William P. Olson

The paper shows that muscle spindle afferents encode complex jaw movements during a lick sequence task, with their coding changing across task phases.

This study investigates the neural basis of mechanosensation in the mouse tongue, identifying Piezo2+ trigeminal neurons and distinct mechanoreceptor types in lingual papillae.

This paper introduces an optogenetic method for perturbing muscles in transgenic mice, enabling simultaneous EMG recording and optical stimulation to study neuromuscular control.

The paper introduces Myomatrix arrays, a high-resolution electrode technology for recording muscle activity from motor units across species during natural behaviors.

The paper shows that region-specific central arbor morphologies of Mrgprd+ nociceptors develop independently of peripheral target innervation.

The paper uses genetic tracing in mice to show that nociceptors in different body regions have distinct central arbor structures, which may explain the high spatial acuity for pain in the limbs.