David D Ginty

David D Ginty, Ph.D.

Edward R. and Anne G. Lefler Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School

Head of the Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School

617-432-2175

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?-Protocadherins control synapse formation and peripheral branching of touch sensory neurons.

Authors: Authors: Meltzer S, Boulanger KC, Chirila AM, Osei-Asante E, DeLisle M, Zhang Q, Kalish BT, Tasnim A, Huey EL, Fuller LC, Flaherty EK, Maniatis T, Garrett AM, Weiner JA, Ginty DD.
Neuron 2023-06-07
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A Hypothalamic Circuit Underlying the Dynamic Control of Social Homeostasis.

Authors: Authors: Liu D, Rahman M, Johnson A, Tsutsui-Kimura I, Pena N, Talay M, Logeman BL, Finkbeiner S, Choi S, Capo-Battaglia A, Abdus-Saboor I, Ginty DD, Uchida N, Watabe-Uchida M, Dulac C.
bioRxiv 2023-05-19
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A DRG genetic toolkit reveals molecular, morphological, and functional diversity of somatosensory neuron subtypes.

Authors: Authors: Qi L, Iskols M, Shi D, Reddy P, Walker C, Lezgiyeva K, Voisin T, Pawlak M, Kuchroo VK, Chiu I, Ginty DD, Sharma N.
bioRxiv 2023-04-23
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Palmitoylation regulates neuropilin-2 localization and function in cortical neurons and conveys specificity to semaphorin signaling via palmitoyl acyltransferases.

Authors: Authors: Koropouli E, Wang Q, Mejías R, Hand R, Wang T, Ginty DD, Kolodkin AL.
Elife 2023-04-03
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Cortical responses to touch reflect subcortical integration of LTMR signals.

Authors: Authors: Emanuel AJ, Lehnert BP, Panzeri S, Harvey CD, Ginty DD.
Nature 2021-11-17
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Mechanoreceptor synapses in the brainstem shape the central representation of touch.

Authors: Authors: Lehnert BP, Santiago C, Huey EL, Emanuel AJ, Renauld S, Africawala N, Alkislar I, Zheng Y, Bai L, Koutsioumpa C, Hong JT, Magee AR, Harvey CD, Ginty DD.
Cell 2021-10-28
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The cellular and molecular basis of somatosensory neuron development.

Authors: Authors: Meltzer S, Santiago C, Sharma N, Ginty DD.
Neuron 2021-09-22
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The mechanosensory neurons of touch and their mechanisms of activation.

Authors: Authors: Handler A, Ginty DD.
Nat Rev Neurosci 2021-07-26
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Sex dependent reduction in mechanical allodynia in the sural-sparing nerve injury model in mice lacking Merkel cells.

Authors: Authors: Jeon SM, Chang D, Geske A, Ginty DD, Caterina MJ.
J Neurosci 2021-05-24
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Drosophila Fezf functions as a transcriptional repressor to direct layer-specific synaptic connectivity in the fly visual system.

Authors: Authors: Santiago IJ, Zhang D, Saras A, Pontillo N, Xu C, Chen X, Weirauch MT, Mistry M, Ginty DD, Pecot MY, Peng J.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021-03-30
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