Spinal processing of cold information by Kcnip2 neurons.

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Department of Physiology, McGill University, 3655 Promenade Sir-William-Osler, Montreal, QC, Canada; Cell Information Systems Group, McGill University, 3649 Promenade Sir William Osler, Montreal, QC, Canada; Alan Edwards Center for Research on Pain, McGill University, 3775 University, Suite 100, Montreal, QC, Canada. Electronic address:

Published: January 2023

Spinal cord circuits that process cold inputs from the periphery are poorly understood. In this issue of Neuron, Albisetti et al. identify a subset of inhibitory interneurons essential to this function.

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