Tuan Bui
tuanbuilab.bsky.social
Tuan Bui
@tuanbuilab.bsky.social
Neuroscientist, spinal cord and motor control, Chair (why not?) of the Department of Biology at the University of Ottawa

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An absolutely lovely paper, if I may say so... Joint effort from @tuanbuilab.bsky.social, Turgay Akay, and the Beatostone lab, aka Rob Brownstone's lab and mine
Do comparator modules exist within spinal circuits? Here, we show that spinal dI3 neurons integrate multimodal sensory feedback, receive direct efference copy from Renshaw cells, and mediate corrections of ongoing movements. Thank you so much to everyone involved!!
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Evidence of spinal cord comparator modules for rapid corrections of movements
Successful movement requires continuous adjustments in response to changes in internal and external environments. To do so, neural circuits continuously compare efference copies of motor commands with sensory input to respond to sensory prediction errors. Some responses need to be very fast and, for limbs, likely occur in as yet undefined spinal cord circuits. Here, we describe spinal circuits involving dI3 neurons, showing that they receive multimodal sensory inputs and direct efferent copies from both Renshaw cells and motor neurons. We further show that they form connections to motor pools, including diverging connections to antagonist motor nuclei. Reducing dI3 neuronal activity diminished stumbling responses, as did disrupting Renshaw cell circuits, providing evidence for a comparator role of dI3 neurons for online corrections. Together, our findings reveal a pivotal role for dI3 neurons functioning as comparators of internal predictions and external sensory feedback to mediate rapid corrections of ongoing movements. ### Competing Interest Statement Robert M. Brownstone is a co-founder and director of Sania Therapeutics Inc. Wellcome Trust, https://ror.org/029chgv08, 221610/Z/20/Z, 227433/Z/23/Z, 225674/Z/22/Z Royal Society, NIF\R1\192316 Canadian Institutes of Health Research, https://ror.org/01gavpb45, PJT 180556, PJT 162357 Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, BB/S005943/1
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September 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Pubmed is down and i pray it is a technical rather than political issue. This could be a serious setback for basic and applied research
March 2, 2025 at 4:08 AM
If you're interested in spasticity, we've just published a reliable way to optogenetically induce hindlimb spasticity after spinal cord injury. All the credit goes to PhD graduate Sara Goltash and postdoc @alaliberte.bsky.social

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February 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
More compelling evidence that axoaxonal GABA release in the spinal cord can increase sensory transmission. Cell Reports www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Pharmacological blocking of spinal GABAA receptors in monkeys reduces sensory transmission to the spinal cord, thalamus, and cortex
Mahrous et al. examine the controversial role of GABAARs in sensory transmission in the monkey cervical spinal cord. They find that blocking spinal GABAARs reduces sensory input to both motoneurons an...
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January 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Wishing everyone a Happy Tet! Lots of good health and prosperity for the new year
January 29, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Preprint from the lab (a bit late in announcing). First-year graduate student, Shahriar Nasiri, with a detailed optogenetic mapping of dI3 neuron circuitry within and between cervical and lumbar spinal cord

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Mapping of dI3 neuron sensorimotor circuits across the cervical and lumbar spinal cord
From the fine control of hand movements to the dynamic corrective adjustments during locomotion, spinal circuits integrate descending supraspinal and sensory inputs to modulate diverse motor functions...
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January 3, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Chuffed to bits about my visit to the Manitoba Neuroscience Network today. Can't wait to see old friends and make new ones, and to catch up on all the excellent neuroscience happening at the University of Manitoba. Will also have a word about them joining Blue Sky!
December 12, 2024 at 2:51 PM
Preprint about the development of the M-current in primary motoneurons in zebrafish. Great work by PhD student, Stéphanie Gaudreau, and she's already gotten some more data to go along with this story but an updated version to come sometime in Winter 2025

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Developmental changes in the control of primary motoneuron excitability by the M-current in larval zebrafish
Spinal circuits for locomotion undergo maturation during early development. How intrinsic properties of individual spinal neuron populations change throughout motor maturation is not fully understood....
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November 29, 2024 at 2:07 PM
Our department (BIO, University of Ottawa) is hiring for a Canadian Research Chair Tier 2 position in Multicellular Systems and Modelling with a focus on mechanisms of brain and cardiovascular systems
Please send me a DM for more info!

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November 21, 2024 at 1:25 AM
I did not realize how liberating it would feel to move to Blue Sky
November 16, 2024 at 2:32 PM