2023

Quillet, R., Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Polgár, E., Dickie, A. C., Boyle, K. A., Watanabe, M. and 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, 1294994. (doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2023.1294994) (PMID:38143564) (PMCID:PMC10742631)

Boyle, K. A. et al. (2023) Neuropeptide Y-expressing dorsal horn inhibitory interneurons gate spinal pain and itch signalling. eLife, 12, RP86633. (doi: 10.7554/eLife.86633) (PMID:37490401) (PMCID:PMC10392120)

Davis, O. C. et al. (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, 11561. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-38605-9) (PMID:37464016) (PMCID:PMC10354228)

Polgár, E. et al. (2023) Grpr expression defines a population of superficial dorsal horn vertical cells that have a role in both itch and pain. Pain, 164(1), pp. 149-170. (doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002677) (PMID:35543635) (PMCID:PMC9756441)

2022

Trendafilova, T. et al. (2022) Sodium-calcium exchanger-3 regulates pain "wind-up": from human psychophysics to spinal mechanisms. Neuron, 110(16), 2571-2587.e13. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2022.05.017) (PMID:35705078) (PMCID:PMC7613464)

Gradwell, M. A. et al. (2022) Diversity of inhibitory and excitatory parvalbumin interneuron circuits in the dorsal horn. Pain, 163(3), e432-e452. (doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002422) (PMID:34326298) (PMCID:PMC8832545)

2021

Alsulaiman, W. A.A. et al. (2021) Characterisation of lamina I anterolateral system neurons that express Cre in a Phox2a-Cre mouse line. Scientific Reports, 11, 17912. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-97105-w) (PMID:34504158) (PMCID:PMC8429737)

2020

Madden, J.F., Davis, O.C., Boyle, K.A., Iredale, J.A., Browne, T.J., Callister, R.J., Smith, D.W., Jobling, P., Hughes, D.I. and Graham, B.A. (2020) Functional and molecular analysis of proprioceptive sensory neuron excitability in mice. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 13, 36. (doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2020.00036) (PMID:32477061) (PMCID:PMC7232575)

Bell, A. M. , Polgár, E., Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Boyle, K. A. and Todd, A. J. (2020) Functional populations among interneurons in the dorsal horn. In: Fritzsch, B. (ed.) The Senses: A Comprehensive Reference. Second Edition. Academic Press: Cambridge, MA, pp. 207-219. ISBN 9780128054093 (doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-809324-5.24171-0)

2019

Smith, K. M. et al. (2019) Calretinin positive neurons form an excitatory amplifier network in the spinal cord dorsal horn. eLife, 8, e49190. (doi: 10.7554/eLife.49190) (PMID:31713514) (PMCID:PMC6908433)

Boyle, K. A. et al. (2019) Defining a spinal microcircuit that gates myelinated afferent input: implications for tactile allodynia. Cell Reports, 28(2), 526-540.e6. (doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.06.040) (PMID:31291586) (PMCID:PMC6635381)

2018

Huang, J. et al. (2018) Author correction: circuit dissection of the role of somatostatin in itch and pain. Nature Neuroscience, 21(6), p. 894. (doi: 10.1038/s41593-018-0149-6) (PMID:29674654)

Huang, J. et al. (2018) Circuit dissection of the role of somatostatin in itch and pain. Nature Neuroscience, 21(5), pp. 707-716. (doi: 10.1038/s41593-018-0119-z) (PMID:29556030) (PMCID:PMC5923877)

2017

Gradwell, M.A., Boyle, K.A., Callister, R.J., Hughes, D.I. and Graham, B.A. (2017) Heteromeric α/β glycine receptors regulate excitability in parvalbumin-expressing dorsal horn neurons through phasic and tonic glycinergic inhibition. Journal of Physiology, 595(23), pp. 7185-7202. (doi: 10.1113/JP274926) (PMID:28905384) (PMCID:PMC5709328)

Boyle, K. A., Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Polgár, E., Mooney, N., O'Connor, E., Furuta, T., Watanabe, M. and Todd, A. J. (2017) A quantitative study of neurochemically-defined populations of inhibitory interneurons in the superficial dorsal horn of the mouse spinal cord. Neuroscience, 363, pp. 120-133. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2017.08.044) (PMID:28860091) (PMCID:PMC5648048)

Tae, H.-S. et al. (2017) Gabapentin modulates HCN4 channel voltage-dependence. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 8, 554. (doi: 10.3389/fphar.2017.00554) (PMID:28871229) (PMCID:PMC5566583)

Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Bell, A. M. , Marin, A., Taylor, R., Boyle, K. A., Furuta, T., Watanabe, M., Polgár, E. and Todd, A. J. (2017) Preprotachykinin A (PPTA) is expressed by a distinct population of excitatory neurons in the mouse superficial spinal dorsal horn including cells that respond to noxious and pruritic stimuli. Pain, 158(3), pp. 440-456. (doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000778) (PMID:27902570) (PMCID:PMC5302415)

Flynn, J. R., Conn, V., Boyle, K., Hughes, D. I. , Watanabe, M., Velasquez, T., Goulding, M. D., Callister, R. J. and Graham, B. A. (2017) Anatomical and molecular properties of long descending propriospinal neurons in mice. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 11, 5. (doi: 10.3389/fnana.2017.00005) (PMID:28220062) (PMCID:PMC5292581)

Abraira, V. E. et al. (2017) The cellular and synaptic architecture of the mechanosensory dorsal horn. Cell, 168(1-2), 295-310.e19. (doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.12.010) (PMID:28041852) (PMCID:PMC5236062)

2016

Smith, K.M., Boyle, K.A., Mustapa, M., Jobling, P., Callister, R.J., Hughes, D.I. and Graham, B.A. (2016) Distinct forms of synaptic inhibition and neuromodulation regulate calretinin positive neuron excitability in the spinal cord dorsal horn. Neuroscience, 326, pp. 10-21. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.03.058) (PMID:27045594) (PMCID:PMC4919388)

2015

Smith, K.M., Boyle, K.A., Madden, J.F., Dickinson, S.A., Jobling, P., Callister, R.J., Hughes, D.I. and Graham, B.A. (2015) Functional heterogeneity of calretinin-expressing neurons in the mouse superficial dorsal horn: implications for spinal pain processing. Journal of Physiology, 593(19), pp. 4319-4339. (doi: 10.1113/JP270855) (PMID:26136181) (PMCID:PMC4594251)

Ganley, R. P. et al. (2015) 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. Journal of Neuroscience, 35(19), pp. 7626-7642. (doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0406-15.2015) (PMID:25972186) (PMCID:PMC4429159)

2013

Hughes, D.I. , Boyle, K., Kinnon, C.M., Bilsland, C., Quayle, J., Callister, R.J. and Graham, B.A. (2013) HCN4 subunit expression in fast-spiking interneurons of the rat spinal cord and hippocampus. Neuroscience, 237, pp. 7-18. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.01.028) (PMID:23357121) (PMCID:PMC3620460)

2012

Hughes, D.I. , Sikander, S., Kinnon, C.M., Boyle, K.A., Watanabe, M., Callister, R.J. and Graham, B.A. (2012) Morphological, neurochemical and electrophysiological features of parvalbumin-expressing cells: a likely source of axo-axonic inputs in the mouse spinal dorsal horn. Journal of Physiology, 590(16), pp. 3927-3951. (doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.235655)

Articles

Quillet, R., Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Polgár, E., Dickie, A. C., Boyle, K. A., Watanabe, M. and 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, 1294994. (doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2023.1294994) (PMID:38143564) (PMCID:PMC10742631)

Boyle, K. A. et al. (2023) Neuropeptide Y-expressing dorsal horn inhibitory interneurons gate spinal pain and itch signalling. eLife, 12, RP86633. (doi: 10.7554/eLife.86633) (PMID:37490401) (PMCID:PMC10392120)

Davis, O. C. et al. (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, 11561. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-38605-9) (PMID:37464016) (PMCID:PMC10354228)

Polgár, E. et al. (2023) Grpr expression defines a population of superficial dorsal horn vertical cells that have a role in both itch and pain. Pain, 164(1), pp. 149-170. (doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002677) (PMID:35543635) (PMCID:PMC9756441)

Trendafilova, T. et al. (2022) Sodium-calcium exchanger-3 regulates pain "wind-up": from human psychophysics to spinal mechanisms. Neuron, 110(16), 2571-2587.e13. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2022.05.017) (PMID:35705078) (PMCID:PMC7613464)

Gradwell, M. A. et al. (2022) Diversity of inhibitory and excitatory parvalbumin interneuron circuits in the dorsal horn. Pain, 163(3), e432-e452. (doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002422) (PMID:34326298) (PMCID:PMC8832545)

Alsulaiman, W. A.A. et al. (2021) Characterisation of lamina I anterolateral system neurons that express Cre in a Phox2a-Cre mouse line. Scientific Reports, 11, 17912. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-97105-w) (PMID:34504158) (PMCID:PMC8429737)

Madden, J.F., Davis, O.C., Boyle, K.A., Iredale, J.A., Browne, T.J., Callister, R.J., Smith, D.W., Jobling, P., Hughes, D.I. and Graham, B.A. (2020) Functional and molecular analysis of proprioceptive sensory neuron excitability in mice. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 13, 36. (doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2020.00036) (PMID:32477061) (PMCID:PMC7232575)

Smith, K. M. et al. (2019) Calretinin positive neurons form an excitatory amplifier network in the spinal cord dorsal horn. eLife, 8, e49190. (doi: 10.7554/eLife.49190) (PMID:31713514) (PMCID:PMC6908433)

Boyle, K. A. et al. (2019) Defining a spinal microcircuit that gates myelinated afferent input: implications for tactile allodynia. Cell Reports, 28(2), 526-540.e6. (doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.06.040) (PMID:31291586) (PMCID:PMC6635381)

