Paskin, T., J. Jellies, J. Bacher and W.S. Beane. (2014) Planarian phototactic assay reveals differential behavioral responses based on wavelength. PLoSOne9(12):e114708.doi: 10.1371/journal.pone. 0114798.
Jellies, J. (2014) Which way is up? Asymmetric spectral input along the dorsal-ventral axis influences postural responses in an amphibious annelid. J. Comp. Physiol. A 200:923-938.
Jellies, J. (2014) Detection and selective avoidance of near ultraviolet radiation by an aquatic annelid: the medicinal leech. J. Exp. Biol. 217:974-985.
Kueh, D., J. Appiah and J. Jellies. 2013. Maturation of stereotyped efferent synaptic arbors in the leech requires rhythmic postsynaptic activity. J. Comp. Neurol. 521:2833-2849.
Jellies, J. and Kueh, D. 2012. Centrally patterned rhythmic activity integrated by a peripheral circuit linking multiple oscillators. J. Comp. Physiol. (A) 198:567-582.
Kueh, D. and Jellies, J. 2012. Targeting a neuropeptide to discrete regions of the motor arborizations of a single neuron. J. exp. Biol. 215:2108-2116.
Venkitaramani, D., D. Wang, Y. Ji, Y.-Z. Xu, L. Ponguta, K. Bock, B. Zipser, J. Jellies, K.M. Johansen and J. Johansen. 2004. Leech Filamin and Tractin: Markers for muscle development and nerve formation. J. Neurobiol. 60:369-380.
Xu, Y., Y. Ji, B. Zipser, J. Jellies, K.M. Johansen and J. Johansen. 2003. Proteolytic cleavage of the ectodomain of the L1 CAM-family member Tractin. J. Biol. Chem. 278:4322-4330.
Ji, Y., D. Schroeder, D. Byrne, B. Zipser, J. Jellies, K.M. Johansen and J. Johansen. 2001.Molecular identification and sequence analysis of Hillarin, a novel protein localized at the axon hillock. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1519:246-249.
Johnson, L.A., K.A. French, J. Jellies and W.B. Kristan. 2000. Disruption of peripheral target contact influences the development of identified central dendritic branches in a leech motor neuron in vivo. J. Neurobiol. 43:365-378.
Jie, C., Y. Xu, D. Wang, B. Zipser, J. Jellies, K. M. Johansen and J. Johansen. 2000. Post- translational processing and differential glycosylation of tractin, an Ig-superfamily member involved in regulation of axonal outgrowth. . Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1479:1-14.
Jellies, J., K.M. Johansen and J. Johansen. 2000. Ectopic CNS projections guide peripheral neuron axons along novel pathways in leech embryos. Develop. Biol. 218:137-145.
Jie,C., B.Zipser, J.Jellies, K.M.Johansen and J.Johansen. 1999. LeechCAM is proteolytically processed and differentially glycosylated in central and peripheral leech neurons. Biochim. Biophys.Acta. 1452:161-171.
Harik, T.M., J. Attaman, A. Crowley and J. Jellies. 1999. Developmentally regulated target- associated cues influence axon sprouting and outgrowth and may contribute to target specificity. Develop. Biol. 212:351-365.
Xu, Y., B. Bolton, B. Zipser, J. Jellies, K.M. Johansen and J. Johansen. 1999. Gliarin and Macrolin, two novel intermediate filament proteins specifically expressed in sets and subsets of glial cells in leech CNS. J. Neurobiol. 40:244-253.
Huang, Y., J. Jellies, K.M. Johansen and J. Johansen. 1998. Development and pathway formation of neurons during leech embryogenesis. J. Comp. Neurol. 397:394-402.
Huang, Y. J. Jellies, K.M. Johansen and J. Johansen. 1997. Differential glycosylation of Tractin and LeechCAM, two novel Ig-superfamily members, regulates neurite extension and specific fascicle formation. J. Cell Biol. 138:143-157.
Veldman, M., Y. Huang, J. Jellies, K.M. Johansen and J. Johansen. 1996. Differential expression of the EF-hand calcium-binding protein calsensin in the CNS of Hirudinid leeches. Cell Tiss. Res. 286:357- 364.
Jellies, J., D.M. Kopp, K. Johansen and J. Johansen. 1996. Initial formation and secondary condensation of nerve pathways in the medicinal leech. J. Comp. Neurol. 373:1-10.
Jellies, J. and D.M. Kopp. 1995. Sprouting and connectivity of embryonic leech heart excitor (HE) motor neurons in the absence of their peripheral target. Invert. Neurosci.1:145-157.
Jellies, J.A. 1995. Cellular interactions in the development of Annelid neuromuscular systems. Am. Zool. 35:529-541.
