Dr Erika Beresford-Polgar

Research Fellow (Centre for Neuroscience)

telephone: 01413304184
email: Erika.Beresford-Polgar@glasgow.ac.uk

R156 Level 1, Sir James Black, Glasgow G12 8QQ

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2023

Quillet, R., Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Polgár, E., Dickie, A. C., Boyle, K. A., Watanabe, M. and Todd, A. J. (2023) Synaptic circuits involving gastrin-releasing peptide receptor-expressing neurons in the dorsal horn of the mouse spinal cord. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 16, 1294994. (doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2023.1294994) (PMID:38143564) (PMCID:PMC10742631)

Boyle, K. A. et al. (2023) Neuropeptide Y-expressing dorsal horn inhibitory interneurons gate spinal pain and itch signalling. eLife, 12, RP86633. (doi: 10.7554/eLife.86633) (PMID:37490401) (PMCID:PMC10392120)

Davis, O. C. et al. (2023) Calretinin-expressing islet cells are a source of pre- and post-synaptic inhibition of non-peptidergic nociceptor input to the mouse spinal cord. Scientific Reports, 13, 11561. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-38605-9) (PMID:37464016) (PMCID:PMC10354228)

Quillet, R., Dickie, A. C., Polgár, E., Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Bell, A. M. , Goffin, L., Watanabe, M. and Todd, A. J. (2023) Characterisation of NPFF-expressing neurons in the superficial dorsal horn of the mouse spinal cord. Scientific Reports, 13, 5891. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-32720-3) (PMID:37041197) (PMCID:PMC10090074)

Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Kókai, É., Polgár, E., Quillet, R., Titterton, H. F., Weir, G. A. , Watanabe, M. and Todd, A. J. (2023) Antibodies against the gastrin-releasing peptide precursor pro-gastrin-releasing peptide reveal its expression in the mouse spinal dorsal horn. Neuroscience, 510, pp. 60-71. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2022.12.023) (PMID:36581131)

Polgár, E. et al. (2023) Grpr expression defines a population of superficial dorsal horn vertical cells that have a role in both itch and pain. Pain, 164(1), pp. 149-170. (doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002677) (PMID:35543635) (PMCID:PMC9756441)

2022

Trendafilova, T. et al. (2022) Sodium-calcium exchanger-3 regulates pain "wind-up": from human psychophysics to spinal mechanisms. Neuron, 110(16), 2571-2587.e13. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2022.05.017) (PMID:35705078) (PMCID:PMC7613464)

2021

Alsulaiman, W. A.A. et al. (2021) Characterisation of lamina I anterolateral system neurons that express Cre in a Phox2a-Cre mouse line. Scientific Reports, 11, 17912. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-97105-w) (PMID:34504158) (PMCID:PMC8429737)

Chisholm, K. I., Lo Re, L., Polgár, E., Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Todd, A. J. and McMahon, S. B. (2021) Encoding of cutaneous stimuli by lamina I projection neurons. Pain, 162(9), pp. 2405-2417. (doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002226) (PMID:33769365) (PMCID:PMC8374708)

2020

Polgár, E., Bell, A. M. , Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Dickie, A. C., Akar, O., Costreie, M., Watanabe, M. and Todd, A. J. (2020) Substance P-expressing neurons in the superficial dorsal horn of the mouse spinal cord: insights into their functions and their roles in synaptic circuits. Neuroscience, 450, pp. 113-125. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2020.06.038) (PMID:32634530)

Bell, A. M. , Polgár, E., Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Boyle, K. A. and Todd, A. J. (2020) Functional populations among interneurons in the dorsal horn. In: Fritzsch, B. (ed.) The Senses: A Comprehensive Reference. Second Edition. Academic Press: Cambridge, MA, pp. 207-219. ISBN 9780128054093 (doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-809324-5.24171-0)

