Dr Kieran Boyle

  • Research Associate (School of Psychology & Neuroscience)

telephone: 01413307041
email: Kieran.Boyle@glasgow.ac.uk

Room 119, Sir James Black Building, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8QQ

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2023

Quillet, Raphaëlle, Gutierrez-Mecinas, Maria ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Polgár, Erika, Dickie, Allen C., Boyle, Kieran A., Watanabe, Masahiko and Todd, Andrew J. ORCID logoORCID: 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)

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)

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)

Gradwell, M. A. et al. (2022) Diversity of inhibitory and excitatory parvalbumin interneuron circuits in the dorsal horn. Pain, 163(3), e432-e452. (doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002422) (PMID:34326298) (PMCID:PMC8832545)

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)

2020

Madden, J.F., Davis, O.C., Boyle, K.A., Iredale, J.A., Browne, T.J., Callister, R.J., Smith, D.W., Jobling, P., Hughes, D.I. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1260-3362 and Graham, B.A. (2020) Functional and molecular analysis of proprioceptive sensory neuron excitability in mice. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 13, 36. (doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2020.00036) (PMID:32477061) (PMCID:PMC7232575)

Bell, Andrew M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6510-4423, Polgár, Erika, Gutierrez-Mecinas, Maria ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Boyle, Kieran A. and Todd, Andrew J. ORCID logoORCID: 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

Smith, K. M. et al. (2019) Calretinin positive neurons form an excitatory amplifier network in the spinal cord dorsal horn. eLife, 8, e49190. (doi: 10.7554/eLife.49190) (PMID:31713514) (PMCID:PMC6908433)

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)

2018

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

Gradwell, M.A., Boyle, K.A., Callister, R.J., Hughes, D.I. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1260-3362 and Graham, B.A. (2017) Heteromeric α/β glycine receptors regulate excitability in parvalbumin-expressing dorsal horn neurons through phasic and tonic glycinergic inhibition. Journal of Physiology, 595(23), pp. 7185-7202. (doi: 10.1113/JP274926) (PMID:28905384) (PMCID:PMC5709328)

Boyle, Kieran A., Gutierrez-Mecinas, Maria ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Polgár, Erika, Mooney, Nicole, O'Connor, Emily, Furuta, Takahiro, Watanabe, Masahiko and Todd, Andrew J. ORCID logoORCID: 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)

Tae, H.-S. et al. (2017) Gabapentin modulates HCN4 channel voltage-dependence. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 8, 554. (doi: 10.3389/fphar.2017.00554) (PMID:28871229) (PMCID:PMC5566583)

Gutierrez-Mecinas, Maria ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Bell, Andrew M. ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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)

Flynn, Jamie R., Conn, Victoria, Boyle, Kieran, Hughes, David I. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1260-3362, Watanabe, Masahiko, Velasquez, Tomoko, Goulding, Martyn D., Callister, Robert J. and Graham, Brett A. (2017) Anatomical and molecular properties of long descending propriospinal neurons in mice. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 11, 5. (doi: 10.3389/fnana.2017.00005) (PMID:28220062) (PMCID:PMC5292581)

Abraira, V. E. et al. (2017) The cellular and synaptic architecture of the mechanosensory dorsal horn. Cell, 168(1-2), 295-310.e19. (doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.12.010) (PMID:28041852) (PMCID:PMC5236062)

2016

Smith, K.M., Boyle, K.A., Mustapa, M., Jobling, P., Callister, R.J., Hughes, D.I. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1260-3362 and Graham, B.A. (2016) Distinct forms of synaptic inhibition and neuromodulation regulate calretinin positive neuron excitability in the spinal cord dorsal horn. Neuroscience, 326, pp. 10-21. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.03.058) (PMID:27045594) (PMCID:PMC4919388)

2015

Smith, K.M, Boyle, K.A., Madden, J.F., Dickinson, S.A., Jobling, P., Callister, R.J., Hughes, D.I. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1260-3362 and Graham, B.A. (2015) Functional heterogeneity of calretinin-expressing neurons in the mouse superficial dorsal horn: implications for spinal pain processing. Journal of Physiology, 593(19), pp. 4319-4339. (doi: 10.1113/JP270855) (PMID:26136181) (PMCID:PMC4594251)

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)

2013

Hughes, D.I. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1260-3362, Boyle, K., Kinnon, C.M., Bilsland, C., Quayle, J., Callister, R.J. and Graham, B.A. (2013) HCN4 subunit expression in fast-spiking interneurons of the rat spinal cord and hippocampus. Neuroscience, 237, pp. 7-18. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.01.028) (PMID:23357121) (PMCID:PMC3620460)

2012

Hughes, D.I. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1260-3362, Sikander, S., Kinnon, C.M., Boyle, K.A., Watanabe, M., Callister, R.J. and Graham, B.A. (2012) Morphological, neurochemical and electrophysiological features of parvalbumin-expressing cells: a likely source of axo-axonic inputs in the mouse spinal dorsal horn. Journal of Physiology, 590(16), pp. 3927-3951. (doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.235655)

This list was generated on Sat Jun 14 22:28:18 2025 BST.
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Number of items: 24.

