A brain-wide map of descending inputs onto spinal V1 interneurons

PD Chapman, AS Kulkarni, AJ Trevisan, K Han… - Neuron, 2024 - cell.com
Motor output results from the coordinated activity of neural circuits distributed across multiple
brain regions that convey information to the spinal cord via descending motor pathways. Yet …

Corticothalamic input derived from corticospinal neurons contributes to chronic neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury

L Liu, Z Liang, L Zhang, Z Feng, F Cao, Y Zhang… - Experimental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Neuropathic pain is a significant and persistent issue for individuals with spinal cord injuries
(SCI), severely impacting their quality of life. While changes at the peripheral and spinal …

Spontaneously regenerative corticospinal neurons in mice

BW Fait, B Cotto, TC Murakami, M Hagemann-Jensen… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
The spinal cord receives inputs from the cortex via corticospinal neurons (CSNs). While
predominantly a contralateral projection, a less-investigated minority of its axons terminate …

Interactions between motor cortical forelimb regions and their influence on muscles reorganize across behaviors

AC Kristl, N Koh, M Agrios, S Savya, Z Ma, D Basrai… - bioRxiv, 2025 - biorxiv.org
It remains unclear how classical models of motor cortical hierarchy align with emerging
evidence of behavioral organization in motor cortex. To address this, we combined …

[HTML][HTML] SpinalTRAQ: A novel volumetric cervical spinal cord atlas identifies the corticospinal tract synaptic projectome in healthy and post-stroke mice

K Poinsatte, M Kenwood, D Betz, A Nawaby, AD Ajay… - …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Descending corticospinal tract (CST) connections to the neurons of the cervical spinal cord
are vital for performance of forelimb-specific fine motor skills. In rodents, CST axons are …

Layer Va neurons, as major presynaptic partners of corticospinal neurons, play critical roles in skilled movements

F Imai, E Yang, K Klinefelter, G Alexandrou, A Letelier… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Corticospinal neurons (CSNs) are located in the cortex and projecting into the spinal cord.
The activation of CSNs, which is associated with skilled motor behaviors, induces the …

Neuropathic pain in a chronic CNS injury model is mediated by CST-targeted spinal interneurons

X Guan, Y Zhu, J Zhong, E Hollis - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Chronic neuropathic pain is a persistent and debilitating outcome of traumatic central
nervous system injury, affecting up to 80% of individuals with chronic injury. Post-injury pain …

GENETIC AND METABOLIC FACTORS SHAPING FUNCTIONAL AND SYSTEMIC RECOVERY POST-SPINAL CORD INJURY: A FOCUS ON APOE

C Taylor - uknowledge.uky.edu
There are currently approximately 300,000 individuals living with a spinal cord injury (SCI) in
the United States with an additional 17,000 injuries occurring each year. Perhaps of equal …

Cartographie cellulaire du cerveau

JG Barbara - Encyclopaedia universalis, 2024 - hal.science
Longtemps, les neurobiologistes ont seulement pu placer les indices des diverses activités
cérébrales sur des cartes anatomiques du cerveau dont la résolution atteignait tout juste …