Jun-Nan Li

This study identifies Pdyn-lineage neurons as sensory enteric neurons in the mouse colon that regulate motility and visceral interoception through optogenetic activation.

The paper maps molecular features of human spinal cord dorsal and ventral horns, identifying neuronal types and sex-specific glial differences using single-nucleus sequencing and spatial transcriptomics.

This study links electrical properties to transcriptional identities in human sensory neurons, identifying associations between pain history and specific electrophysiological subtypes.

This paper introduces parapinopsin (PPO), a photoswitchable GPCR-based opsin that enables rapid and reversible presynaptic inhibition, and demonstrates its utility in vivo.