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Peter Grigg, Ph.D.Academic Role: Professor EmeritusFaculty Appointment(s) and Affiliations:
Graduate School of Biomedical SciencesNeuroscience Graduate Program
Programs, Centers & Institutes
Brudnick Neuropsychiatric Research Institute Stretch Sensor Neurons in Skin
Office: S4-245
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I study mechanical – evoked neuronal behavior sensitivity in cutaneous mechanoreceptor neurons. M y goals are to understand the local mechanical states in the skin that activate afferent neurons. I am currently using isolated skin – nerve preparations from rodent models to study the role of shear stress and shear strain in activating stretch - sensitive mechanoreceptor neurons. A second project seeks to understand how periodic stimuli cause phase – locked responses in afferent neurons driven by hair movements.