Benayahu Elbaz

The paper investigates the role of the canonical Wnt signaling pathway in PNS regeneration and finds that manipulating it does not enhance regeneration.

The paper shows that Schwann cell loss causes demyelination and transcriptional reprogramming in specific sensory neurons, suggesting a non-cell autonomous response to axon-Schwann cell interaction loss.

The paper identifies a terminal selector that prevents a Hox transcriptional switch to maintain motor neuron identity in C. elegans.