluscs Pleurobranchaea californica and Tritonia diomedea. J. Comp. Neurol. 395(4):466-80

Fuller, R.R., Sweedler J.V., Gillette, R. and Moroz, L.L. 1998. Single neuron analysis by capillary electrophoresis with fluorescence spectroscopy. Neuron 20(2):173-81

Sudlow, L..C. and Gillette, R. 1997. Cyclic AMP levels, adenylyl cyclase activity, and their stimulation by serotonin quantified in intact neurons. J. Gen. Physiol. 110(3):243-55

Gilly, W.F., McFarlane, M. and Gillette, R. 1997. Fast and slow activation kinetics of voltage-gated sodium channels in molluscan neurons. J. Neurophysiol. 77(5):2373-84

Cruz, L., Sweedler, J.V., Gillette, R. and Moroz, L.L. 1997. Nitrite and nitrate levels in individual molluscan neurons: single-cell capillary electrophoresis analysis. J. Neurochem. 69(1):110-5

Moroz, L.L., Gillette, R., Jing, J. and Sudlow, L.C. 1997. Serotonin-immunoreactivity in peripheral tissues of the opisthobranch molluscs Pleurobranchaea californica and Tritonia diomedea. J. Comp. Neurol. 382(2):176-88

Moroz, L.L. and R. Gillette. 1996. NADPH-Diaphorase localization in the CNS and peripheral tissues of the predatory sea-slug Pleurobranchaea californica. J. Comp. Neurol. 367(4):607-22.

Moroz, L.L, Gillette, R., Gillette, M.U. and Chen, D. 1996. Nitric Oxide synthase activity in the moluscan CNS. J. Neurochem. 66(2):873-6.

Sudlow, L.C. and Gillette, R. 1995. Cyclic AMP-Gated sodium current in neurons of the pedal ganglion of the Pleurobranchaea californica is activated by serotonin. J. Neurophysiol. 73:630-636.

Jing, J. and Gillette, R. 1995. Neuronal elements that mediate escape swimming and suppress feeding behavior in the predatory seaslug Pleurobranchaea. J. Neurophysiol. 74:1900-1910.

Moroz, L.L. and Gillette, R. 1995. From Polyplacophora to Cephalopoda: Comparative analysis of nitric oxide signalling in Mollusca. Acta Biologica Hungarica 46:169-182.

Sudlow, L.C., Huang, R.-C., Green, D.J. and Gillette, R. 1993. cAMP-activated Na+ current of molluscan neurons is resistant to kinase inhibitors and is gated by cAMP in the isolated patch. J. Neurosci. 13:5188-5193.

Gillette, R., Saeki, M. and Huang, R.-C. 1991. Defense mechanisms in notaspidean snails: Acid humor and evasiveness. J. Exp. Biol. 156:335-347

Gillette, R. 1991. On the significance of neuron giantism in gastropods. The Biological Bulletin 180:234-240

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