Uncovering the cells and circuits of touch in normal and pathological settings

F Moehring, P Halder, RP Seal, CL Stucky - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
The sense of touch is fundamental as it provides vital, moment-to-moment information about
the nature of our physical environment. Primary sensory neurons provide the basis for this …

Identification of lipid heterogeneity and diversity in the develo** human brain

A Bhaduri, EK Neumann, AR Kriegstein, JV Sweedler - JACS Au, 2021 - ACS Publications
The lipidome is currently understudied but fundamental to life. Within the brain, little is
known about cell-type lipid heterogeneity, and even less is known about cell-to-cell lipid …

Antagonism of TRPV4 channels partially reduces mechanotransduction in rat skeletal muscle afferents

A Fukazawa, A Hori, N Hotta… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Mechanical distortion of working skeletal muscle induces sympathoexcitation via thin fibre
afferents, a reflex response known as the skeletal muscle mechanoreflex. However, to date …

Single cell profiling using ionic liquid matrix-enhanced secondary ion mass spectrometry for neuronal cell type differentiation

TD Do, TJ Comi, SJB Dunham, SS Rubakhin… - Analytical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
A high-throughput single cell profiling method has been developed for matrix-enhanced-
secondary ion mass spectrometry (ME-SIMS) to investigate the lipid profiles of neuronal …

Nanomedicine-driven neuropathic pain relief in a rat model is associated with macrophage polarity and mast cell activation

M Saleem, B Deal, E Nehl, JM Janjic… - Acta neuropathologica …, 2019 - Springer
We explored the immune neuropathology underlying multi-day relief from neuropathic pain
in a rat model initiated at the sciatic nerve, by using a nanoemulsion-based nanomedicine …

Bioinspired scaffold induced regeneration of neural tissue

E Altun, MO Aydogdu, SO Togay, AZ Sengil… - European Polymer …, 2019 - Elsevier
In the last decade, nerve tissue engineering has attracted much attention due to the
incapability of self-regeneration. Nerve tissue regeneration is mainly based on scaffold …

A novel multi-modal platform to image molecular and elemental alterations in ischemic stroke

S Caine, MJ Hackett, H Hou, S Kumar, J Maley… - Neurobiology of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Stroke is a major global health problem, with the prevalence and economic burden
predicted to increase due to aging populations in western society. Following stroke …

Role of β-arrestin-2 in short-and long-term opioid tolerance in the dorsal root ganglia

KH Muchhala, JC Jacob, WL Dewey… - European journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
G-protein-biased agonists with reduced β-arrestin-2 activation are being investigated as
safer alternatives to clinically-used opioids. β-arrestin-2 has been implicated in the …

Retinal oxidative stress at the onset of diabetes determined by synchrotron FTIR widefield imaging: towards diabetes pathogenesis

E Aboualizadeh, M Ranji, CM Sorenson, R Sepehr… - Analyst, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Diabetic retinopathy is a microvascular complication of diabetes that can lead to blindness.
In the present study, we aimed to determine the nature of diabetes-induced, highly localized …

FTIR studies of the similarities between pathology induced protein aggregation in vivo and chemically induced protein aggregation ex vivo

RJ Tidy, V Lam, N Fimognari, JC Mamo… - Vibrational …, 2017 - Elsevier
Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy has been well documented to discriminate
between protein secondary structures, at the micron scale. This capability has enabled in …