The making of a proprioceptor: a tale of two identities

JC de Nooij, N Zampieri - Trends in Neurosciences, 2023 - cell.com
Proprioception, the sense of body position in space, has a critical role in the control of
posture and movement. Aside from skin and joint receptors, the main sources of …

Regulating muscle spindle and Golgi tendon organ proprioceptor phenotypes

N Zampieri, JC de Nooij - Current opinion in physiology, 2021 - Elsevier
Proprioception is an essential part of motor control. The main sensory subclasses that
underlie this feedback control system—muscle spindle and Golgi tendon organ afferents …

Molecular identity of proprioceptor subtypes innervating different muscle groups in mice

S Dietrich, C Company, K Song, ED Lowenstein… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The precise execution of coordinated movements depends on proprioception, the sense of
body position in space. However, the molecular underpinnings of proprioceptive neuron …

Proprioception revisited: where do we stand?

JL Shadrach, J Gomez-Frittelli… - Current opinion in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Originally referred to as 'muscle sense', the notion that skeletal muscle held a peripheral
sensory function was first described early in the 19th century. Foundational experiments by …

A role for sensory end organ-derived signals in regulating muscle spindle proprioceptor phenotype

D Wu, I Schieren, Y Qian, C Zhang… - Journal of …, 2019 - Soc Neuroscience
Proprioceptive feedback from Group Ia/II muscle spindle afferents and Group Ib Golgi tendon
afferents is critical for the normal execution of most motor tasks, yet how these distinct …

Molecular correlates of muscle spindle and Golgi tendon organ afferents

KM Oliver, DM Florez-Paz, TC Badea, GZ Mentis… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Proprioceptive feedback mainly derives from groups Ia and II muscle spindle (MS) afferents
and group Ib Golgi tendon organ (GTO) afferents, but the molecular correlates of these three …

[HTML][HTML] Proprioception, the regulator of motor function

KM Moon, J Kim, Y Seong, BC Suh, KJ Kang… - BMB …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In animals, proper locomotion is crucial to find mates and foods and avoid predators or
dangers. Multiple sensory systems detect external and internal cues and integrate them to …

MS and GTO proprioceptor subtypes in the molecular genetic era: Opportunities for new advances and perspectives

JC de Nooij - Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 2022 - Elsevier
Proprioceptive feedback from skeletal muscle is an integral element of motor control, yet the
precise physiological roles of muscle spindle (MS) and Golgi tendon organ (GTO) sensory …

Molecular development of muscle spindle and Golgi tendon organ sensory afferents revealed by single proprioceptor transcriptome analysis

KM Oliver, DM Florez-Paz, TC Badea, GZ Mentis… - BioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
Anatomical and physiological analyses have long revealed differences between
proprioceptive groups Ia, II, and Ib sensory neurons, yet the molecular correlates of these …

Proprioception: a new era set in motion by emerging genetic and bionic strategies?

PD Marasco, JC de Nooij - Annual Review of Physiology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
The generation of an internal body model and its continuous update is essential in
sensorimotor control. Although known to rely on proprioceptive sensory feedback, the …