2024

Bell, A. M. et al. (2024) Deep sequencing of Phox2a nuclei reveals five classes of anterolateral system neurons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 121(23), e231421312. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.2314213121) (PMID:38805282)

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)

Quillet, R., Dickie, A. C., Polgár, E., Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Bell, A. M. , Goffin, L., Watanabe, M. and Todd, A. J. (2023) Characterisation of NPFF-expressing neurons in the superficial dorsal horn of the mouse spinal cord. Scientific Reports, 13, 5891. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-32720-3) (PMID:37041197) (PMCID:PMC10090074)

Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Kókai, É., Polgár, E., Quillet, R., Titterton, H. F., Weir, G. A. , Watanabe, M. and 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) (PMID:36581131)

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

El Khoueiry, C., Alba-Delgado, C., Antri, M., Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Todd, A. J. , Artola, A. and 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(8), 1356. (doi: 10.3390/cells11081356) (PMID:35456035) (PMCID:PMC9033052)

Kókai, É., Alsulaimain, W. A.A., Dickie, A. C., Bell, A. M. , Goffin, L., Watanabe, M., Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. and Todd, A. J. (2022) Characterisation of deep dorsal horn projection neurons in the spinal cord of the Phox2a::Cre mouse line. Molecular Pain, 18, p. 17448069221119614. (doi: 10.1177/17448069221119614) (PMID:36000342) (PMCID:PMC9445510)

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)

Chisholm, K. I., Lo Re, L., Polgár, E., Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Todd, A. J. and McMahon, S. B. (2021) Encoding of cutaneous stimuli by lamina I projection neurons. Pain, 162(9), pp. 2405-2417. (doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002226) (PMID:33769365) (PMCID:PMC8374708)

2020

Polgár, E., Bell, A. M. , Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Dickie, A. C., Akar, O., Costreie, M., Watanabe, M. and 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) (PMID:32634530)

Bell, A. M. , Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Stevenson, A., Casas-Benito, A., Wildner, H., West, S. J., Watanabe, M. and Todd, A. J. (2020) Expression of green fluorescent protein defines a specific population of lamina II excitatory interneurons in the GRP::eGFP mouse. Scientific Reports, 10, 13176. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-69711-7) (PMID:32764601) (PMCID:PMC7411045)

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

Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Bell, A. M. , Shepherd, F., Polgár, E., Watanabe, M., Furuta, T. and Todd, A. J. (2019) Expression of cholecystokinin by neurons in mouse spinal dorsal horn. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 527(11), pp. 1857-1871. (doi: 10.1002/cne.24657) (PMID:30734936) (PMCID:PMC6563475)

Dickie, A. C. et al. (2019) Morphological and functional properties distinguish the substance P and gastrin-releasing peptide subsets of excitatory interneuron in the spinal cord dorsal horn. Pain, 160(2), pp. 442-462. (doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001406) (PMID:30247267) (PMCID:PMC6330098)

Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Davis, O., Polgár, E., Shahzad, M., Navarro-Batista, K., Furuta, T., Watanabe, M., Hughes, D. I. and Todd, A. J. (2019) Expression of calretinin among different neurochemical classes of interneuron in the superficial dorsal horn of the mouse spinal cord. Neuroscience, 398, pp. 171-181. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2018.12.009) (PMID:30553791) (PMCID:PMC6347472)

Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Bell, A. , Polgár, E., Watanabe, M. and Todd, A. J. (2019) Expression of neuropeptide FF defines a population of excitatory interneurons in the superficial dorsal horn of the mouse spinal cord that respond to noxious and pruritic stimuli. Neuroscience, 416, pp. 281-293. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.08.013) (PMID:31421202) (PMCID:PMC6839401)

2018

Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Polgár, E., Bell, A. M. , Hérau, M. and Todd, A. J. (2018) Substance P-expressing excitatory interneurons in the mouse superficial dorsal horn provide a propriospinal input to the lateral spinal nucleus. Brain Structure and Function, 223(5), pp. 2377-2392. (doi: 10.1007/s00429-018-1629-x) (PMID:29497838) (PMCID:PMC5968060)

Díaz-Lucena, D., Gutierrez-Mecinas, M., Moreno, B., Martínez-Sánchez, J. L., Pifarré, P. and García, A. (2018) Mechanisms involved in the remyelinating effect of sildenafil. Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology, 13(1), pp. 6-23. (doi: 10.1007/s11481-017-9756-3) (PMID:28776122)

