Dr Maria Gutierrez-Mecinas
- Research Associate (Molecular Biosciences)
telephone:
01413308494
email:
Maria.Gutierrez-Mecinas@glasgow.ac.uk
Level 4, Advanced Research Centre, 11 Chapel Lane, Glasgow, G11 6EW
Publications
2025
Ma, Wenhui, Dickie, Allen, Polgár, Erika, Yadav, Mansi, Quillet, Raphaelle, Gutierrez-Mecinas, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Bell, Andrew M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6510-4423 and Todd, Andrew
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-6749
(2025)
Expression of Tacr1 and Gpr83 by spinal projection neurons.
Molecular Pain,
(doi: 10.1177/17448069251342409)
(PMID:40331673)
(Early Online Publication)
Ma, Wenhui, Polgár, Erika, Dickie, Allen C., Hajer, Mai Abu, Quillet, Raphaëlle, Gutierrez-Mecinas, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Yadav, Mansi, Hachisuka, Junichi
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3987-4381, Todd, Andrew J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-6749 and Bell, Andrew M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6510-4423
(2025)
Anatomical characterisation of somatostatin-expressing neurons belonging to the anterolateral system.
Scientific Reports, 15,
9549.
(doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-93816-6)
(PMID:40108302)
(PMCID:PMC11923155)
2024
Bell, A. M. et al. (2024) Deep sequencing of Phox2a nuclei reveals five classes of anterolateral system neurons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 121(23), e231421312. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.2314213121) (PMID:38805282)
2023
Quillet, Raphaëlle, Gutierrez-Mecinas, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Polgár, Erika, Dickie, Allen C., Boyle, Kieran A., Watanabe, Masahiko and Todd, Andrew J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-6749
(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)
Quillet, Raphaëlle, Dickie, Allen C., Polgár, Erika, Gutierrez-Mecinas, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Bell, Andrew M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6510-4423, Goffin, Luca, Watanabe, Masahiko and Todd, Andrew J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-6749
(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, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Kókai, Éva, Polgár, Erika, Quillet, Raphaëlle, Titterton, Heather F., Weir, Greg A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6330-2802, Watanabe, Masahiko and Todd, Andrew J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-6749
(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
El Khoueiry, Corinne, Alba-Delgado, Cristina, Antri, Myriam, Gutierrez-Mecinas, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Todd, Andrew J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-6749, Artola, Alain and Dallel, Radhouane
(2022)
GABAA and glycine receptor-mediated inhibitory synaptic transmission onto adult rat lamina IIi PKCγ-interneurons: pharmacological but not anatomical specialization.
Cells, 11(8),
1356.
(doi: 10.3390/cells11081356)
(PMID:35456035)
(PMCID:PMC9033052)
Kókai, Éva, Alsulaimain, Wafa A.A., Dickie, Allen C., Bell, Andrew M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6510-4423, Goffin, Luca, Watanabe, Masahiko, Gutierrez-Mecinas, Maria
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647 and Todd, Andrew J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-6749
(2022)
Characterisation of deep dorsal horn projection neurons in the spinal cord of the Phox2a::Cre mouse line.
Molecular Pain, 18,
p. 17448069221119614.
(doi: 10.1177/17448069221119614)
(PMID:36000342)
(PMCID:PMC9445510)
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, Kim I., Lo Re, Laure, Polgár, Erika, Gutierrez-Mecinas, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Todd, Andrew J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-6749 and McMahon, Stephen 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, Erika, Bell, Andrew M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6510-4423, Gutierrez-Mecinas, Maria
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Dickie, Allen C., Akar, Oğuz, Costreie, Miruna, Watanabe, Masahiko and Todd, Andrew J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-6749
(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, Andrew M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6510-4423, Gutierrez-Mecinas, Maria
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Stevenson, Anna, Casas-Benito, Adrian, Wildner, Hendrik, West, Steven J., Watanabe, Masahiko and Todd, Andrew J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-6749
(2020)
Expression of green fluorescent protein defines a specific population of lamina II excitatory interneurons in the GRP::eGFP mouse.
Scientific Reports, 10,
13176.
(doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-69711-7)
(PMID:32764601)
(PMCID:PMC7411045)
Bell, Andrew M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6510-4423, Polgár, Erika, Gutierrez-Mecinas, Maria
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Boyle, Kieran A. and Todd, Andrew J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-6749
(2020)
Functional populations among interneurons in the dorsal horn.
In: Fritzsch, Bernd (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, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Bell, Andrew M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6510-4423, Shepherd, Fraser, Polgár, Erika, Watanabe, Masahiko, Furuta, Takahiro and Todd, Andrew J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-6749
(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)
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, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Davis, Olivia, Polgár, Erika, Shahzad, Mahvish, Navarro-Batista, Keila, Furuta, Takahiro, Watanabe, Masahiko, Hughes, David I.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1260-3362 and Todd, Andrew J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-6749
(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, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Bell, Andrew
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6510-4423, Polgár, Erika, Watanabe, Masahiko and Todd, Andrew J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-6749
(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, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Polgár, Erika, Bell, Andrew M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6510-4423, Hérau, Marine and Todd, Andrew J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-6749
(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)
Díaz-Lucena, Daniela, Gutierrez-Mecinas, María ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Moreno, Beatriz, Martínez-Sánchez, José Lupicinio, Pifarré, Paula and García, Agustina
(2018)
Mechanisms involved in the remyelinating effect of sildenafil.
Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology, 13(1),
pp. 6-23.
(doi: 10.1007/s11481-017-9756-3)
(PMID:28776122)
Dawes, J. M. et al. (2018) Immune or genetic-mediated disruption of CASPR2 causes pain hypersensitivity due to enhanced primary afferent excitability. Neuron, 97(4), 806-822.e10. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.01.033) (PMID:29429934)
2017
Boyle, Kieran A., Gutierrez-Mecinas, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Polgár, Erika, Mooney, Nicole, O'Connor, Emily, Furuta, Takahiro, Watanabe, Masahiko and Todd, Andrew J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-6749
(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, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Bell, Andrew M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6510-4423, Marin, Alina, Taylor, Rebecca, Boyle, Kieran A., Furuta, Takahiro, Watanabe, Masahiko, Polgár, Erika and Todd, Andrew J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-6749
(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, Andrew M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6510-4423, Gutierrez-Mecinas, Maria
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Polgár, Erika and Todd, Andrew J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-6749
(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, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Furuta, Takahiro, Watanabe, Masahiko and Todd, Andrew J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-6749
(2016)
A quantitative study of neurochemically-defined excitatory interneuron populations in laminae I-III of the mouse spinal cord.
Molecular Pain, 12,
pp. 1-18.
(doi: 10.1177/1744806916629065)
(PMID:27030714)
(PMCID:PMC4946630)
Gutierrez-Mecinas, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Kuehn, Emily D., Abraira, Victoria E., Polgár, Erika, Watanabe, Masahiko and Todd, Andrew J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-6749
(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)
Saunderson, Emily A., Spiers, Helen, Mifsud, Karen R., Gutierrez-Mecinas, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Trollope, Alexandra F., Shaikh, Abeera, Mill, Jonathan and Reul, Johannes M.H.M.
(2016)
Stress-induced gene expression and behavior are controlled by DNA methylation and methyl donor availability in the dentate gyrus.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113(17),
pp. 4830-4835.
(doi: 10.1073/pnas.1524857113)
(PMID:27078100)
2015
Cameron, Darren, Gutierrez-Mecinas, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Gomez-Lima, Maria, Watanabe, Masahiko, Polgár, Erika and Todd, Andrew J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-6749
(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
Gutierrez-Mecinas, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Watanabe, Masahiko and Todd, Andrew J
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-6749
(2014)
Expression of gastrin-releasing peptide by excitatory interneurons in the mouse superficial dorsal horn.
Molecular Pain, 10,
79.
(doi: 10.1186/1744-8069-10-79)
(PMID:25496164)
(PMCID:PMC4320531)
Articles
Ma, Wenhui, Dickie, Allen, Polgár, Erika, Yadav, Mansi, Quillet, Raphaelle, Gutierrez-Mecinas, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Bell, Andrew M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6510-4423 and Todd, Andrew
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-6749
(2025)
Expression of Tacr1 and Gpr83 by spinal projection neurons.
Molecular Pain,
(doi: 10.1177/17448069251342409)
(PMID:40331673)
(Early Online Publication)
Ma, Wenhui, Polgár, Erika, Dickie, Allen C., Hajer, Mai Abu, Quillet, Raphaëlle, Gutierrez-Mecinas, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Yadav, Mansi, Hachisuka, Junichi
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3987-4381, Todd, Andrew J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-6749 and Bell, Andrew M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6510-4423
(2025)
Anatomical characterisation of somatostatin-expressing neurons belonging to the anterolateral system.
