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Nima Ghitani

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14

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Active since

2007

Affiliations

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health(Current)

National Institutes of Health

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

University of Wisconsin–Madison

University of California, Los Angeles

Nima Ghitani is an author at National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health specializing in neuroscience, neurobiology, and life sciences.

Publications per year

2007–2025

14

Publications

14

Sparse optical microstimulation in barrel cortex drives learned behaviour in freely moving mice

Daniel Huber, Leopoldo Petreanu, Nima Ghitani et al. · Nature · 2007 · 554 citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +14

PIEZO2 mediates injury-induced tactile pain in mice and humans

Marcin Szczot, Jaquette Liljencrantz, Nima Ghitani et al. · Science Translational Medicine · 2018 · 301 citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +16

PIEZO2 in sensory neurons and urothelial cells coordinates urination

Kara L. Marshall, Dimah Saade, Nima Ghitani et al. · Nature · 2020 · 230 citations · Full text

Medicine, Cell Biology, Neuroscience +13

A Brainstem-Spinal Circuit Controlling Nocifensive Behavior

Arnab Barik, James H. Thompson, Mathew Seltzer et al. · Neuron · 2018 · 145 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +12

Specialized Mechanosensory Nociceptors Mediating Rapid Responses to Hair Pull

Nima Ghitani, Arnab Barik, Marcin Szczot et al. · Neuron · 2017 · 142 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biophysics, Neurobiology +12

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