Spinal Cord

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Kommer, M., Hawthorne, C., Moss, L., Piper, I., O'Kane, R., Czosnyka, M., Enblad, P., Hemphill, J. C., Spiegelberg, A., Riddell, J. S., Shaw, M. (2024) International e-Delphi survey to define best practice in the reporting of intracranial pressure monitoring recording data. Brain and Spine, 4, (doi: 10.1016/j.bas.2024.102860)

Quillet, R., Gutierrez-Mecinas, M., Polgár, E., Dickie, A. C., Boyle, K. A., Watanabe, M., Todd, A. J. (2023) Synaptic circuits involving gastrin-releasing peptide receptor-expressing neurons in the dorsal horn of the mouse spinal cord. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 16, (doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2023.1294994)

Middleton, S. J., Hu, H., Perez-Sanchez, J., Zuberi, S., McGrath Williams, J., Weir, G. A., Bennett, D. L. (2023) GluCl.CreON enables selective inhibition of molecularly defined pain circuits. Pain, 164, pp. 2780-2791. (doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002976)

Boyle, K. A., Polgár, E., Gutierrez-Mecinas, M., Dickie, A. C., Cooper, A. H., Bell, A. M., Jumolea, M. E., Casas-Benito, A., Watanabe, M., Hughes, D. I., Weir, G. A., Riddell, J. S., Todd, A. J. (2023) Neuropeptide Y-expressing dorsal horn inhibitory interneurons gate spinal pain and itch signalling. eLife, 12, (doi: 10.7554/eLife.86633)

Testa, B., Biggi, M., Byrne, C. A., Bell, A. (2023) Assessment of magnetic resonance imaging artefacts caused by equine anaesthesia equipment: a cadaver study. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, 126, (doi: 10.1016/j.jevs.2023.104492)

Davis, O. C., Dickie, A. C., Mustapa, M. B., Boyle, K. A., Browne, T. J., Gradwell, M. A., Smith, K. M., Polgár, E., Bell, A. M., Kókai, É., Watanabe, M., Wildner, H., Zeilhofer, H. U., Ginty, D. D., Callister, R. J., Graham, B. A., Todd, A. J., Hughes, D. I. (2023) Calretinin-expressing islet cells are a source of pre- and post-synaptic inhibition of non-peptidergic nociceptor input to the mouse spinal cord. Scientific Reports, 13, (doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-38605-9)

Quillet, R., Dickie, A. C., Polgár, E., Gutierrez-Mecinas, M., Bell, A. M., Goffin, L., Watanabe, M., Todd, A. J. (2023) Characterisation of NPFF-expressing neurons in the superficial dorsal horn of the mouse spinal cord. Scientific Reports, 13, (doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-32720-3)

Gutierrez-Mecinas, M., Kókai, É., Polgár, E., Quillet, R., Titterton, H. F., Weir, G. A., Watanabe, M., Todd, A. J. (2023) Antibodies against the gastrin-releasing peptide precursor pro-gastrin-releasing peptide reveal its expression in the mouse spinal dorsal horn. Neuroscience, 510, pp. 60-71. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2022.12.023)

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Polgár, E., Dickie, A. C., Gutierrez-Mecinas, M., Bell, A. M., Boyle, K. A., Quillet, R., Rashid, E. A., Clark, R. A., German, M. T., Watanabe, M., Riddell, J. S., Todd, A. J. (2023) Grpr expression defines a population of superficial dorsal horn vertical cells that have a role in both itch and pain. Pain, 164, pp. 149-170. (doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002677)

Pang, D., Bell, A. (2022) Use of mechanical thresholds in a model of feline clinical acute pain and their correlation with the Glasgow Feline Composite Measure Pain Scale scores. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, 24, pp. e672-e674. (doi: 10.1177/1098612X221137376)

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Hughes, D. I., Todd, A. J. (2022) Visualizing synaptic connectivity using confocal and electron microscopy: neuroanatomical approaches to define spinal circuits. Humana

El Khoueiry, C., Alba-Delgado, C., Antri, M., Gutierrez-Mecinas, M., Todd, A. J., Artola, A., Dallel, R. (2022) GABA_A and glycine receptor-mediated inhibitory synaptic transmission onto adult rat lamina IIi PKCγ-interneurons: pharmacological but not anatomical specialization. Cells, 11, (doi: 10.3390/cells11081356)

Todd, A. J. (2022) An historical perspective: the second order neuron in the pain pathway. Frontiers in Pain Research, 3, (doi: 10.3389/fpain.2022.845211)

Barki, N., Bolognini, D., Börjesson, U., Jenkins, L., Riddell, J., Hughes, D. I., Ulven, T., Hudson, B. D., Rexen Ulven, E., Dekker, N., Tobin, A. B., Milligan, G. (2022) Chemogenetics defines the roles of short chain fatty acid receptors within the gut-brain axis. eLife, 11, (doi: 10.7554/eLife.73777)

Gradwell, M. A., Boyle, K. A., Browne, T. J., Bell, A. M., Leonardo, J., Peralta Reyes, F. S., Dickie, A. C., Smith, K. M., Callister, R. J., Dayas, C. V., Hughes, D. I., Graham, B. A. (2022) Diversity of inhibitory and excitatory parvalbumin interneuron circuits in the dorsal horn. Pain, 163, pp. e432-e452. (doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002422)

Kókai, É., Alsulaimain, W. A.A., Dickie, A. C., Bell, A. M., Goffin, L., Watanabe, M., Gutierrez-Mecinas, M., Todd, A. J. (2022) Characterisation of deep dorsal horn projection neurons in the spinal cord of the Phox2a::Cre mouse line. Molecular Pain, 18, pp. 17448069221119614. (doi: 10.1177/17448069221119614)