Scientific Reports, 15,
9549.
(doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-93816-6)
(PMID:40108302)
(PMCID:PMC11923155)
Bell, A. M. et al. (2024) Deep sequencing of Phox2a nuclei reveals five classes of anterolateral system neurons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 121(23), e231421312. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.2314213121) (PMID:38805282)
Quillet, Raphaëlle, Gutierrez-Mecinas, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Polgár, Erika, Dickie, Allen C., Boyle, Kieran A., Watanabe, Masahiko and Todd, Andrew J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-6749
(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)
Quillet, Raphaëlle, Dickie, Allen C., Polgár, Erika, Gutierrez-Mecinas, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Bell, Andrew M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6510-4423, Goffin, Luca, Watanabe, Masahiko and Todd, Andrew J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-6749
(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, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Kókai, Éva, Polgár, Erika, Quillet, Raphaëlle, Titterton, Heather F., Weir, Greg A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6330-2802, Watanabe, Masahiko and Todd, Andrew J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-6749
(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)
El Khoueiry, Corinne, Alba-Delgado, Cristina, Antri, Myriam, Gutierrez-Mecinas, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Todd, Andrew J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-6749, Artola, Alain and Dallel, Radhouane
(2022)
GABAA and glycine receptor-mediated inhibitory synaptic transmission onto adult rat lamina IIi PKCγ-interneurons: pharmacological but not anatomical specialization.
Cells, 11(8),
1356.
(doi: 10.3390/cells11081356)
(PMID:35456035)
(PMCID:PMC9033052)
Kókai, Éva, Alsulaimain, Wafa A.A., Dickie, Allen C., Bell, Andrew M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6510-4423, Goffin, Luca, Watanabe, Masahiko, Gutierrez-Mecinas, Maria
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647 and Todd, Andrew J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-6749
(2022)
Characterisation of deep dorsal horn projection neurons in the spinal cord of the Phox2a::Cre mouse line.
Molecular Pain, 18,
p. 17448069221119614.
(doi: 10.1177/17448069221119614)
(PMID:36000342)
(PMCID:PMC9445510)
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, Kim I., Lo Re, Laure, Polgár, Erika, Gutierrez-Mecinas, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Todd, Andrew J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-6749 and McMahon, Stephen 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)
Polgár, Erika, Bell, Andrew M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6510-4423, Gutierrez-Mecinas, Maria
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Dickie, Allen C., Akar, Oğuz, Costreie, Miruna, Watanabe, Masahiko and Todd, Andrew J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-6749
(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, Andrew M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6510-4423, Gutierrez-Mecinas, Maria
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Stevenson, Anna, Casas-Benito, Adrian, Wildner, Hendrik, West, Steven J., Watanabe, Masahiko and Todd, Andrew J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-6749
(2020)
Expression of green fluorescent protein defines a specific population of lamina II excitatory interneurons in the GRP::eGFP mouse.
Scientific Reports, 10,
13176.
(doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-69711-7)
(PMID:32764601)
(PMCID:PMC7411045)
Gutierrez-Mecinas, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Bell, Andrew M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6510-4423, Shepherd, Fraser, Polgár, Erika, Watanabe, Masahiko, Furuta, Takahiro and Todd, Andrew J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-6749
(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)
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, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Davis, Olivia, Polgár, Erika, Shahzad, Mahvish, Navarro-Batista, Keila, Furuta, Takahiro, Watanabe, Masahiko, Hughes, David I.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1260-3362 and Todd, Andrew J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-6749
(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, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Bell, Andrew
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6510-4423, Polgár, Erika, Watanabe, Masahiko and Todd, Andrew J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-6749
(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)
Gutierrez-Mecinas, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Polgár, Erika, Bell, Andrew M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6510-4423, Hérau, Marine and Todd, Andrew J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-6749
(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)
Díaz-Lucena, Daniela, Gutierrez-Mecinas, María ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Moreno, Beatriz, Martínez-Sánchez, José Lupicinio, Pifarré, Paula and García, Agustina
(2018)
Mechanisms involved in the remyelinating effect of sildenafil.
Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology, 13(1),
pp. 6-23.