Articles

Quillet, Raphaëlle, Gutierrez-Mecinas, Maria ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Polgár, Erika, Dickie, Allen C., Boyle, Kieran A., Watanabe, Masahiko and Todd, Andrew J. ORCID logoORCID: 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)

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)

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)

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)

Gradwell, M. A. et al. (2022) Diversity of inhibitory and excitatory parvalbumin interneuron circuits in the dorsal horn. Pain, 163(3), e432-e452. (doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002422) (PMID:34326298) (PMCID:PMC8832545)

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)

Madden, J.F., Davis, O.C., Boyle, K.A., Iredale, J.A., Browne, T.J., Callister, R.J., Smith, D.W., Jobling, P., Hughes, D.I. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1260-3362 and Graham, B.A. (2020) Functional and molecular analysis of proprioceptive sensory neuron excitability in mice. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 13, 36. (doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2020.00036) (PMID:32477061) (PMCID:PMC7232575)

Smith, K. M. et al. (2019) Calretinin positive neurons form an excitatory amplifier network in the spinal cord dorsal horn. eLife, 8, e49190. (doi: 10.7554/eLife.49190) (PMID:31713514) (PMCID:PMC6908433)

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)

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)

Gradwell, M.A., Boyle, K.A., Callister, R.J., Hughes, D.I. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1260-3362 and Graham, B.A. (2017) Heteromeric α/β glycine receptors regulate excitability in parvalbumin-expressing dorsal horn neurons through phasic and tonic glycinergic inhibition. Journal of Physiology, 595(23), pp. 7185-7202. (doi: 10.1113/JP274926) (PMID:28905384) (PMCID:PMC5709328)

Boyle, Kieran A., Gutierrez-Mecinas, Maria ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Polgár, Erika, Mooney, Nicole, O'Connor, Emily, Furuta, Takahiro, Watanabe, Masahiko and Todd, Andrew J. ORCID logoORCID: 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)

Tae, H.-S. et al. (2017) Gabapentin modulates HCN4 channel voltage-dependence. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 8, 554. (doi: 10.3389/fphar.2017.00554) (PMID:28871229) (PMCID:PMC5566583)

Gutierrez-Mecinas, Maria ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Bell, Andrew M. ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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)

Flynn, Jamie R., Conn, Victoria, Boyle, Kieran, Hughes, David I. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1260-3362, Watanabe, Masahiko, Velasquez, Tomoko, Goulding, Martyn D., Callister, Robert J. and Graham, Brett A. (2017) Anatomical and molecular properties of long descending propriospinal neurons in mice. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 11, 5. (doi: 10.3389/fnana.2017.00005) (PMID:28220062) (PMCID:PMC5292581)

Abraira, V. E. et al. (2017) The cellular and synaptic architecture of the mechanosensory dorsal horn. Cell, 168(1-2), 295-310.e19. (doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.12.010) (PMID:28041852) (PMCID:PMC5236062)

Smith, K.M., Boyle, K.A., Mustapa, M., Jobling, P., Callister, R.J., Hughes, D.I. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1260-3362 and Graham, B.A. (2016) Distinct forms of synaptic inhibition and neuromodulation regulate calretinin positive neuron excitability in the spinal cord dorsal horn. Neuroscience, 326, pp. 10-21. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.03.058) (PMID:27045594) (PMCID:PMC4919388)

Smith, K.M, Boyle, K.A., Madden, J.F., Dickinson, S.A., Jobling, P., Callister, R.J., Hughes, D.I. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1260-3362 and Graham, B.A. (2015) Functional heterogeneity of calretinin-expressing neurons in the mouse superficial dorsal horn: implications for spinal pain processing. Journal of Physiology, 593(19), pp. 4319-4339. (doi: 10.1113/JP270855) (PMID:26136181) (PMCID:PMC4594251)

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)

Hughes, D.I. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1260-3362, Boyle, K., Kinnon, C.M., Bilsland, C., Quayle, J., Callister, R.J. and Graham, B.A. (2013) HCN4 subunit expression in fast-spiking interneurons of the rat spinal cord and hippocampus. Neuroscience, 237, pp. 7-18. (doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.01.028) (PMID:23357121) (PMCID:PMC3620460)

Hughes, D.I. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1260-3362, Sikander, S., Kinnon, C.M., Boyle, K.A., Watanabe, M., Callister, R.J. and Graham, B.A. (2012) Morphological, neurochemical and electrophysiological features of parvalbumin-expressing cells: a likely source of axo-axonic inputs in the mouse spinal dorsal horn. Journal of Physiology, 590(16), pp. 3927-3951. (doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.235655)

Book Sections

Bell, Andrew M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6510-4423, Polgár, Erika, Gutierrez-Mecinas, Maria ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4647, Boyle, Kieran A. and Todd, Andrew J. ORCID logoORCID: 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)

This list was generated on Sat Jun 14 22:28:18 2025 BST.

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Number of items: 3.

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]

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]

This list was generated on Sun Jun 15 11:53:29 2025 BST.

Dr Kieran Boyle