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Max Larsson

@maxdlarsson.bsky.social
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Neurobiologist, with an interest in pain and somatosensation, spinal circuits and synapses.

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Max Larsson @maxdlarsson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Our new paper is out in @natcomms.nature.com! Ever stepped on a LEGO brick? Of course you have. We show that these fast-signalling nerve fibers were there to help. Also hinting at a role for these fibers in pain hypersensitivity. Many thanks to everyone involved! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Central role for fast nociceptors in mechanical nocifensive behavior and sensitization - Nature Communications
The role of fast A-nociceptors in mechanical pain and protective reflexes is unclear. This study shows that these fibers mediate rapid reflexes and contribute to pain perception in humans and mice, an...
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Marcin Szczot @szczotml.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Not all pain is created equal: stepping on a nail feels different from a stomachache. We know there are many nociceptor types, but a key question remains: how is mechanical pain encoded across the body by those sensory neurons? Our new work helps answer this. 1/8 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Hierarchical organization of mechano-nociceptive pathways revealed by activity labeling
Noxious mechanical stimuli give rise to distinct percepts, from sharp cutaneous pain to diffuse visceral discomfort, yet the nociceptor ensembles that underlie these differences remain poorly defined....
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