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Ayesha Thanawalla

Salk Institute for Biological StudiesORCID 0000-0002-8604-7349Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:mouse· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Assay:electronic health records· 1 Organism:non-human primate· 1 Organism:rat· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Eiman AzimiD· 3 shared Abigail L. PersoniD· 1 shared Akira NagamoriiD· 1 shared Albert I. CheniD· 1 shared Alice C. MosbergeriD· 1 shared Amanda Jacob· 1 shared Ana Rita MendesiD· 1 shared Andrea R. PackiD· 1 shared

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The antiviral Interferon pathway drives astrocyte aging and motor decline

Lara Labarta-Bajo, Ayesha Thanawalla, Irene L Gutierrez, Su May Lei Soe, Brent Y. Chick, Ioanna Andritsogianni, Setareh Metanat, Diana C. Hargreaves, Susan M. Kaech, Eiman Azim, Nicola J. Allen

This study shows that antiviral type I interferons drive astrocyte aging and motor decline in aging, with implications for therapeutic intervention.

bioRxiv · Nov 12, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience

Cerebellar outputs for rapid directional refinement of forelimb movement

Ayesha Thanawalla, Oren F. Wilcox, Eliza Rhee, Juan Jiang, Kee Wui Huang, Raihana Yusufi, Dalia Saklaway, Akira Nagamori, James Conner, Albert I. Chen, Eiman Azim

This study identifies two cerebellar populations in mice that drive forelimb movement toward or away from the body, revealing a subcortical circuit basis for directional refinement during movement.

bioRxiv · Oct 1, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience

Myomatrix arrays for high-definition muscle recording

Bryce Chung, Muneeb Zia, Kyle A. Thomas, Jonathan A. Michaels, Amanda Jacob, Andrea R. Pack, Matthew J Williams, Kailash Nagapudi, Lay Heng Teng, Eduardo Arrambide, Logan Ouellette, Nicole F. Oey, Rhuna Gibbs, Philip Anschutz, Jiaao Lu, , Samuel J. Sober

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

eLife · Jul 12, 2023Peer-reviewedNeuroscience