Jellies, J., K. Johansen and J. Johansen. 1995. Peripheral neurons depend on cns-derived guidance cues for proper navigation during leech development. Dev. Biol. 171:471-482.
Jellies, J. and J. Johansen. 1995. Multiple strategies for directed growth cone extension and navigation of peripheral neurons. J. Neurobiol. 27:310-325.
Gilchrist, L.S., K.A. Klukas, J. Jellies, J. Rapus, M. Eckert and K.A. Mesce. 1994.Distribution and developmental expression of octopamine-immunoreactive neurons in the central nervous system of the leech. J. Comp. Neurol. 353:451-463.
Johansen, J., K.M. Johansen, K.K. Briggs, D. Kopp, and J. Jellies. 1994. Hierarchical guidance cues and selective axon pathway formation of sensory neurons. Progress in Brain Research . F.J.Seil (Ed.), Volume 102, pp. 109-120. Elsvier, Amsterdam.
Jellies, J., K. Johansen and J. Johansen. 1994. Specific pathway selection by the early projections of individual peripheral sensory neurons in the embryonic medicinal leech. J. Neurobiol. 25:1187- 1199.
Kopp, D.M. and J. Jellies. 1994. Ultrastructure of an identified array of growth cones and possible substrates for guidance in the embryonic medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis. Cell Tiss. Res. 276:281-293.
Jellies, J., D.M. Kopp and E.E. Geisert, Jr. 1993. Developmental regulation of a glycolipid epitope on actively extending growth cones and central and peripheral projections in the medicinal leech. Develop. Biol. 159:691-705.
Kopp, D.M. and J. Jellies. 1993. Multimorphic growth cones in the embryonic medicinal leech: Relationship between shape changes and outgrowth transitions. J. Comp. Neurol. 328:393-405.
Jellies, J., D.M. Kopp and J.W. Bledsoe 1992. Development of segment- and target-related neuronal identity in the medicinal leech. J. Exp. Biol. 170:71-92.
Johansen, K.M., D.M. Kopp, J. Jellies and J. Johansen 1992. Tract formation and axon fasciculation of molecularly distinct peripheral neuron subpopulations during leech embryogenesis. Neuron 8:559-572.
Jellies, J. and W.B. Kristan, Jr. 1991. The oblique muscle organizer in Hirudo medicinalis, an identified embryonic cell projecting multiple parallel growth cones in an orderly array. Develop. Biol. 148:334-354.
Jellies, J. 1990. Muscle assembly in simple systems. Trends in Neuroscience 13:126-131.
Jellies, J. and W.B. Kristan, Jr. 1988. Embryonic assembly of a complex muscle is directed by a single identified cell in the medicinal leech. J. Neurosci.8:3317-3326.
Jellies, J. and W.B. Kristan, Jr. 1988. An identified cell is required for the formation of a major nerve during embryogenesis in the leech. J. Neurobiol. 19:153-165.
Jellies, J., C.M. Loer and W.B. Kristan, Jr. 1987. Morphological changes in leech Retzius neurons after target contact during embryogenesis. J. Neurosci. 7:2618-2629.
Loer, C.M., J. Jellies and W.B. Kristan, Jr. 1987. Segment-specific morphogenesis of leech Retzius neurons requires particular peripheral targets. J. Neurosci. 7:2630-2638.
Larimer, J.L., J. Jellies and D. Moore. 1987. The crayfish position on command neurons. Behav. Brain Sci., Commentary 9:733-734.
Jellies, J. and J.L. Larimer. 1986. Activity of crayfish abdominal-positioning interneurones during spontaneous and sensory-evoked movements. J. Exp. Biol. 120:173-188.
Jellies, J. and J.L. Larimer. 1985. Synaptic interactions between neurons involved in the production of abdominal posture in crayfish. J. Comp. Physiol.156:861-873.
Jellies, J. 1984. Premotor interneurons involved in abdominal positioning in crayfish: Synaptic interactions, sensory receptive fields and activity during spontaneous movements. Ph.D. Dissertation. Department of Zoology, University of Texas at Austin.
Larimer, J.L. and J. Jellies. 1983. The organization of flexion-evoking interneurons in the abdominal nerve cord of the crayfish, Procambarus clarkii. J. Exp. Zool. 226:341-351.
Punzo, F. and J. Jellies. 1983. Comparative water loss of araneid and lycosid spiderlings (Arachnida). Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 74(A):981-985.
Jellies, J. 1981. Associative olfactory conditioning in Drosophila melanogaster and memory retention through metamorphosis. M.S. Thesis. Department of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University.
Punzo, F. and J. Jellies. 1980. Effects of cycloheximide-induced protein synthesis inhibition on the phototactic behavior of Tenebrio molitor and Popilius disjunctus. J. Kan. Entomol. Soc. 53:597-606.