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Making sense out of spinal cord somatosensory development

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Lai, Helen C., Seal, Rebecca P., Johnson, Jane E.·2016·Development

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The spinal cord integrates and relays somatosensory input, leading to complex motor responses. Research over the past couple of decades has identified transcription factor networks that function during development to define and instruct the generation of diverse neuronal populations within the spinal cord. A number of studies have now started to connect these developmentally defined populations with their roles in somatosensory circuits. Here, we review our current understanding of how neuronal diversity in the dorsal spinal cord is generated and we discuss the logic underlying how these neurons form the basis of somatosensory circuits.

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Authors
Lai, H. C., Seal, R. P., & Johnson, J. E.
Affiliations
  • The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
  • University of Pittsburgh (US)
Venue
Development
Published
2016-10-01
Volume
143
Issue
19
Pages
3434-3448
ISSN
  • 0950-1991 (ISSN-L)
  • 1477-9129
OpenAlex
W2528052116
Cited by
188
References
181
Citations by year
2026: 13 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 18 · 2022: 23 · 2021: 33 · 2020: 21 · 2019: 23 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 11 · 2015: 1
FWCI
1.95
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Development (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (R01 HD037932, R01 NS032817)
  • Rita Allen Foundation
  • American Pain Society
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Developmental Neuroscience › Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling
Keywords
spinal cord development, neuronal heterogeneity, transcriptional regulatory networks, neuronal specification, sensory integration, motor control
MeSH terms
Animals, Humans, Interneurons, Models, Theoretical, Neurons, Sensation, Spinal Cord, Transcription Factors

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