Identifying functional populations among the interneurons in laminae I-III of the spinal dorsal horn

Spinal neurons that contain gastrin-releasing peptide seldom express Fos or phosphorylate extracellular signal-regulated kinases in response to intradermal chloroquine

(2016) Andrew M Bell et al.   Molecular Pain

A quantitative study of neurochemically defined excitatory interneuron populations in laminae I–III of the mouse spinal cord

(2016) Maria Gutierrez-Mecinas et al.   Molecular Pain

Identification of Early RET+ Deep Dorsal Spinal Cord Interneurons in Gating Pain

(2016) Lian Cui et al.   NEURON

Distinct forms of synaptic inhibition and neuromodulation regulate calretinin-positive neuron excitability in the spinal cord dorsal horn

(2016) K.M. Smith et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Diverse firing properties and Aβ-, Aδ-, and C-afferent inputs of small local circuit neurons in spinal lamina I

(2016) Elisabete C. Fernandes et al.   PAIN

Insight into B5-I spinal interneurons and their role in the inhibition of itch and pain

(2016) Michael C. Chiang et al.   PAIN

A combined electrophysiological and morphological study of neuropeptide Y–expressing inhibitory interneurons in the spinal dorsal horn of the mouse

(2016) Noboru Iwagaki et al.   PAIN

In Vivo Interrogation of Spinal Mechanosensory Circuits

(2016) Amelia J. Christensen et al.   Cell Reports

Somatosensory neuron types identified by high-coverage single-cell RNA-sequencing and functional heterogeneity

(2015) Chang-Lin Li et al.   CELL RESEARCH

Primary Afferent and Spinal Cord Expression of Gastrin-Releasing Peptide: Message, Protein, and Antibody Concerns

(2015) C. Solorzano et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Inhibitory Interneurons That Express GFP in the PrP-GFP Mouse Spinal Cord Are Morphologically Heterogeneous, Innervated by Several Classes of Primary Afferent and Include Lamina I Projection Neurons among Their Postsynaptic Targets

(2015) R. P. Ganley et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Functional heterogeneity of calretinin-expressing neurons in the mouse superficial dorsal horn: implications for spinal pain processing

(2015) K. M. Smith et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Targeted Ablation, Silencing, and Activation Establish Glycinergic Dorsal Horn Neurons as Key Components of a Spinal Gate for Pain and Itch

(2015) Edmund Foster et al.   NEURON

Dorsal Horn Circuits for Persistent Mechanical Pain

(2015) Cedric Peirs et al.   NEURON

The organisation of spinoparabrachial neurons in the mouse

(2015) Darren Cameron et al.   PAIN

Gate control of mechanical itch by a subpopulation of spinal cord interneurons

(2015) S. Bourane et al.   SCIENCE

Dorsal Horn Parvalbumin Neurons Are Gate-Keepers of Touch-Evoked Pain after Nerve Injury

(2015) Hugues Petitjean et al.   Cell Reports

Identification of Spinal Circuits Transmitting and Gating Mechanical Pain

(2014) Bo Duan et al.   CELL

A Putative Relay Circuit Providing Low-Threshold Mechanoreceptive Input to Lamina I Projection Neurons via Vertical Cells in Lamina II of the Rat Dorsal Horn

(2014) Toshiharu Yasaka et al.   Molecular Pain

Itch-Associated Peptides: RNA-Seq and Bioinformatic Analysis of Natriuretic Precursor Peptide B and Gastrin Releasing Peptide in Dorsal Root and Trigeminal Ganglia, and the Spinal Cord

(2014) Samridhi C Goswami et al.   Molecular Pain

Expression of Gastrin-Releasing Peptide by Excitatory Interneurons in the Mouse Superficial Dorsal Horn

(2014) Maria Gutierrez-Mecinas et al.   Molecular Pain

Unbiased classification of sensory neuron types by large-scale single-cell RNA sequencing

(2014) Dmitry Usoskin et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Transmitting Pain and Itch Messages: A Contemporary View of the Spinal Cord Circuits that Generate Gate Control

(2014) João Braz et al.   NEURON

Dynorphin Acts as a Neuromodulator to Inhibit Itch in the Dorsal Horn of the Spinal Cord

(2014) Adam P. Kardon et al.   NEURON

A feed-forward spinal cord glycinergic neural circuit gates mechanical allodynia

(2013) Yan Lu et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Axon diversity of lamina I local-circuit neurons in the lumbar spinal cord

(2013) Peter Szucs et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Ontogeny of Excitatory Spinal Neurons Processing Distinct Somatic Sensory Modalities

(2013) Y. Xu et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Morphological, biophysical and synaptic properties of glutamatergic neurons of the mouse spinal dorsal horn

(2013) Pradeep Punnakkal et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Neurochemical Characterisation of Lamina II Inhibitory Interneurons that Express GFP in the PrP-GFP Mouse

(2013) Noboru Iwagaki et al.   Molecular Pain

Improved tools for the Brainbow toolbox

(2013) Dawen Cai et al.   NATURE METHODS

The Sensory Neurons of Touch

(2013) Victoria E. Abraira et al.   NEURON

Inflammation enhances Y1 receptor signaling, neuropeptide Y-mediated inhibition of hyperalgesia, and substance P release from primary afferent neurons

(2013) B.K. Taylor et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Functional differences between neurochemically defined populations of inhibitory interneurons in the rat spinal dorsal horn

(2013) Erika Polgár et al.   PAIN

A Quantitative Study of Inhibitory Interneurons in Laminae I-III of the Mouse Spinal Dorsal Horn

(2013) Erika Polgár et al.   PLoS One

Projection Neurons in Lamina III of the Rat Spinal Cord Are Selectively Innervated by Local Dynorphin-Containing Excitatory Neurons