(doi: 10.1007/s11481-017-9756-3)
(PMID:28776122)
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Boyle, Kieran A., Gutierrez-Mecinas, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Polgár, Erika, Mooney, Nicole, O'Connor, Emily, Furuta, Takahiro, Watanabe, Masahiko and Todd, Andrew J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-6749
(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, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Bell, Andrew M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6510-4423, Marin, Alina, Taylor, Rebecca, Boyle, Kieran A., Furuta, Takahiro, Watanabe, Masahiko, Polgár, Erika and Todd, Andrew J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-6749
(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)
Bell, Andrew M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6510-4423, Gutierrez-Mecinas, Maria
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Polgár, Erika and Todd, Andrew J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-6749
(2016)
Spinal neurons that contain gastrin-releasing peptide seldom express Fos or phosphorylate extracellular signal-regulated kinases in response to intradermal chloroquine.
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(PMCID:PMC4937990)
Gutierrez-Mecinas, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Furuta, Takahiro, Watanabe, Masahiko and Todd, Andrew J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-6749
(2016)
A quantitative study of neurochemically-defined excitatory interneuron populations in laminae I-III of the mouse spinal cord.
Molecular Pain, 12,
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Gutierrez-Mecinas, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Kuehn, Emily D., Abraira, Victoria E., Polgár, Erika, Watanabe, Masahiko and Todd, Andrew J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-6749
(2016)
Immunostaining for Homer reveals the majority of excitatory synapses in laminae I-III of the mouse spinal dorsal horn.
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(PMID:27185486)
(PMCID:PMC4915440)
Saunderson, Emily A., Spiers, Helen, Mifsud, Karen R., Gutierrez-Mecinas, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Trollope, Alexandra F., Shaikh, Abeera, Mill, Jonathan and Reul, Johannes M.H.M.
(2016)
Stress-induced gene expression and behavior are controlled by DNA methylation and methyl donor availability in the dentate gyrus.
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pp. 4830-4835.
(doi: 10.1073/pnas.1524857113)
(PMID:27078100)
Cameron, Darren, Gutierrez-Mecinas, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Gomez-Lima, Maria, Watanabe, Masahiko, Polgár, Erika and Todd, Andrew J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-6749
(2015)
The organisation of spinoparabrachial neurons in the mouse.
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(PMCID:PMC4770364)
Gutierrez-Mecinas, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Watanabe, Masahiko and Todd, Andrew J
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-6749
(2014)
Expression of gastrin-releasing peptide by excitatory interneurons in the mouse superficial dorsal horn.
Molecular Pain, 10,
79.
(doi: 10.1186/1744-8069-10-79)
(PMID:25496164)
(PMCID:PMC4320531)
Book Sections
Bell, Andrew M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6510-4423, Polgár, Erika, Gutierrez-Mecinas, Maria
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Boyle, Kieran A. and Todd, Andrew J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-6749
(2020)
Functional populations among interneurons in the dorsal horn.
In: Fritzsch, Bernd (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)
Research datasets
2025
Todd, A. , Ma, W., Dickie, A., Polgar, E., Yadav, M., Quillet, R., Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. and Bell, A. (2025) Expression of Tacr1 and Gpr83 by spinal projection neurons. [Data Collection]
Todd, A. , Ma, W., Polgár, E., Dickie, A., Abu Hajer, M., Quillet, R., Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Yadav, M., Hachisuka, J. and Bell, A. (2025) Anatomical characterisation of somatostatin-expressing neurons belonging to the anterolateral system. [Data Collection]
2023
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]
Todd, A. , Boyle, K., Polgar, E., Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Dickie, A., Cooper, A., Bell, A., Jumolea, M. E., Casas-Benito, A., Watanabe, M., Hughes, D., Weir, G. and Riddell, J. (2023) Neuropeptide Y-expressing dorsal horn inhibitory interneurons gate spinal pain and itch signalling. [Data Collection]
Todd, A. , Polgar, E., Dickie, A., Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Bell, A. , Goffin, L., Quillet, R. and Watanabe, M. (2023) Characterisation of NPFF-expressing neurons in the superficial dorsal horn of the mouse spinal cord. [Data Collection]
2022
Todd, A. , Polgar, E., Dickie, A., Gutierrez-Mecinas, M. , Bell, A. , Boyle, K. and Quillet, R. (2022) Grpr expression defines a population of superficial dorsal horn vertical cells that have a role in both itch and pain. [Data Collection]