Pair of Studies Uncover Surprising New Roles for Spinal Cord and Brainstem in Touch

Written By Jennifer Gibson

11/23/2022

From the lab of David Ginty

HMS News article describing recent research from David Ginty’s lab showing that the spinal cord and brainstem are more than a relay station for tactile signals as they travel to higher-order brain regions.

Read the original research articles from first authors Anda Chirila and Genelle Rankin in Cell, and from Josef Turecek in Nature.

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