2019

Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Bell, A. M. , Shepherd, F., Polgár, E., Watanabe, M., Furuta, T. and Todd, A. J. (2019) Expression of cholecystokinin by neurons in mouse spinal dorsal horn. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 527(11), pp. 1857-1871. (doi: 10.1002/cne.24657) (PMID:30734936) (PMCID:PMC6563475)

Boyle, K. A. et al. (2019) Defining a spinal microcircuit that gates myelinated afferent input: implications for tactile allodynia. Cell Reports, 28(2), 526-540.e6. (doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.06.040) (PMID:31291586) (PMCID:PMC6635381)

Dickie, A. C. et al. (2019) Morphological and functional properties distinguish the substance P and gastrin-releasing peptide subsets of excitatory interneuron in the spinal cord dorsal horn. Pain, 160(2), pp. 442-462. (doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001406) (PMID:30247267) (PMCID:PMC6330098)

Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Davis, O., Polgár, E., Shahzad, M., Navarro-Batista, K., Furuta, T., Watanabe, M., Hughes, D. I. and Todd, A. J. (2019) Expression of calretinin among different neurochemical classes of interneuron in the superficial dorsal horn of the mouse spinal cord. Neuroscience, 398, pp. 171-181. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2018.12.009) (PMID:30553791) (PMCID:PMC6347472)

Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Bell, A. , Polgár, E., Watanabe, M. and Todd, A. J. (2019) Expression of neuropeptide FF defines a population of excitatory interneurons in the superficial dorsal horn of the mouse spinal cord that respond to noxious and pruritic stimuli. Neuroscience, 416, pp. 281-293. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.08.013) (PMID:31421202) (PMCID:PMC6839401)

2018

Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Polgár, E., Bell, A. M. , Hérau, M. and Todd, A. J. (2018) Substance P-expressing excitatory interneurons in the mouse superficial dorsal horn provide a propriospinal input to the lateral spinal nucleus. Brain Structure and Function, 223(5), pp. 2377-2392. (doi: 10.1007/s00429-018-1629-x) (PMID:29497838) (PMCID:PMC5968060)

Huang, J. et al. (2018) Author correction: circuit dissection of the role of somatostatin in itch and pain. Nature Neuroscience, 21(6), p. 894. (doi: 10.1038/s41593-018-0149-6) (PMID:29674654)

Huang, J. et al. (2018) Circuit dissection of the role of somatostatin in itch and pain. Nature Neuroscience, 21(5), pp. 707-716. (doi: 10.1038/s41593-018-0119-z) (PMID:29556030) (PMCID:PMC5923877)

2017

Boyle, K. A., Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Polgár, E., Mooney, N., O'Connor, E., Furuta, T., Watanabe, M. and Todd, A. J. (2017) A quantitative study of neurochemically-defined populations of inhibitory interneurons in the superficial dorsal horn of the mouse spinal cord. Neuroscience, 363, pp. 120-133. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2017.08.044) (PMID:28860091) (PMCID:PMC5648048)

Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Bell, A. M. , Marin, A., Taylor, R., Boyle, K. A., Furuta, T., Watanabe, M., Polgár, E. and Todd, A. J. (2017) Preprotachykinin A (PPTA) is expressed by a distinct population of excitatory neurons in the mouse superficial spinal dorsal horn including cells that respond to noxious and pruritic stimuli. Pain, 158(3), pp. 440-456. (doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000778) (PMID:27902570) (PMCID:PMC5302415)

2016

Bell, A. M. , Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Polgár, E. and Todd, A. J. (2016) Spinal neurons that contain gastrin-releasing peptide seldom express Fos or phosphorylate extracellular signal-regulated kinases in response to intradermal chloroquine. Molecular Pain, 12, pp. 1-9. (doi: 10.1177/1744806916649602) (PMID:27270268) (PMCID:PMC4937990)

Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Kuehn, E. D., Abraira, V. E., Polgár, E., Watanabe, M. and Todd, A. J. (2016) Immunostaining for Homer reveals the majority of excitatory synapses in laminae I-III of the mouse spinal dorsal horn. Neuroscience, 329, pp. 171-181. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.05.009) (PMID:27185486) (PMCID:PMC4915440)

Iwagaki, N., Ganley, R. P., Dickie, A., Polgár, E., Hughes, D. I. , Del Rio, P., Revina, Y., Watanabe, M., Todd, A. J. and Riddell, J. S. (2016) A combined electrophysiological and morphological study of NPY-expressing inhibitory interneurons in the spinal dorsal horn of the mouse. Pain, 157(3), pp. 598-612. (doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000407) (PMID:26882346) (PMCID:PMC4751741)

2015

Ganley, R. P. et al. (2015) Inhibitory interneurons that express GFP in the PrP-GFP mouse spinal cord are morphologically heterogeneous, innervated by several classes of primary afferent and include lamina I projection neurons among their postsynaptic targets. Journal of Neuroscience, 35(19), pp. 7626-7642. (doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0406-15.2015) (PMID:25972186) (PMCID:PMC4429159)

Cameron, D., Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Gomez-Lima, M., Watanabe, M., Polgár, E. and Todd, A. J. (2015) The organisation of spinoparabrachial neurons in the mouse. Pain, 156(10), pp. 2061-2071. (doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000270) (PMID:26101837) (PMCID:PMC4770364)

2014

Kardon, A. P. et al. (2014) Dynorphin acts as a neuromodulator to inhibit itch in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord. Neuron, 82(3), pp. 573-586. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.02.046) (PMID:24726382) (PMCID:PMC4022838)

Yasaka, T., Tiong, S. Y.X., Polgár, E., Watanabe, M., Kumamoto, E., Riddell, J. S. and Todd, A. J. (2014) A putative relay circuit providing low-threshold mechanoreceptive input to lamina I projection neurons via vertical cells in lamina II of the rat dorsal horn. Molecular Pain, 10(1), p. 3. (doi: 10.1186/1744-8069-10-3)

2013

Polgár, E., Sardella, T.C.P., Tiong, S.Y.X., Locke, S., Watanabe, M. and Todd, A.J. (2013) Functional differences between neurochemically defined populations of inhibitory interneurons in the rat spinal dorsal horn. Pain, 154(12), pp. 2606-2615. (doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.05.001)

Iwagaki, N., Garzillo, F., Polgár, E., Riddell, J.S. and Todd, A.J. (2013) Neurochemical characterisation of lamina II inhibitory interneurons that express GFP in the PrP-GFP mouse. Molecular Pain, 9(56), (doi: 10.1186/1744-8069-9-56)

Polgár, E., Durrieux, C., Hughes, D.I. and Todd, A.J. (2013) A quantitative study of inhibitory interneurons in laminae I-III of the mouse spinal dorsal horn. PLoS ONE, 8(10), e78309. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078309) (PMID:24205193) (PMCID:PMC3808353)

2012

Baseer, N., Polgar, E., Watanabe, M., Furuta, T., Kaneko, T. and Todd, A. (2012) Projection neurons in Lamina III of the rat spinal cord are selectively innervated by local dynorphin-containing excitatory neurons. Journal of Neuroscience, 32(34), pp. 11854-11863. (doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2707-12.2012)

Luo, C. et al. (2012) Presynaptically localized cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase 1 is a key determinant of spinal synaptic potentiation and pain hypersensitivity. PLoS Biology, 10(3), e1001283. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001283)

2011

Tiong, S. Y.X., Polgár, E., van Kralingen, J. C., Watanabe, M. and Todd, A. J. (2011) Galanin-immunoreactivity identifies a distinct population of inhibitory interneurons in laminae I-III of the rat spinal cord. Molecular Pain, 7, 36. (doi: 10.1186/1744-8069-7-36) (PMID:21569622) (PMCID:PMC3118366)