(2012) N. Baseer et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Morphological, neurochemical and electrophysiological features of parvalbumin-expressing cells: a likely source of axo-axonic inputs in the mouse spinal dorsal horn

(2012) D. I. Hughes et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

The Majority of Dorsal Spinal Cord Gastrin Releasing Peptide is Synthesized Locally Whereas Neuromedin B is Highly Expressed in Pain- and Itch-Sensing Somatosensory Neurons

(2012) Michael S Fleming et al.   Molecular Pain

Fast Synaptic Inhibition in Spinal Sensory Processing and Pain Control

(2012) Hanns Ulrich Zeilhofer et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Morphological and functional characterization of cholinergic interneurons in the dorsal horn of the mouse spinal cord

(2011) Bruce Mesnage et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Restriction of Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid-1 to the Peptidergic Subset of Primary Afferent Neurons Follows Its Developmental Downregulation in Nonpeptidergic Neurons

(2011) D. J. Cavanaugh et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Dynorphin is Expressed Primarily by GABAergic Neurons That Contain Galanin in the Rat Dorsal Horn

(2011) Thomas CP Sardella et al.   Molecular Pain

Galanin-Immunoreactivity Identifies a Distinct Population of Inhibitory Interneurons in Laminae I-III of the Rat Spinal Cord

(2011) Sheena YX Tiong et al.   Molecular Pain

A quantitative study of neuronal nitric oxide synthase expression in laminae I–III of the rat spinal dorsal horn

(2011) T.C.P. Sardella et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Tonic inhibition of chronic pain by neuropeptide Y

(2011) B. Solway et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

TRPA1-expressing primary afferents synapse with a morphologically identified subclass of substantia gelatinosa neurons in the adult rat spinal cord

(2010) Daisuke Uta et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Local axon collaterals of lamina I projection neurons in the spinal cord of young rats

(2010) Peter Szucs et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Quantitative study of NPY-expressing GABAergic neurons and axons in rat spinal dorsal horn

(2010) Erika Polgár et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Inhibitory neurones of the spinal substantia gelatinosa mediate interaction of signals from primary afferents

(2010) Jihong Zheng et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Neuronal circuitry for pain processing in the dorsal horn

(2010) Andrew J. Todd   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Loss of Inhibitory Interneurons in the Dorsal Spinal Cord and Elevated Itch in Bhlhb5 Mutant Mice

(2010) Sarah E. Ross et al.   NEURON

Populations of inhibitory and excitatory interneurons in lamina II of the adult rat spinal dorsal horn revealed by a combined electrophysiological and anatomical approach

(2010) Toshiharu Yasaka et al.   PAIN

A quantitative study of brainstem projections from lamina I neurons in the cervical and lumbar enlargement of the rat

(2009) Erika Polgár et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

Dorsal horn neurons presynaptic to lamina I spinoparabrachial neurons revealed by transynaptic labeling

(2009) Matilde Cordero-Erausquin et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Collateral projections of neurons in laminae I, III, and IV of rat spinal cord to thalamus, periaqueductal gray matter, and lateral parabrachial area

(2009) Khulood M. Al-Khater et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Low-Threshold Primary Afferent Drive onto GABAergic Interneurons in the Superficial Dorsal Horn of the Mouse

(2009) C. A. Daniele et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Mrgprd-Expressing Polymodal Nociceptive Neurons Innervate Most Known Classes of Substantia Gelatinosa Neurons

(2009) H. Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Glycine Inhibitory Dysfunction Induces a Selectively Dynamic, Morphine-Resistant, and Neurokinin 1 Receptor- Independent Mechanical Allodynia

(2009) L. S. Miraucourt et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Injury-induced mechanical hypersensitivity requires C-low threshold mechanoreceptors

(2009) Rebecca P. Seal et al.   NATURE

Distinct subsets of unmyelinated primary sensory fibers mediate behavioral responses to noxious thermal and mechanical stimuli

(2009) D. J. Cavanaugh et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cellular Basis of Itch Sensation

(2009) Y.-G. Sun et al.   SCIENCE

A transcriptional network coordinately determines transmitter and peptidergic fate in the dorsal spinal cord

(2008) Dominique Bröhl et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Ptf1a, Lbx1 and Pax2 coordinate glycinergic and peptidergic transmitter phenotypes in dorsal spinal inhibitory neurons

(2008) Menggui Huang et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Large Projection Neurons in Lamina I of the Rat Spinal Cord That Lack the Neurokinin 1 Receptor Are Densely Innervated by VGLUT2-Containing Axons and Possess GluR4-Containing AMPA Receptors

(2008) E. Polgar et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Tlx1 and Tlx3 Coordinate Specification of Dorsal Horn Pain-Modulatory Peptidergic Neurons

(2008) Y. Xu et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Spinal  -Opioid Receptor-Expressing Dorsal Horn Neurons: Role in Nociception and Morphine Antinociception

(2008) R. H. Kline et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Innocuous, Not Noxious, Input Activates PKC  Interneurons of the Spinal Dorsal Horn via Myelinated Afferent Fibers

(2008) S. Neumann et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Activation of GIRK channels in substantia gelatinosa neurones of the adult rat spinal cord: a possible involvement of somatostatin

(2008) Terumasa Nakatsuka et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Petilla terminology: nomenclature of features of GABAergic interneurons of the cerebral cortex

(2008)   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Neuropeptide Y receptor-expressing dorsal horn neurons: Role in nocifensive reflex responses to heat and formalin

(2008) R.G. Wiley et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Responses to 5-HT in morphologically identified neurons in the rat substantia gelatinosa in vitro

(2008) K. Abe et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Morphophysiologic properties of islet cells in substantia gelatinosa of the rat spinal cord

(2008) Igor Melnick   NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS