Publications

• Ren, X., Liu, S., Virlogeux, A., Kang, S.J., Brusch, J., Liu, Y., Dymecki, S.M., Han, S., Goulding, M., and Acton, D. (2023). Identification of an essential spinoparabrachial pathway for mechanical itch. Neuron. 10.1016/J.NEURON.2023.03.013.
• Gatto, G., Bourane, S., Ren, X., Di Costanzo, S., Fenton, P.K., Halder, P., Seal, R.P., and Goulding, M.D. (2021). A Functional Topographic Map for Spinal Sensorimotor Reflexes. Neuron 109, 91-104.e5.
• Peirs, C., Williams, S.P.G., Zhao, X., Arokiaraj, C.M., Ferreira, D.W., Noh, M. chul, Smith, K.M., Halder, P., Corrigan, K.A., Gedeon, J.Y., et al. (2021). Mechanical Allodynia Circuitry in the Dorsal Horn Is Defined by the Nature of the Injury. Neuron 109, 73-90.e7.
• Huang, T., Lin, S.H., Malewicz, N.M., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Y., Goulding, M., LaMotte, R.H., and Ma, Q. (2019). Identifying the pathways required for coping behaviours associated with sustained pain. Nature 565, 86–90.
• Acton, D., Ren, X., Di Costanzo, S., Dalet, A., Bourane, S., Bertocchi, I., Eva, C., and Goulding, M. (2019). Spinal Neuropeptide Y1 Receptor-Expressing Neurons Form an Essential Excitatory Pathway for Mechanical Itch. Cell Rep 28: 625-639.e6.
• Gatto, G., Smith, K.M., Ross, S.E., and Goulding, M. (2019). Neuronal diversity in the somatosensory system: bridging the gap between cell type and function. Curr Opin Neurobiol 56: 167–174. Review.
• Stephanie C Koch, David Acton, Martyn Goulding. (2018). Spinal Circuits for Touch, Pain, and Itch. Annu Rev Physiol 80: 189-217. Review.
• Stephanie C Koch, Marta Garcia Del Barrio, Antoine Dalet, Graziana Gatto, Thomas Günther, Jingming Zhang, Barbara Seidler, Dieter Saur, Roland Schüle, Martyn Goulding. (2017) RORβ Spinal Interneurons Gate Sensory Transmission during Locomotion to Secure a Fluid Walking Gait. Neuron 96: 1419-1431.
• Longzhen Cheng, Bo Duan, Tianwen Huang, Yan Zhang, Yangyang Chen, Olivier Britz, Lidia Garcia-Campmany, Xiangyu Ren, Linh Vong, Bradford B Lowell, Martyn Goulding, Yun Wang, Qiufu Ma. (2017). Identification of spinal circuits involved in touch-evoked dynamic mechanical pain. Nat Neurosci 20(6): 804-814.
• Steeve Bourane, Bo Duan, Stephanie C Koch, Antoine Dalet, Olivier Britz, Lidia Garcia-Campmany, Euiseok Kim, Longzhen Cheng, Anirvan Ghosh, Qiufu Ma, and Martyn Goulding. (2015). Gate control of mechanical itch by a subpopulation of spinal cord interneurons. Science 350: 550-554.
• Olivier Britz, Jingming Zhang, Katja S Grossmann, Jason Dyck, Jun C Kim, Susan Dymecki, Simon Gosgnach, Martyn Goulding. A genetically defined asymmetry underlies the inhibitory control of flexor–extensor locomotor movements. 10.7554/eLife.04718. October 14, 2015
• Steeve Bourane, Katja S Grossmann, Olivier Britz, Antoine Dalet, Marta Garcia Del Barrio, Floor J Stam, Lidia Garcia-Campmany, Stephanie Koch, and Martyn Goulding. (2015). Identification of a Spinal Circuit for Light Touch and Fine Motor Control. Cell 160: 503–515.
• Bo Duan, Longzhen Cheng, Steeve Bourane, Olivier Britz, Christopher Padilla, Lidia Garcia-Campmany, Michael Krashes, Wendy Knowlton, Tomoko Velasquez, Xiangyu Ren, Sarah E Ross, Bradford B Lowell, Yun Wang, Martyn Goulding, Qiufu Ma. (2014). Identification of Spinal Circuits Transmitting and Gating Mechanical Pain. Cell 59: 1417-1432.
• Goulding M, Bourane S, Garcia-Campmany L, Dalet A, Koch S. (2014). Inhibition
  downunder: an update from the spinal cord. Curr Opin Neurobiol 26: 161-166. Review. PubMed PMID: 24743058.
• Zhang J, Lanuza GM, Britz O, Wang Z, Siembab VC, Zhang Y, Velasquez T, Alvarez
  FJ, Frank E, Goulding M. V1 and v2b interneurons secure the alternating
  flexor-extensor motor activity mice require for limbed locomotion. Neuron. 2014 Apr 2;82(1):138-50. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.02.013. PubMed PMID: 24698273.
• Del Barrio MG, Bourane S, Grossmann K, Schule R, Britsch S, O’Leary DD,
  Goulding M. A transcription factor code defines nine sensory interneuron subtypes in the mechanosensory area of the spinal cord. PLoS One. 2013 Nov 4;8(11):e77928. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077928. eCollection 2013. PubMed PMID: 24223744; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3817166.
• Stam FJ, Hendricks TJ, Zhang J, Geiman EJ, Francius C, Labosky PA, Clotman F,
  Goulding M. Renshaw cell interneuron specialization is controlled by a temporally restricted transcription factor program. Development. 2012 Jan;139(1):179-90. doi: 10.1242/dev.071134. Epub 2011 Nov 24. PubMed PMID: 22115757; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3231776.
• Garcia-Campmany L, Stam FJ, Goulding M. From circuits to behaviour: motor
  networks in vertebrates. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2010 Feb;20(1):116-25. doi:
  10.1016/j.conb.2010.01.002. Epub 2010 Feb 6. Review. PubMed PMID: 20138753;
  PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2847443.
• Grossmann KS, Giraudin A, Britz O, Zhang J, Goulding M. Genetic dissection of
  rhythmic motor networks in mice. Prog Brain Res. 2010;187:19-37. doi:
  10.1016/B978-0-444-53613-6.00002-2. PubMed PMID: 21111198; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3056116.
• Goulding M. Circuits controlling vertebrate locomotion: moving in a new
  direction. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2009 Jul;10(7):507-18. doi: 10.1038/nrn2608. Review.
  PubMed PMID: 19543221; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2847453.
• Zhang Y, Narayan S, Geiman E, Lanuza GM, Velasquez T, Shanks B, Akay T, Dyck
  J, Pearson K, Gosgnach S, Fan CM, Goulding M. V3 spinal neurons establish a
  robust and balanced locomotor rhythm during walking. Neuron. 2008 Oct
  9;60(1):84-96. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2008.09.027. PubMed PMID: 18940590; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2753604.
• Pillai A, Mansouri A, Behringer R, Westphal H, Goulding M. Lhx1 and Lhx5
  maintain the inhibitory-neurotransmitter status of interneurons in the dorsal
  spinal cord. Development. 2007 Jan;134(2):357-66. Epub 2006 Dec 13. PubMed PMID: 17166926.
• Mizuguchi R, Kriks S, Cordes R, Gossler A, Ma Q, Goulding M. Ascl1 and Gsh1/2
  control inhibitory and excitatory cell fate in spinal sensory interneurons. Nat
  Neurosci. 2006 Jun;9(6):770-8. Epub 2006 May 21. PubMed PMID: 16715081.
• Gosgnach S, Lanuza GM, Butt SJ, Saueressig H, Zhang Y, Velasquez T,
  Riethmacher D, Callaway EM, Kiehn O, Goulding M. V1 spinal neurons regulate the speed of vertebrate locomotor outputs. Nature. 2006 Mar 9;440(7081):215-9. PubMed PMID: 16525473.
• Alvarez FJ, Jonas PC, Sapir T, Hartley R, Berrocal MC, Geiman EJ, Todd AJ,
  Goulding M. Postnatal phenotype and localization of spinal cord V1 derived
  interneurons. J Comp Neurol. 2005 Dec 12;493(2):177-92. PubMed PMID: 16255029; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2997483.
• Kriks S, Lanuza GM, Mizuguchi R, Nakafuku M, Goulding M. Gsh2 is required for
  the repression of Ngn1 and specification of dorsal interneuron fate in the spinal cord. Development. 2005 Jul;132(13):2991-3002. Epub 2005 Jun 1. PubMed PMID: 15930101.
• Lanuza GM, Gosgnach S, Pierani A, Jessell TM, Goulding M. Genetic
  identification of spinal interneurons that coordinate left-right locomotor
  activity necessary for walking movements. Neuron. 2004 May 13;42(3):375-86.
  PubMed PMID: 15134635.
• Sapir T, Geiman EJ, Wang Z, Velasquez T, Mitsui S, Yoshihara Y, Frank E,
  Alvarez FJ, Goulding M. Pax6 and engrailed 1 regulate two distinct aspects of
  renshaw cell development. J Neurosci. 2004 Feb 4;24(5):1255-64. PubMed PMID:
  14762144; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2997484.
• Goulding M, Lanuza G, Sapir T, Narayan S. The formation of sensorimotor
  circuits. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2002 Oct;12(5):508-15. Review. PubMed PMID:
  12367629.
• Gross MK, Dottori M, Goulding M. Lbx1 specifies somatosensory association
  interneurons in the dorsal spinal cord. Neuron. 2002 May 16;34(4):535-49. PubMed PMID: 12062038.
• Dottori M, Gross MK, Labosky P, Goulding M. The winged-helix transcription
  factor Foxd3 suppresses interneuron differentiation and promotes neural crest
  cell fate. Development. 2001 Nov;128(21):4127-38. PubMed PMID: 11684651.
• Lamar E, Kintner C, Goulding M. Identification of NKL, a novel Gli-Kruppel
  zinc-finger protein that promotes neuronal differentiation. Development. 2001
  Apr;128(8):1335-46. PubMed PMID: 11262234.
• Moran-Rivard L, Kagawa T, Saueressig H, Gross MK, Burrill J, Goulding M. Evx1
  is a postmitotic determinant of v0 interneuron identity in the spinal cord.
  Neuron. 2001 Feb;29(2):385-99. PubMed PMID: 11239430.
• Gross MK, Moran-Rivard L, Velasquez T, Nakatsu MN, Jagla K, Goulding M. Lbx1
  is required for muscle precursor migration along a lateral pathway into the limb. Development. 2000 Jan;127(2):413-24. PubMed PMID: 10603357.
• Saueressig H, Burrill J, Goulding M. Engrailed-1 and netrin-1 regulate axon
  pathfinding by association interneurons that project to motor neurons.
  Development. 1999 Oct;126(19):4201-12. PubMed PMID: 10477289.