Roesl, C., Evans, E. R., Dissanayake, K. N., Boczonadi, V., Jones, R. A., Jordan, G., Ledahawsky, L., Allen, G. C.C., Scott, M., Thomson, A., Wishart, T. M., Hughes, D. I., Mead, R. J., Shone, C. C., Slater, C. R., Gillingwater, T. H., Skehel, P. A., Ribchester, R. R. (2021) Confocal endomicroscopy of neuromuscular junctions stained with physiologically inert protein fragments of tetanus toxin. Biomolecules, 11, (doi: 10.3390/biom11101499)

Testa, B., Reid, J., Scott, M. E., Murison, P. J., Bell, A. (2021) The short form of the Glasgow Composite Measure Pain Scale in post-operative analgesia studies in dogs: a scoping review. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 8, (doi: 10.3389/fvets.2021.751949)

Alsulaiman, W. A.A., Quillet, R., Bell, A. M., Dickie, A. C., Polgár, E., Boyle, K. A., Watanabe, M., Roome, R. B., Kania, A., Todd, A., Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. (2021) Characterisation of lamina I anterolateral system neurons that express Cre in a Phox2a-Cre mouse line. Scientific Reports, 11, (doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-97105-w)

Testa, B., Pawson, P., Bell, A. (2021) A suspected non-allergic anaphylactic reaction to intravenous administration of atracurium in a dog. Veterinary Record Case Reports, 9, (doi: 10.1002/vrc2.101)

Chisholm, K. I., Lo Re, L., Polgár, E., Gutierrez-Mecinas, M., Todd, A. J., McMahon, S. B. (2021) Encoding of cutaneous stimuli by lamina I projection neurons. Pain, 162, pp. 2405-2417. (doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002226)

Chrysostomidou, L., Cooper, A. H., Weir, G. A. (2021) Cellular models of pain: new technologies and their potential to progress preclinical research. Neurobiology of Pain, 10, (doi: 10.1016/j.ynpai.2021.100063)

Warwick, C., Cassidy, C., Hachisuka, J., Wright, M. C., Baumbauer, K. M., Adelman, P. C., Lee, K. H., Smith, K. M., Sheahan, T. D., Ross, S. E., Koerber, H. R. (2021) MrgprdCre lineage neurons mediate optogenetic allodynia through an emergent polysynaptic circuit. Pain, 162, pp. 2120-2131. (doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002227)

Browne, T. J., Smith, K. M., Gradwell, M. A., Iredale, J. A., Dayas, C. V., Callister, R. J., Hughes, D. I., Graham, B. A. (2021) Spinoparabrachial projection neurons form distinct classes in the mouse dorsal horn. Pain, 162, pp. 1977-1994. (doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002194)

Nothnagel, N. D., Symon, A., Morgan, A. T., Huber, R., Riddell, J., Goense, J. (2021) VASO-fMRI with Nordic-PCA for laminar sensory testing at 7 Tesla.

Thomson, R., Trimble, T., Pawson, P., Bell, A. M. (2021) A survey-based study into the use of peripheral nerve blocks for pelvic limb surgery among veterinary professionals with an interest in anesthesia. Topics in Companion Animal Medicine, 42, (doi: 10.1016/j.tcam.2020.100507)

Nguyen, E., Lim, G., Ding, H., Hachisuka, J., Ko, M.-C., Ross, S. E. (2021) Morphine acts on spinal dynorphin neurons to cause itch through disinhibition. Science Translational Medicine, 13, (doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abc3774)

Browne, T. J., Hughes, D. I., Dayas, C. V., Callister, R. J., Graham, B. A. (2020) Projection neuron axon collaterals in the dorsal horn: placing a new player in spinal cord pain processing. Frontiers in Physiology, 11, (doi: 10.3389/fphys.2020.560802)

Polgár, E., Bell, A. M., Gutierrez-Mecinas, M., Dickie, A. C., Akar, O., Costreie, M., Watanabe, M., Todd, A. J. (2020) Substance P-expressing neurons in the superficial dorsal horn of the mouse spinal cord: insights into their functions and their roles in synaptic circuits. Neuroscience, 450, pp. 113-125. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2020.06.038)

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Hosseinzadeh, S., Lindsay, S. L., Gallagher, A. G., Wellings, D. A., Riehle, M. O., Riddell, J. S., Barnett, S. C. (2020) A novel poly-ε-lysine based implant, Proliferate®, for promotion of CNS repair following spinal cord injury. Biomaterials Science, 8, pp. 3611-3627. (doi: 10.1039/D0BM00097C)

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Hughes, D. I., Todd, A. (2020) Central nervous system targets: inhibitory interneurons in the spinal cord. Neurotherapeutics, 17, pp. 874-885. (doi: 10.1007/s13311-020-00936-0)

Baskozos, G., Sandy-Hindmarch, O., Clark, A. J., Windsor, K., Karlsson, P., Weir, G. A., McDermott, L. A., Burchall, J., Wiberg, A., Furniss, D., Bennett, D. L.H., Schmid, A. B. (2020) Molecular and cellular correlates of human nerve regeneration: ADCYAP1/PACAP enhance nerve outgrowth. Brain, 143, pp. 2009-2026. (doi: 10.1093/brain/awaa163)

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Graham, B. A., Hughes, D. I. (2019) Rewards, perils and pitfalls of untangling spinal pain circuits. Current Opinion in Physiology, 11, pp. 35-41. (doi: 10.1016/j.cophys.2019.04.015)

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