Polgár, E., Sardella, T.C.P., Watanabe, M. and Todd, A.J. (2011) Quantitative study of NPY-expressing GABAergic neurons and axons in rat spinal dorsal horn. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 519(6), pp. 1007-1023. (doi: 10.1002/cne.22570)

Sardella, T.C.P., Polgár, E., Garzillo, F., Furuta, T., Kaneko, T., Watanabe, M. and Todd, A.J. (2011) Dynorphin is expressed primarily by GABAergic neurons that contain galanin in the rat dorsal horn. Molecular Pain, 7(1), p. 76. (doi: 10.1186/1744-8069-7-76)

Sardella, T.C.P., Polgár, E., Watanabe, M. and Todd, A.J. (2011) A quantitative study of neuronal nitric oxide synthase expression in laminae I–III of the rat spinal dorsal horn. Neuroscience, 192, pp. 708-720. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.07.011)

2010

Polgár, E., Wright, L. L. and Todd, A. J. (2010) A quantitative study of brainstem projections from lamina I neurons in the cervical and lumbar enlargement of the rat. Brain Research, 1308, pp. 58-67. (doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.10.041)

Polgár, E., Al Ghamdi, K.S. and Todd, A.J. (2010) Two populations of neurokinin 1 receptor-expressing projection neurons in lamina I of the rat spinal cord that differ in AMPA receptor subunit composition and density of excitatory synaptic input. Neuroscience, 167(4), pp. 1192-1204. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.03.028)

2009

Al Ghamdi, K.S., Polgár, E. and Todd, A. (2009) Soma size distinguishes projection neurons from neurokinin 1 receptor-expressing interneurons in lamina I of the rat lumbar spinal dorsal horn. Neuroscience, 164(4), pp. 1794-1804. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.09.071)

Yasaka, T., Hughes, D.I. , Polgár, E., Nagy, G.G., Watanabe, M., Riddell, J.S. and Todd, A.J. (2009) Evidence against AMPA receptor-lacking glutamatergic synapses in the superficial dorsal horn of the rat spinal cord. Journal of Neuroscience, 29(42), pp. 13401-13409. (doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2628-09.2009)

Todd, A. J. , Polgár, E., Watt, C., Bailey, M. E.S. and Watanabe, M. (2009) Neurokinin 1 receptor-expressing projection neurons in laminae III and IV of the rat spinal cord have synaptic AMPA receptors that contain GluR2, GluR3 and GluR4 subunits. European Journal of Neuroscience, 29(4), pp. 718-726. (doi: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06633.x) (PMID:19200070) (PMCID:PMC2695158)

2008

Polgar, E., Al-Khater, K.M., Shehab, S., Watanabe, M. and Todd, A.J. (2008) Large projection neurons in lamina I of the rat spinal cord that lack the neurokinin 1 receptor are densely innervated by VGLUT2-containing axons and possess GluR4-containing AMPA receptors. Journal of Neuroscience, 28(49), pp. 13150-13160. (doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4053-08.2008)

Polgár, E. and Todd, A. (2008) Tactile allodynia can occur in the spared nerve injury model in the rat without selective loss of GABA or GABA_A receptors from synapses in laminae I–II of the ipsilateral spinal dorsal horn. Neuroscience, 156(1), pp. 193-202. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.07.009)

Polgár, E., Watanabe, M., Hartmann, B., Grant, S. and Todd, A.J. (2008) Expression of AMPA receptor subunits at synapses in laminae I-III of the rodent spinal dorsal horn. Molecular Pain, 4(5), pp. 1-14. (doi: 10.1186/1744-8069-4-5)

2007

Polgár, E., Campbell, A.D., MacIntyre, L., Watanabe, M. and Todd, A.J. (2007) Phosphorylation of ERK in neurokinin 1 receptor-expressing neurons in laminae III and IV of the rat spinal dorsal horn following noxious stimulation. Molecular Pain, 3(4),

