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The Organization and Development of Neurons that Underlie the Sense of Touch

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Air date:	Monday, October 22, 2012, 12:00:00 PM Time displayed is Eastern Time, Washington DC Local
Views:	Total views: 402 (20 Live, 382 On-demand)
Category:	Neuroscience
Runtime:	01:12:35
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Description:	Neuroscience Seminar Series How is our sense of touch transduced peripherally and conveyed centrally? What neurons are involved? How do they perform this function and what kind of specializations do the neurons exhibit? Dr. Ginty’s laboratory investigates the function, development, structure and organization of neurons that subserve sensations of touch and pain and their connectivity in the spinal cord. His recent research uses mouse molecular genetic approaches to identify and visualize the axonal projections of physiologically defined classes of low-threshold mechanosensory neurons. Dr. Ginty’s research addresses the logic of somatosensory circuit organization as well as mechanisms of touch circuitry assembly during development. Major goals of the laboratory are to define somatosensory circuits of the peripheral nervous system and spinal cord dorsal horn and to determine how these circuits give rise to the perception of touch. For more information go to http://neuroseries.info.nih.gov

NLM Title:	The organization and development of neurons that underlie the sense of touch / David Ginty.
Author:	Ginty, David. National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
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Abstract:	(CIT): Neuroscience Seminar Series How is our sense of touch transduced peripherally and conveyed centrally? What neurons are involved? How do they perform this function and what kind of specializations do the neurons exhibit? Dr. Ginty"s laboratory investigates the function, development, structure and organization of neurons that subserve sensations of touch and pain and their connectivity in the spinal cord. His recent research uses mouse molecular genetic approaches to identify and visualize the axonal projections of physiologically defined classes of low-threshold mechanosensory neurons. Dr. Ginty"s research addresses the logic of somatosensory circuit organization as well as mechanisms of touch circuitry assembly during development. Major goals of the laboratory are to define somatosensory circuits of the peripheral nervous system and spinal cord dorsal horn and to determine how these circuits give rise to the perception of touch. For more information go to http://neuroseries.info.nih.gov.
Subjects:	Neurons--physiology Touch--physiology
Publication Types:	Lecture Webcast

NLM Classification:	WR 102
NLM ID:	101595199
CIT Live ID:	11791
Permanent link:	https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=11791

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