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Significant relaxation of SARS-CoV-2-targeted non-pharmaceutical interventions may result in profound mortality: A New York state modelling study by Hoffman, Benjamin U

“…Severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the most significant global health crisis of the 21st century. The aim of this study was to…”
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The cellular basis of mechanosensation in mammalian tongue by Moayedi, Yalda, Xu, Shan, Obayashi, Sophie K., Hoffman, Benjamin U., Gerling, Gregory J., Lumpkin, Ellen A.

“…Mechanosensory neurons that innervate the tongue provide essential information to guide feeding, speech, and social grooming. We use in vivo calcium imaging of…”
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Computation predicts rapidly adapting mechanotransduction currents cannot account for tactile encoding in Merkel cell-neurite complexes by Gerling, Gregory J, Wan, Lingtian, Hoffman, Benjamin U, Wang, Yuxiang, Lumpkin, Ellen A

“…Distinct firing properties among touch receptors are influenced by multiple, interworking anatomical structures. Our understanding of the functions and…”
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The signaling lipid sphingosine 1-phosphate regulates mechanical pain by Hill, Rose Z, Hoffman, Benjamin U, Morita, Takeshi, Campos, Stephanie M, Lumpkin, Ellen A, Brem, Rachel B, Bautista, Diana M

“…Somatosensory neurons mediate responses to diverse mechanical stimuli, from innocuous touch to noxious pain. While recent studies have identified distinct…”
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Focused ultrasound excites action potentials in mammalian peripheral neurons in part through the mechanically gated ion channel PIEZO2 by Hoffman, Benjamin U, Baba, Yoshichika, Lee, Stephen A, Tong, Chi-Kun, Konofagou, Elisa E, Lumpkin, Ellen A

“…Neurons of the peripheral nervous system (PNS) are tasked with diverse roles, from encoding touch, pain, and itch to interoceptive control of inflammation and…”
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A gut feeling by Hoffman, Benjamin U, Lumpkin, Ellen A

“…Gut-brain signaling involves neurotransmission from gut sensory epithelial cells The anatomist Friedrich S. Merkel predicted in 1880 that sensory systems are…”
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In vitro production of infectious Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites by Eappen, Abraham G., Li, Tao, Marquette, Meghan, Chakravarty, Sumana, KC, Natasha, Zanghi, Gigliola, Hoffman, Benjamin U., Hettiarachchi, Hashani, Patil, Asha, Abebe, Yonas, Tran, Christiane, Yossef, Alemtaye A., McWilliams, Ian, Morrison, Robert D., Rathakrishnan, Ayyappan, Inbar, Ehud, Aly, Ahmed S. I., De La Vega, Patricia, Belmonte, Maria, Sedegah, Martha, Wai, Tint, Campo, Joseph J., King, Harley, Kappe, Stefan H. I., Li, MingLin, Billingsley, Peter F., Sim, B. Kim Lee, Hoffman, Stephen L.

“…An effective vaccine is needed for the prevention and elimination of malaria. The only immunogens that have been shown to have a protective efficacy of more…”
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Merkel Cells Activate Sensory Neural Pathways through Adrenergic Synapses by Hoffman, Benjamin U., Baba, Yoshichika, Griffith, Theanne N., Mosharov, Eugene V., Woo, Seung-Hyun, Roybal, Daniel D., Karsenty, Gerard, Patapoutian, Ardem, Sulzer, David, Lumpkin, Ellen A.

“…Epithelial-neuronal signaling is essential for sensory encoding in touch, itch, and nociception; however, little is known about the release mechanisms and…”
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Plasmodium falciparum: Effect of radiation on levels of gene transcripts in sporozoites by Hoffman, Benjamin U., Chattopadhyay, Rana

“…Humans immunized by the bites of irradiated Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) sporozoite-infected mosquitoes are protected against malaria. Radiation attenuates the…”
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AI-BASED ECG AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY MAPPING TO GUIDE SUCCESSFUL EPICARDIAL VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA ABLATION by Hoffman, Benjamin U., Marton, Christian D., Villongco, Christopher, Kung, Cameron S., Krummen, David E., Ho, Gordon

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Focused Ultrasound Evoked Responses in Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurons (DRG) and HEK293 Cells by Florez-Paz, Danny M., Tong, Chi-Kun, Hoffman, Benjamin U., Lee, Stephen A., Konofagou, Elisa E., Lumpkin, Ellen A.

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The Peripheral Nervous System: From Molecular Mechanisms to Non-Invasive Therapeutics by Hoffman, Benjamin U

“…The peripheral nervous system (PNS) is composed of a diverse array of neurons that mediate sensation. This includes sensory circuits that encode external…”
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