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A spinal circuit for skilled locomotion.
Toscano, Elisa 
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Nuclear localization of the p75 neurotrophin receptor intracellular domain.
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Mechanisms of neurotrophin receptor signalling.
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de Nooij, J.C. and Zampieri, N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2228-9453
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Editorial
Making sense of proprioception.
Santuz, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6577-5101 and Zampieri, N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2228-9453
Trends in Genetics 40
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The p75 NGF receptor exposed.
Zampieri, N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2228-9453 and Chao, M.V.
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7 May 2004
Comment
An atlas for unveiling the functional organization of spinal circuits.
Toscano, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1599-1670 and Zampieri, N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2228-9453
Cell Reports Methods 1
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27 September 2021
Preprint
TENM4 is an essential transduction component for touch.
Khallaf, Mohammed A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1402-3858, Huang, Angela Tzu-Lun ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-192X, Dalmasso, Letizia, Chakrabarti, Sampurna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2750-3877, Groeneveld, Rowena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1898-9957, Sierra, Yinth Andrea Bernal, Garcia-Contreras, Jonathan Alexis, Nello, Emilie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3622-9849, Schütz, Anja ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0606-2574, Bégay, Valérie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9002-4211, Santuz, Alessandro ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6577-5101, Hedtrich, Sarah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6770-3657, Zhong, Wei, Schiel, Christina, Middleton, Steven J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0708-7335, Popp, Oliver ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6240-4666, Zampieri, Niccolò ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2228-9453, Mertins, Philipp ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2245-528X, Kunz, Severine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0131-3506 and Lewin, Gary R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2890-6352
bioRxiv
: 2024.10.10.617546v2.
18 January 2026
The cellular representation of temperature across the somatosensory thalamus.
Leva, T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6523-3006, Whitmire, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5789-4293, Sauve, I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6232-3671, Bokiniec, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3139-4765, Memler, C., Horn, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2605-6555, Vestergaard, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8939-8099, Carta, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1225-2742 and Poulet, J.F.A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0296-5415
bioRxiv
: 2024.02.13.580167v2.
27 March 2024
Dataset
Identification of a spinal circuit for skilled locomotion.
Toscano, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1599-1670, Misios, A., Lowenstein, E.D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3755-0818, Birchmeier, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2041-8872 and Zampieri, N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2228-9453
[Dataset]
31 August 2025
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