Huang, J. et al. (2018) Author correction: circuit dissection of the role of somatostatin in itch and pain. Nature Neuroscience, 21(6), p. 894. (doi: 10.1038/s41593-018-0149-6) (PMID:29674654)

Huang, J. et al. (2018) Circuit dissection of the role of somatostatin in itch and pain. Nature Neuroscience, 21(5), pp. 707-716. (doi: 10.1038/s41593-018-0119-z) (PMID:29556030) (PMCID:PMC5923877)

Gradwell, M.A., Boyle, K.A., Callister, R.J., Hughes, D.I. and Graham, B.A. (2017) Heteromeric α/β glycine receptors regulate excitability in parvalbumin-expressing dorsal horn neurons through phasic and tonic glycinergic inhibition. Journal of Physiology, 595(23), pp. 7185-7202. (doi: 10.1113/JP274926) (PMID:28905384) (PMCID:PMC5709328)

Boyle, K. A., Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Polgár, E., Mooney, N., O'Connor, E., Furuta, T., Watanabe, M. and Todd, A. J. (2017) A quantitative study of neurochemically-defined populations of inhibitory interneurons in the superficial dorsal horn of the mouse spinal cord. Neuroscience, 363, pp. 120-133. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2017.08.044) (PMID:28860091) (PMCID:PMC5648048)

Tae, H.-S. et al. (2017) Gabapentin modulates HCN4 channel voltage-dependence. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 8, 554. (doi: 10.3389/fphar.2017.00554) (PMID:28871229) (PMCID:PMC5566583)

Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Bell, A. M. , Marin, A., Taylor, R., Boyle, K. A., Furuta, T., Watanabe, M., Polgár, E. and Todd, A. J. (2017) Preprotachykinin A (PPTA) is expressed by a distinct population of excitatory neurons in the mouse superficial spinal dorsal horn including cells that respond to noxious and pruritic stimuli. Pain, 158(3), pp. 440-456. (doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000778) (PMID:27902570) (PMCID:PMC5302415)

Flynn, J. R., Conn, V., Boyle, K., Hughes, D. I. , Watanabe, M., Velasquez, T., Goulding, M. D., Callister, R. J. and Graham, B. A. (2017) Anatomical and molecular properties of long descending propriospinal neurons in mice. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 11, 5. (doi: 10.3389/fnana.2017.00005) (PMID:28220062) (PMCID:PMC5292581)

Abraira, V. E. et al. (2017) The cellular and synaptic architecture of the mechanosensory dorsal horn. Cell, 168(1-2), 295-310.e19. (doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.12.010) (PMID:28041852) (PMCID:PMC5236062)

Smith, K.M., Boyle, K.A., Mustapa, M., Jobling, P., Callister, R.J., Hughes, D.I. and Graham, B.A. (2016) Distinct forms of synaptic inhibition and neuromodulation regulate calretinin positive neuron excitability in the spinal cord dorsal horn. Neuroscience, 326, pp. 10-21. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.03.058) (PMID:27045594) (PMCID:PMC4919388)

Smith, K.M., Boyle, K.A., Madden, J.F., Dickinson, S.A., Jobling, P., Callister, R.J., Hughes, D.I. and Graham, B.A. (2015) Functional heterogeneity of calretinin-expressing neurons in the mouse superficial dorsal horn: implications for spinal pain processing. Journal of Physiology, 593(19), pp. 4319-4339. (doi: 10.1113/JP270855) (PMID:26136181) (PMCID:PMC4594251)

Ganley, R. P. et al. (2015) 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. Journal of Neuroscience, 35(19), pp. 7626-7642. (doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0406-15.2015) (PMID:25972186) (PMCID:PMC4429159)

Hughes, D.I. , Boyle, K., Kinnon, C.M., Bilsland, C., Quayle, J., Callister, R.J. and Graham, B.A. (2013) HCN4 subunit expression in fast-spiking interneurons of the rat spinal cord and hippocampus. Neuroscience, 237, pp. 7-18. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.01.028) (PMID:23357121) (PMCID:PMC3620460)

Hughes, D.I. , Sikander, S., Kinnon, C.M., Boyle, K.A., Watanabe, M., Callister, R.J. and Graham, B.A. (2012) Morphological, neurochemical and electrophysiological features of parvalbumin-expressing cells: a likely source of axo-axonic inputs in the mouse spinal dorsal horn. Journal of Physiology, 590(16), pp. 3927-3951. (doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.235655)

Book Sections

Bell, A. M. , Polgár, E., Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Boyle, K. A. and Todd, A. J. (2020) Functional populations among interneurons in the dorsal horn. In: Fritzsch, B. (ed.) The Senses: A Comprehensive Reference. Second Edition. Academic Press: Cambridge, MA, pp. 207-219. ISBN 9780128054093 (doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-809324-5.24171-0)