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Adaptation in somatosensory afferents improves rate and temporal coding of vibrotactile stimulus features

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By Adel Halawa, Christopher Dedek, Laura Medlock, Dhekra Al-Basha, Stephanie Ratté, Steven A. Prescott
| Nature Verified
Abstract Most neurons reduce their firing rate during sustained stimulation. We tested if adaptation in primary low-threshold mechanoreceptors (LTMRs) improves their ability to encode vibrotactile stimulation of the rat hind paw. If adaptation were to help disambiguate the neural representation of different stimuli, stimulus features could be more accurately discriminated from adapted LTMR responses than from initial LTMR responses.
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Intermittent Failure of Spike Propagation in Primary Afferent Neurons during Tactile Stimulation

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By Dhekra Al-Basha, Steven A. Prescott, Biomedical Engineering
| JNeurosci Verified
Research Articles, Cellular/Molecular Dhekra Al-Basha and Steven A. Prescott Journal of Neuroscience 11 December 2019, 39 (50) 9927-9939; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0975-19.2019 Abstract Primary afferent neurons convey somatosensory information to the CNS.
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A mutation-independent approach for muscular dystrophy via upregulation of a modifier gene

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By Dwi U. Kemaladewi, Prabhpreet S. Bassi, Steven Erwood, Dhekra Al-Basha
| Nature Verified
Abstract Neuromuscular disorders are often caused by heterogeneous mutations in large, structurally complex genes. Targeting compensatory modifier genes could be beneficial to improve disease phenotypes. Here we report a mutation-independent strategy to upregulate the expression of a disease-modifying gene associated with congenital muscular dystrophy type 1A (MDC1A) using the CRISPR activation system in mice.
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