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Alan Emanuel

  • Department of Cell Biology
    Assistant Professor
  • (404) 727-1286
  • alan.emanuel@emory.edu
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Academic Appointment

  • Assistant Professor of Cell Biology, Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine

Education

Degrees

  • PhD Neurobiology from Harvard University

Research

Publications

  • Spiking networks that efficiently process dynamic sensory features explain receptor information mixing in somatosensory cortex.

    06/08/2024 Authors: Koren V; Emanuel AJ; Panzeri S
  • Nerve injury disrupts temporal processing in the spinal cord dorsal horn through alterations in PV+ interneurons.
    Cell Rep Volume: 43 Page(s): 113718
    02/27/2024 Authors: Rankin G; Chirila AM; Emanuel AJ; Zhang Z; Woolf CJ; Drugowitsch J; Ginty DD
  • Encoding of environmental illumination by primate melanopsin neurons.
    Science Volume: 379 Page(s): 376 - 381
    01/27/2023 Authors: Liu A; Milner ES; Peng Y-R; Blume HA; Brown MC; Bryman GS; Emanuel AJ; Morquette P; Viet N-M; Sanes JR
  • The Multistable Melanopsins of Mammals.
    Front Ophthalmol (Lausanne) Volume: 3
    01/01/2023 Authors: Emanuel AJ; Do MTH
  • Mechanoreceptor signal convergence and transformation in the dorsal horn flexibly shape a diversity of outputs to the brain.
    Cell Volume: 185 Page(s): 4541 - 4559.e23
    11/23/2022 Authors: Chirila AM; Rankin G; Tseng S-Y; Emanuel AJ; Chavez-Martinez CL; Zhang D; Harvey CD; Ginty DD
  • The regulation of persistent activity in intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells
    Volume: 63
    06/01/2022 Authors: Nguyen-Minh VT; Emanuel AJ; Milner ES; Do MTH
  • Cortical responses to touch reflect subcortical integration of LTMR signals.
    Nature Volume: 600 Page(s): 680 - 685
    12/01/2021 Authors: Emanuel AJ; Lehnert BP; Panzeri S; Harvey CD; Ginty DD
  • Mechanoreceptor synapses in the brainstem shape the central representation of touch.
    Cell Volume: 184 Page(s): 5608 - 5621.e18
    10/28/2021 Authors: Lehnert BP; Santiago C; Huey EL; Emanuel AJ; Renauld S; Africawala N; Alkislar I; Zheng Y; Bai L; Koutsioumpa C
  • Meissner corpuscles and their spatially intermingled afferents underlie gentle touch perception.
    Science Volume: 368
    06/19/2020 Authors: Neubarth NL; Emanuel AJ; Liu Y; Springel MW; Handler A; Zhang Q; Lehnert BP; Guo C; Orefice LL; Abdelaziz A
  • Targeting Peripheral Somatosensory Neurons to Improve Tactile-Related Phenotypes in ASD Models.
    Cell Volume: 178 Page(s): 867 - 886.e24
    08/08/2019 Authors: Orefice LL; Mosko JR; Morency DT; Wells MF; Tasnim A; Mozeika SM; Ye M; Chirila AM; Emanuel AJ; Rankin G
  • Biophysical Variation within the M1 Type of Ganglion Cell Photoreceptor.
    Cell Rep Volume: 21 Page(s): 1048 - 1062
    10/24/2017 Authors: Emanuel AJ; Kapur K; Do MTH
  • Melanopsin tristability for sustained and broadband phototransduction.
    Neuron Volume: 85 Page(s): 1043 - 1055
    03/04/2015 Authors: Emanuel AJ; Do MTH
  • Melanopsin Tristability for Sustained and Broadband Photoreception
    Volume: 144 Page(s): 7A - 7A
    08/01/2014 Authors: Emanuel AJ; Do MTH
  • Hindbrain catecholamine neurons modulate the growth hormone but not the feeding response to ghrelin.
    Endocrinology Volume: 151 Page(s): 3237 - 3246
    07/01/2010 Authors: Emanuel AJ; Ritter S
  • The lipoprivic control of feeding is governed by fat metabolism, not by leptin or adipose depletion.
    Endocrinology Volume: 151 Page(s): 2087 - 2096
    05/01/2010 Authors: Hudson BD; Emanuel AJ; Wiater MF; Ritter S
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