Jimena Perez Sanchez
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Research Interests
My research focuses on how neurons of the somatosensory system process information. I aim to explore the neural circuits that drive pain; from sensory neurons that relay information from the periphery to the spinal cord to descending modulation from supraspinal areas, addressing plastic mechanisms that lead to chronic pain in pathological conditions.
I use electrophysiology, but also imaging and behavioural assays, to study the impact of changes in sensory afferents and dorsal horn neurons in the spinal cord. I believe that the combination of two-photon microscopy with electrophysiology can give powerful insight into the mechanisms of spinal cord plasticity in normal and pathological conditions.
Recent publications
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Inhibition of sensory neuron driven acute, inflammatory, and neuropathic pain using a humanised chemogenetic system
Journal article
Sanchez JP. et al, (2023)
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Composite Fibrin and Carbon Microfibre Implant to Modulate Postraumatic Inflammation after Spinal Cord Injury
Journal article
Escarrat V. et al, (2023), Cells, 12, 839 - 839
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Sodium-calcium exchanger-3 regulates pain “wind-up”: From human psychophysics to spinal mechanisms
Journal article
Trendafilova T. et al, (2022), Neuron, 110, 2571 - 2587.e13
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Harnessing bacterial toxins to treat pain
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Perez-Sanchez J. and Bennett DL., (2022), Nature Neuroscience, 25, 132 - 134
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The structure of sensory afferent compartments in health and disease
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Middleton SJ. et al, (2021), Journal of Anatomy