Spinal circuits encode a map of the trunk to control skin twitches
Rémi Ronzano, Ka Yee Chan, Manon Papadiamandis, Ugo Momi, Mustafa Görkem Özyurt, Marco Beato, Robert M. Brownstone
The paper identifies spinal circuits that map trunk regions to control skin twitches in mice, showing somatotopic organization and optogenetic activation of specific motor pathways.
bioRxiv · May 13, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience