Todd lab
Keywords: spinal cord, rodent models, pain, itch, immunocytochemistry, confocal microscopy, neuronal tract-tracing, patch-clamp electrophysiology, electron microscopy
I am Professor of Neuroscience here in the School of Psychology & Neuroscience. My main research interest is the organisation of neuronal circuits in the spinal dorsal horn that underlie the perception of pain and itch. We use immunocytochemistry and confocal microscopy combined with other techniques, such as neuronal tract-tracing, patch-clamp recording from spinal cord slices, and electron microscopy. I have collaborations with: Dr Marco Beato (UCL); Dr Toshi Yasaka (Saga University, Japan), Dr Sarah Ross (University of Pittsburgh, USA); Dr Peter Szucs and Prof Boris Safronov (University of Porto, Portugal); Dr Masahiko Watanabe (Hokkaido University, Japan). For more information about my research see my staff page under "Contact" above.
Group members
For a list of the people in my research group please visit my staff page and click on "Supervision"