Dawes, J. M. et al. (2018) Immune or genetic-mediated disruption of CASPR2 causes pain hypersensitivity due to enhanced primary afferent excitability. Neuron, 97(4), 806-822.e10. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.01.033) (PMID:29429934)

2017

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)

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)

2016

Bell, A. M. , Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Polgár, E. and Todd, A. J. (2016) Spinal neurons that contain gastrin-releasing peptide seldom express Fos or phosphorylate extracellular signal-regulated kinases in response to intradermal chloroquine. Molecular Pain, 12, pp. 1-9. (doi: 10.1177/1744806916649602) (PMID:27270268) (PMCID:PMC4937990)

Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Furuta, T., Watanabe, M. and Todd, A. J. (2016) A quantitative study of neurochemically-defined excitatory interneuron populations in laminae I-III of the mouse spinal cord. Molecular Pain, 12, pp. 1-18. (doi: 10.1177/1744806916629065) (PMID:27030714) (PMCID:PMC4946630)

Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Kuehn, E. D., Abraira, V. E., Polgár, E., Watanabe, M. and Todd, A. J. (2016) Immunostaining for Homer reveals the majority of excitatory synapses in laminae I-III of the mouse spinal dorsal horn. Neuroscience, 329, pp. 171-181. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.05.009) (PMID:27185486) (PMCID:PMC4915440)

Saunderson, E. A., Spiers, H., Mifsud, K. R., Gutierrez-Mecinas, M., Trollope, A. F., Shaikh, A., Mill, J. and Reul, J. M.H.M. (2016) Stress-induced gene expression and behavior are controlled by DNA methylation and methyl donor availability in the dentate gyrus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113(17), pp. 4830-4835. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1524857113) (PMID:27078100)

2015

Cameron, D., Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Gomez-Lima, M., Watanabe, M., Polgár, E. and Todd, A. J. (2015) The organisation of spinoparabrachial neurons in the mouse. Pain, 156(10), pp. 2061-2071. (doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000270) (PMID:26101837) (PMCID:PMC4770364)

2014

Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Watanabe, M. and Todd, A. J. (2014) Expression of gastrin-releasing peptide by excitatory interneurons in the mouse superficial dorsal horn. Molecular Pain, 10, 79. (doi: 10.1186/1744-8069-10-79) (PMID:25496164) (PMCID:PMC4320531)

Articles

Bell, A. M. et al. (2024) Deep sequencing of Phox2a nuclei reveals five classes of anterolateral system neurons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 121(23), e231421312. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.2314213121) (PMID:38805282)

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)

Quillet, R., Dickie, A. C., Polgár, E., Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Bell, A. M. , Goffin, L., Watanabe, M. and Todd, A. J. (2023) Characterisation of NPFF-expressing neurons in the superficial dorsal horn of the mouse spinal cord. Scientific Reports, 13, 5891. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-32720-3) (PMID:37041197) (PMCID:PMC10090074)

Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Kókai, É., Polgár, E., Quillet, R., Titterton, H. F., Weir, G. A. , Watanabe, M. and 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) (PMID:36581131)

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)

El Khoueiry, C., Alba-Delgado, C., Antri, M., Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Todd, A. J. , Artola, A. and 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(8), 1356. (doi: 10.3390/cells11081356) (PMID:35456035) (PMCID:PMC9033052)

Kókai, É., Alsulaimain, W. A.A., Dickie, A. C., Bell, A. M. , Goffin, L., Watanabe, M., Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. and Todd, A. J. (2022) Characterisation of deep dorsal horn projection neurons in the spinal cord of the Phox2a::Cre mouse line. Molecular Pain, 18, p. 17448069221119614. (doi: 10.1177/17448069221119614) (PMID:36000342) (PMCID:PMC9445510)

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)

Chisholm, K. I., Lo Re, L., Polgár, E., Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Todd, A. J. and McMahon, S. B. (2021) Encoding of cutaneous stimuli by lamina I projection neurons. Pain, 162(9), pp. 2405-2417. (doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002226) (PMID:33769365) (PMCID:PMC8374708)

Polgár, E., Bell, A. M. , Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Dickie, A. C., Akar, O., Costreie, M., Watanabe, M. and 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) (PMID:32634530)

Bell, A. M. , Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Stevenson, A., Casas-Benito, A., Wildner, H., West, S. J., Watanabe, M. and Todd, A. J. (2020) Expression of green fluorescent protein defines a specific population of lamina II excitatory interneurons in the GRP::eGFP mouse. Scientific Reports, 10, 13176. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-69711-7) (PMID:32764601) (PMCID:PMC7411045)

Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Bell, A. M. , Shepherd, F., Polgár, E., Watanabe, M., Furuta, T. and Todd, A. J. (2019) Expression of cholecystokinin by neurons in mouse spinal dorsal horn. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 527(11), pp. 1857-1871. (doi: 10.1002/cne.24657) (PMID:30734936) (PMCID:PMC6563475)

Dickie, A. C. et al. (2019) Morphological and functional properties distinguish the substance P and gastrin-releasing peptide subsets of excitatory interneuron in the spinal cord dorsal horn. Pain, 160(2), pp. 442-462. (doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001406) (PMID:30247267) (PMCID:PMC6330098)

Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Davis, O., Polgár, E., Shahzad, M., Navarro-Batista, K., Furuta, T., Watanabe, M., Hughes, D. I. and Todd, A. J. (2019) Expression of calretinin among different neurochemical classes of interneuron in the superficial dorsal horn of the mouse spinal cord. Neuroscience, 398, pp. 171-181. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2018.12.009) (PMID:30553791) (PMCID:PMC6347472)

Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Bell, A. , Polgár, E., Watanabe, M. and Todd, A. J. (2019) Expression of neuropeptide FF defines a population of excitatory interneurons in the superficial dorsal horn of the mouse spinal cord that respond to noxious and pruritic stimuli. Neuroscience, 416, pp. 281-293. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.08.013) (PMID:31421202) (PMCID:PMC6839401)

Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Polgár, E., Bell, A. M. , Hérau, M. and Todd, A. J. (2018) Substance P-expressing excitatory interneurons in the mouse superficial dorsal horn provide a propriospinal input to the lateral spinal nucleus. Brain Structure and Function, 223(5), pp. 2377-2392. (doi: 10.1007/s00429-018-1629-x) (PMID:29497838) (PMCID:PMC5968060)

Díaz-Lucena, D., Gutierrez-Mecinas, M., Moreno, B., Martínez-Sánchez, J. L., Pifarré, P. and García, A. (2018) Mechanisms involved in the remyelinating effect of sildenafil. Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology, 13(1), pp. 6-23. (doi: 10.1007/s11481-017-9756-3) (PMID:28776122)

Dawes, J. M. et al. (2018) Immune or genetic-mediated disruption of CASPR2 causes pain hypersensitivity due to enhanced primary afferent excitability. Neuron, 97(4), 806-822.e10. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.01.033) (PMID:29429934)

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)

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)

Bell, A. M. , Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Polgár, E. and Todd, A. J. (2016) Spinal neurons that contain gastrin-releasing peptide seldom express Fos or phosphorylate extracellular signal-regulated kinases in response to intradermal chloroquine. Molecular Pain, 12, pp. 1-9. (doi: 10.1177/1744806916649602) (PMID:27270268) (PMCID:PMC4937990)

Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Furuta, T., Watanabe, M. and Todd, A. J. (2016) A quantitative study of neurochemically-defined excitatory interneuron populations in laminae I-III of the mouse spinal cord. Molecular Pain, 12, pp. 1-18. (doi: 10.1177/1744806916629065) (PMID:27030714) (PMCID:PMC4946630)

Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Kuehn, E. D., Abraira, V. E., Polgár, E., Watanabe, M. and Todd, A. J. (2016) Immunostaining for Homer reveals the majority of excitatory synapses in laminae I-III of the mouse spinal dorsal horn. Neuroscience, 329, pp. 171-181. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.05.009) (PMID:27185486) (PMCID:PMC4915440)

Saunderson, E. A., Spiers, H., Mifsud, K. R., Gutierrez-Mecinas, M., Trollope, A. F., Shaikh, A., Mill, J. and Reul, J. M.H.M. (2016) Stress-induced gene expression and behavior are controlled by DNA methylation and methyl donor availability in the dentate gyrus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113(17), pp. 4830-4835. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1524857113) (PMID:27078100)

Cameron, D., Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Gomez-Lima, M., Watanabe, M., Polgár, E. and Todd, A. J. (2015) The organisation of spinoparabrachial neurons in the mouse. Pain, 156(10), pp. 2061-2071. (doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000270) (PMID:26101837) (PMCID:PMC4770364)

Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Watanabe, M. and Todd, A. J. (2014) Expression of gastrin-releasing peptide by excitatory interneurons in the mouse superficial dorsal horn. Molecular Pain, 10, 79. (doi: 10.1186/1744-8069-10-79) (PMID:25496164) (PMCID:PMC4320531)

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)