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75
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2040
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216

Overview

Andrew J. Todd is affiliated with the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses on neuroscience and medicine, with significant contributions in the subfields of cellular and molecular neuroscience, physiology, cognitive neuroscience, molecular biology, and dermatology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including:

  • Pain mechanisms and treatments
  • Neurobiology and insect physiology research
  • Neuropeptides and animal physiology
  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Dermatology and skin diseases
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Ion channel regulation and function

Andrew J. Todd has published extensively, with notable papers that include:

  • Recent advances in our understanding of the organization of dorsal horn neuron populations and their contribution to cutaneous mechanical allodynia, 2020, Journal of Neural Transmission
  • Central Nervous System Targets: Inhibitory Interneurons in the Spinal Cord, 2020, Neurotherapeutics
  • Grpr expression defines a population of superficial dorsal horn vertical cells that have a role in both itch and pain, 2022, Pain
  • Encoding of cutaneous stimuli by lamina I projection neurons, 2021, Pain
  • Spinal premotor interneurons controlling antagonistic muscles are spatially intermingled, 2022, eLife

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Andrew J. Todd include:

  • Andrew M. Bell
  • María Gutièrrez-Mecinas
  • Erika Polgár
  • Allen C. Dickie
  • Masahiko Watanabe

Their work has been published in several recurring venues, among which are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • eLife
  • Journal of Neural Transmission
  • Pain

Best Publications

  • Neuronal circuitry for pain processing in the dorsal horn

    Andrew J. Todd

  • Light microscope study of the coexistence of GABA-like and glycine-like immunoreactivities in the spinal cord of the rat.

    Andrew J. Todd;Anne C. Sullivan

  • The expression of vesicular glutamate transporters VGLUT1 and VGLUT2 in neurochemically defined axonal populations in the rat spinal cord with emphasis on the dorsal horn

    A.J. Todd;D.I. Hughes;Erika Polgár;G.G. Nagy

  • Colocalization of GABA, glycine, and their receptors at synapses in the rat spinal cord

    AJ Todd;C Watt;RC Spike;W Sieghart

  • Populations of inhibitory and excitatory interneurons in lamina II of the adult rat spinal dorsal horn revealed by a combined electrophysiological and anatomical approach.

    Toshiharu Yasaka;Sheena Y.X. Tiong;David I. Hughes;John S. Riddell

  • GABA-immunoreactive neurons in the dorsal horn of the rat spinal cord.

    A.J. Todd;J. McKenzie

  • Dynorphin Acts as a Neuromodulator to Inhibit Itch in the Dorsal Horn of the Spinal Cord

    Adam P. Kardon;Erika Polgár;Junichi Hachisuka;Lindsey M. Snyder

  • Spinal cholinergic interneurons regulate the excitability of motoneurons during locomotion

    Gareth B. Miles;Robert Hartley;Andrew J. Todd;Robert M. Brownstone

  • A quantitative and morphological study of projection neurons in lamina I of the rat lumbar spinal cord

    R. C. Spike;Z. Puskár;D. Andrew;A. J. Todd

  • Neurokinin 1 receptor expression by neurons in laminae I, III and IV of the rat spinal dorsal horn that project to the brainstem.

    Andrew J. Todd;Margaret M. McGill;Safa A. S. Shehab

  • Projection Neurons in Lamina I of Rat Spinal Cord with the Neurokinin 1 Receptor Are Selectively Innervated by Substance P-Containing Afferents and Respond to Noxious Stimulation

    Andrew J. Todd;Zita Puskár;Zita Puskár;Rosemary C. Spike;Catriona Hughes

  • Postnatal Phenotype and Localization of Spinal Cord V1 Derived Interneurons

    Francisco J. Alvarez;Philip C. Jonas;Tamar Sapir;Robert Hartley

  • Selective loss of spinal GABAergic or glycinergic neurons is not necessary for development of thermal hyperalgesia in the chronic constriction injury model of neuropathic pain

    Erika Polgár;D.I. Hughes;J.S. Riddell;D.J. Maxwell

  • The types of neuron which contain protein kinase C gamma in rat spinal cord.

    E Polgár;J.H Fowler;M.M McGill;A.J Todd

  • Conditional rhythmicity of ventral spinal interneurons defined by expression of the Hb9 homeodomain protein.

    Jennifer M. Wilson;Robert Hartley;David J. Maxwell;Andrew J. Todd

  • Circuit dissection of the role of somatostatin in itch and pain.

    Jing Huang;Jing Huang;Erika Polgár;Hans Jürgen Solinski;Santosh K. Mishra;Santosh K. Mishra

  • Coexistence of NADPH diaphorase with GABA, glycine, and acetylcholine in rat spinal cord.

    Rosemary C. Spike;Andrew J. Todd;Heather M. Johnston

  • Anatomy of primary afferents and projection neurones in the rat spinal dorsal horn with particular emphasis on substance P and the neurokinin 1 receptor.

    A. J. Todd

  • Subpopulations of GABAergic neurons in laminae I-III of rat spinal dorsal horn defined by coexistence with classical transmitters, peptides, nitric oxide synthase or parvalbumin.

    I. Laing;A.J. Todd;C.W. Heizmann;H.H.H.W. Schmidt

  • Identifying functional populations among the interneurons in laminae I-III of the spinal dorsal horn.

    Andrew J Todd

  • Locomotor-Like Rhythms in a Genetically Distinct Cluster of Interneurons in the Mammalian Spinal Cord

    Christopher A. Hinckley;Robert Hartley;Linying Wu;Andrew Todd

Frequent Co-Authors

Erika Polgár
Erika Polgár University of Glasgow
Masahiko Watanabe
Masahiko Watanabe Hokkaido University
John S. Riddell
John S. Riddell University of Glasgow
David J. Maxwell
David J. Maxwell University of Glasgow
Takahiro Furuta
Takahiro Furuta Osaka University
Takeshi Kaneko
Takeshi Kaneko Kyoto University
Gary R. Lewin
Gary R. Lewin Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Hanns Ulrich Zeilhofer
Hanns Ulrich Zeilhofer University of Zurich
Rohini Kuner
Rohini Kuner Heidelberg University
H. Richard Koerber
H. Richard Koerber University of Pittsburgh

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