Publications

Highlighted Publications:

Publications:

Group II mGluRs suppress hyperexcitability in mouse and human nociceptors.This link opens in a new window.
Davidson S, Golden JP, Copits BA, Ray PR, Vogt SK, Valtcheva MV, Schmidt RE, Ghetti A, Price T, Gereau RW 4th. Pain. 2016

A Spinal Circuit for Mechanically-evoked itch
Davidson S. Trends in Neurosci. 2016 Jan;39(1):1-2. PMID: 26708015

Soft, stretchable, fully implantable miniaturized optoelectronic systems for wireless optogenetics.
Park SI, Brenner DS, Shin G, Morgan CD, Copits BA, Chung HU, Pullen MY, Noh KN, Davidson S, Oh SJ, Yoon J, Jang KI, Samineni VK, Norman M, Grajales-Reyes JG, Vogt SK, Sundaram SS, Wilson KM, Ha JS, Xu R, Pan T, Kim TI, Huang Y, Montana MC, Golden JP, Bruchas MR, Gereau RW 4th, Rogers JA. Nat Biotechnol. 2015 Dec;33(12):1280-1286. doi: 10.1038/nbt.3415. Epub 2015 Nov 9. PMID: 26551059

ERK2 Alone Drives Inflammatory Pain But Cooperates with ERK1 in Sensory Neuron Survival. This link opens in a new window.
O'Brien DE, Alter BJ, Satomoto M, Morgan CD, Davidson S, Vogt SK, Norman ME, Gereau GB, Demaro JA 3rd, Landreth GE, Golden JP, Gereau RW 4th. J Neurosci. 2015 Jun 24;35(25):9491-507. PMID: 26109671

Enhanced nonpeptidergic intraepidermal fiber density and an expanded subset of chloroquine-responsive trigeminal neurons in a mouse model of dry skin itch.
Valtcheva MV, Samineni VK, Golden JP, Gereau RW 4th, Davidson S. J Pain. 2015 Apr;16(4):346-56. PMID: 25640289

Protein kinase Cδ mediates histamine-evoked itch and responses in pruriceptors.
Valtcheva MV, Davidson S, Zhao C, Leitges M, Gereau RW 4th. Mol Pain. 2015 Jan 6;11:1. PMID: 25558916

Human sensory neurons: Membrane properties and sensitization by inflammatory mediators.
Davidson S, Copits BA, Zhang J, Page G, Ghetti A, Gereau RW 4th. Pain. 2014 Sep;155(9):1861-70. PMID: 24973718

Ascending Pathways for Itch.
Davidson S, Moser H, Giesler G. In: Carstens E, Akiyama T, editors. Itch: Mechanisms and Treatment. Boca Raton (FL): CRC Press; 2014. Chapter 22. PMID: 24830017

Pruriceptive spinothalamic tract neurons: physiological properties and projection targets in the primate.
Davidson S, Zhang X, Khasabov SG, Moser HR, Honda CN, Simone DA, Giesler GJ Jr. J Neurophysiol. 2012 Sep;108(6):1711-23. PMID: 22723676

The multiple pathways for itch and their interactions with pain.
Davidson S, Giesler GJ. Trends Neurosci. 2010 Dec;33(12):550-8. Review. PMID: 21056479

Quantitative analysis of spinothalamic tract neurons in adult and developing mouse.
Davidson S, Truong H, Giesler GJ Jr. J Comp Neurol. 2010 Aug 15;518(16):3193-204. PMID: 20575056

R7BP complexes with RGS9-2 and RGS7 in the striatum differentially control motor learning and locomotor responses to cocaine.
Anderson GR, Cao Y, Davidson S, Truong HV, Pravetoni M, Thomas MJ, Wickman K, Giesler GJ Jr, Martemyanov KA. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2010 Mar;35(4):1040-50. PMID: 20043004

A microinjection technique for targeting regions of embryonic and neonatal mouse brain in vivo.
Davidson S, Truong H, Nakagawa Y, Giesler GJ Jr. Brain Res. 2010 Jan 11;1307:43-52. PMID: 19840780

Relief of itch by scratching: state-dependent inhibition of primate spinothalamic tract neurons.
Davidson S, Zhang X, Khasabov SG, Simone DA, Giesler GJ Jr. Nat Neurosci. 2009 May;12(5):544-6. PMID: 19349977

Termination zones of functionally characterized spinothalamic tract neurons within the primate posterior thalamus.
Davidson S, Zhang X, Khasabov SG, Simone DA, Giesler GJ Jr. J Neurophysiol. 2008 Oct;100(4):2026-37. PMID: 18701750

The itch-producing agents histamine and cowhage activate separate populations of primate spinothalamic tract neurons.
Davidson S, Zhang X, Yoon CH, Khasabov SG, Simone DA, Giesler GJ Jr. J Neurosci. 2007 Sep 12;27(37):10007-14. PMID: 17855615

Thermally identified subgroups of marginal zone neurons project to distinct regions of the ventral posterior lateral nucleus in rats.
Zhang X, Davidson S, Giesler GJ Jr. J Neurosci. 2006 May 10;26(19):5215-23. PMID: 16687513