Defining Transcriptomic Class of Trigeminal Neurons in situ Reveals Their Roles in Sensation | NCCIH

Defining Transcriptomic Class of Trigeminal Neurons in situ Reveals Their Roles in Sensation | NCCIH

Defining Transcriptomic Class of Trigeminal Neurons in situ Reveals Their Roles in Sensation

New research conducted by scientists with the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, and the Brown-NIH Graduate Partnership Program describes an in situ hybridization approach to mapping information about the transcriptomic diversity of somatosensory systems back to the tissue. Published in the journal Pain, the research substantiates the importance of a sensory neuron’s peripheral connections, as well as its transcriptomic class, in determining the neuron’s role in sensation. 

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