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 https://bui-lab.com/
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beatolab.bsky.social
An absolutely lovely paper, if I may say so... Joint effort from @tuanbuilab.bsky.social, Turgay Akay, and the Beatostone lab, aka Rob Brownstone's lab and mine
remironzano.bsky.social
Do comparator modules exist within spinal circuits? Here, we show that spinal dI3 neurons integrate multimodal sensory feedback, receive direct efference copy from Renshaw cells, and mediate corrections of ongoing movements. Thank you so much to everyone involved!!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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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tuanbuilab.bsky.social
Pubmed is down and i pray it is a technical rather than political issue. This could be a serious setback for basic and applied research
tuanbuilab.bsky.social
If you're interested in spasticity, we've just published a reliable way to optogenetically induce hindlimb spasticity after spinal cord injury. All the credit goes to PhD graduate Sara Goltash and postdoc @alaliberte.bsky.social

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Forgot to say that it's excellent work, as usual, from @mcapogrosso.bsky.social CJ, David, and Amr and the rest of the team.
tuanbuilab.bsky.social
Wishing everyone a Happy Tet! Lots of good health and prosperity for the new year
tuanbuilab.bsky.social
Chuffed to bits about my visit to the Manitoba Neuroscience Network today. Can't wait to see old friends and make new ones, and to catch up on all the excellent neuroscience happening at the University of Manitoba. Will also have a word about them joining Blue Sky!
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Our department (BIO, University of Ottawa) is hiring for a Canadian Research Chair Tier 2 position in Multicellular Systems and Modelling with a focus on mechanisms of brain and cardiovascular systems
Please send me a DM for more info!

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I did not realize how liberating it would feel to move to Blue Sky