Tuan Bui
@tuanbuilab.bsky.social
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Neuroscientist, spinal cord and motor control, Chair (why not?) of the Department of Biology at the University of Ottawa
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BeatoLab
@beatolab.bsky.social
· Sep 2
Rémi Ronzano
@remironzano.bsky.social
· Sep 2
Evidence of spinal cord comparator modules for rapid corrections of movements
Successful movement requires continuous adjustments in response to changes in internal and external environments. To do so, neural circuits continuously compare efference copies of motor commands with sensory input to respond to sensory prediction errors. Some responses need to be very fast and, for limbs, likely occur in as yet undefined spinal cord circuits. Here, we describe spinal circuits involving dI3 neurons, showing that they receive multimodal sensory inputs and direct efferent copies from both Renshaw cells and motor neurons. We further show that they form connections to motor pools, including diverging connections to antagonist motor nuclei. Reducing dI3 neuronal activity diminished stumbling responses, as did disrupting Renshaw cell circuits, providing evidence for a comparator role of dI3 neurons for online corrections. Together, our findings reveal a pivotal role for dI3 neurons functioning as comparators of internal predictions and external sensory feedback to mediate rapid corrections of ongoing movements. ### Competing Interest Statement Robert M. Brownstone is a co-founder and director of Sania Therapeutics Inc. Wellcome Trust, https://ror.org/029chgv08, 221610/Z/20/Z, 227433/Z/23/Z, 225674/Z/22/Z Royal Society, NIF\R1\192316 Canadian Institutes of Health Research, https://ror.org/01gavpb45, PJT 180556, PJT 162357 Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, BB/S005943/1
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Tuan Bui
@tuanbuilab.bsky.social
· Mar 2
Tuan Bui
@tuanbuilab.bsky.social
· Feb 6
Tuan Bui
@tuanbuilab.bsky.social
· Jan 30
Tuan Bui
@tuanbuilab.bsky.social
· Jan 30
Pharmacological blocking of spinal GABAA receptors in monkeys reduces sensory transmission to the spinal cord, thalamus, and cortex
Mahrous et al. examine the controversial role of GABAARs in sensory transmission in
the monkey cervical spinal cord. They find that blocking spinal GABAARs reduces sensory
input to both motoneurons an...
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Tuan Bui
@tuanbuilab.bsky.social
· Jan 29
Tuan Bui
@tuanbuilab.bsky.social
· Jan 3
Mapping of dI3 neuron sensorimotor circuits across the cervical and lumbar spinal cord
From the fine control of hand movements to the dynamic corrective adjustments during locomotion, spinal circuits integrate descending supraspinal and sensory inputs to modulate diverse motor functions...
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Tuan Bui
@tuanbuilab.bsky.social
· Dec 12
Tuan Bui
@tuanbuilab.bsky.social
· Nov 29
Developmental changes in the control of primary motoneuron excitability by the M-current in larval zebrafish
Spinal circuits for locomotion undergo maturation during early development. How intrinsic properties of individual spinal neuron populations change throughout motor maturation is not fully understood....
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Tuan Bui
@tuanbuilab.bsky.social
· Nov 16