Ben Katz

Efferent signaling along nociceptive peripheral terminals in vivo is enhanced during inflammation

The paper demonstrates that efferent signaling along nociceptive terminals increases during inflammation, leading to enhanced calcium signaling and mediator release in remote terminals.

Adaptation of pain-related projection neurons in acute but not chronic pain

The paper shows that spinal projection neurons reduce excitability during acute pain but not chronic pain, preventing pain chronification through increased potassium currents.

Structural plasticity of axon initial segment in spinal cord neurons underlies inflammatory pain

The paper shows inflammation causes a distal shift of the axon initial segment in inhibitory spinal cord neurons, reducing their excitability and contributing to pain.

Encoding of inflammatory hyperalgesia in mice spinal cord

The paper investigates how spinal cord networks in mice encode inflammatory hyperalgesia through changes in neuronal activity and synaptic inhibition.

The input-output relation of primary nociceptive neurons is determined by the morphology of the peripheral nociceptive terminals

The paper shows that the input-output relation of primary nociceptive neurons depends on the morphology of their peripheral terminals and how multiple terminals integrate noxious stimuli.