Polgar, E., Thomson, S., Maxwell, D., Al-Khater, K. and Todd, A. (2007) A population of large neurons in laminae III and IV of the rat spinal cord that have long dorsal dendrites and lack the neurokinin 1 receptor. European Journal of Neuroscience, 26, pp. 1587-1598. (doi: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05793.x)

2006

Polgar, E., Furuta, T., Kaneko, T. and Todd, A. (2006) Characterization of neurons that express preprotachykinin B in the dorsal horn of the rat spinal cord. Neuroscience, 139, pp. 687-697. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.12.021)

2005

Polgar, E., Hughes, D.I. , Arham, A.Z. and Todd, A.J. (2005) Loss of neurons from laminas I-III of the spinal dorsal horn is not required for development of tactile allodynia in the spared nerve injury model of neuropathic pain. Journal of Neuroscience, 25(28), pp. 6658-6666. (doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1490-05.2005)

2004

Hughes, D.I. , Polgár, E., Shehab, S.A.S. and Todd, A.J. (2004) Peripheral axotomy induces depletion of the vesicular glutamate transporter VGLUT1 in central terminals of myelinated afferent fibres in the rat spinal cord. Brain Research, 1017(1-2), pp. 69-76. (doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.05.054)

Polgár, E., Gray, S., Riddell, J. and Todd, A. (2004) Lack of evidence for significant neuronal loss in laminae I-III of the spinal dorsal horn of the rat in the chronic constriction injury model. Pain, 111, pp. 144-150. (doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2004.06.011)

2003

Polgár, E., Hughes, D.I. , Riddell, J.S. , Maxwell, D.J. , Puskár, Z. and Todd, A.J. (2003) Selective loss of spinal GABAergic or glycinergic neurons is not necessary for development of thermal hyperalgesia in the chronic constriction injury model of neuropathic pain. Pain, 104(1), pp. 229-239. (doi: 10.1016/S0304-3959(03)00011-3)

Todd, A.J. , Hughes, D.I. , Polgár, E., Nagy, G.G., Mackie, M., Ottersen, O.P. and Maxwell, D.J. (2003) The expression of vesicular glutamate transporters VGLUT1 and VGLUT2 in neurochemically defined axonal populations in the rat spinal cord with emphasis on the dorsal horn. European Journal of Neuroscience, 17(1), pp. 13-27. (doi: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02406.x)

2002

Polgár, E., Puskar, Z., Watt, C., Matesz, C. and Todd, A. (2002) Selective innervation of lamina I projection neurones that possess the neurokinin 1 receptor by serotonin-containing axons in the rat spinal cord. Neuroscience, 109, pp. 799-809.

2001

Puskar, Z., Polgár, E. and Todd, A. (2001) A population of large lamina I projection neurons with selective inhibitory input in rat spinal cord. Neuroscience, 102, pp. 167-176.

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Huang, J. et al. (2018) Author correction: circuit dissection of the role of somatostatin in itch and pain. Nature Neuroscience, 21(6), p. 894. (doi: 10.1038/s41593-018-0149-6) (PMID:29674654)

Huang, J. et al. (2018) Circuit dissection of the role of somatostatin in itch and pain. Nature Neuroscience, 21(5), pp. 707-716. (doi: 10.1038/s41593-018-0119-z) (PMID:29556030) (PMCID:PMC5923877)

Puskar, Z., Polgár, E. and Todd, A. (2001) A population of large lamina I projection neurons with selective inhibitory input in rat spinal cord. Neuroscience, 102, pp. 167-176.

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Todd, A. , Quillet, R., Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Boyle, K., Polgar, E., Dickie, A. and Riddell, J. (2023) Synaptic circuits involving gastrin-releasing peptide receptor-expressing neurons in the dorsal horn of the mouse spinal cord. [Data Collection]

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