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Helen Lai

@helenlailab.bsky.social
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Assoc Prof UTSW • Somatosensory Enthusiast • Lover of all things spinal • Kid and Dog Mom• helenlailab.org • Posts are my own

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Helen Lai @helenlailab.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Everything you ever wanted to know about spinocerebellar development - all in one place! So much remains to be discovered, from specification, to axon guidance, to circuit formation. Such fun assembling what we know and framing future questions. Free share link urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
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Ariel Levine @ariellevine.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Excited to share @rbrianroome.bsky.social ‘s beautiful paper on development of the dorsal horn of the mouse spinal cord @science.org This is how the anatomical organization and cell types that process pain, touch, body position and more are laid down. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Ontogeny of the spinal cord dorsal horn
The dorsal horn of the mammalian spinal cord is organized into laminae where each layer is populated by different neuron types, has distinctive circuit connections, and plays specialized roles in beha...
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Helen Lai @helenlailab.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
A little science to brighten your day… We define characteristic postural and paw pressure changes after SCI using Blackbox. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Unbiased Quantification of Persistent Postural and Motor Deficits Following Spinal Cord Injury in Mice
Spinal cord injury (SCI) causes multifaceted postural and motor impairments that are challenging to quantify. Conventional behavioral tests, such as the Basso mouse scale (BMS), rely on qualitative ob...
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Samantha Butler @samanthabutler.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Important editorial from the EIC @biologists.bsky.social @dev-journal.bsky.social about the current crisis in American science. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
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Science under siege: protecting scientific progress in turbulent times
As Editors-in-Chief of The Company of Biologists' journals, we have been watching with growing concern the policy changes in the United States of America (USA) and the challenges that these are creati...
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Helen Lai @helenlailab.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Dallas science-lovers representing! Great turn out and felt the love from fellow Dallas citizens! #StandUpForScience
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