Serena Ortiz

San Jose State University — United States

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

3h-index75citations12works2.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Ion channel regulation and function(7), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research(5), Neuroscience and Neural Engineering(3), Pain Mechanisms and Treatments(2), Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies(2)

Publications12 total

Activity-driven proprioceptive synaptic refinement in the developing spinal cord by complement signaling mechanisms
2025Open Access
Optogenetic methods to stimulate gamma motor neuron axons <i>ex vivo</i>
Experimental Physiology·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Differential encoding of mammalian proprioception by voltage-gated sodium channels
Science Advances·2025· 5 citedOpen Access
Differential encoding of mammalian proprioception by voltage-gated sodium channels
2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Na<sub>V</sub>1.1 and Na<sub>V</sub>1.6 Play Unique and Essential Roles in Muscle Spindle Afferent Function in Adult Mice
Physiology·2024
NaV1.1 is essential for proprioceptive signaling and motor behaviors
eLife·2022· 33 citedOpen Access
Author response: NaV1.1 is essential for proprioceptive signaling and motor behaviors
2022Open Access
Na <sub>V</sub> 1.1 is essential for proprioceptive signaling and motor behaviors
2022Open Access
Effect of Sympathetic Neurotransmitters on Muscle Spindle Afferent Sensitivity to Muscle Stretch in Adult Mice
The FASEB Journal·2022
Vesicle‐Released Glutamate Maintains Muscle Spindle Afferent Excitability in Adult Mice
The FASEB Journal·2021
Vesicle‐released glutamate is necessary to maintain muscle spindle afferent excitability but not dynamic sensitivity in adult mice
The Journal of Physiology·2021· 32 citedOpen Access
The Role of Glutamate in Maintaining Muscle Spindle Afferent Excitability in Adult Mice
The FASEB Journal·2020

Frequent Co-authors

Katherine Wilkinson(11), Cyrrus M. Espino(6), Theanne N. Griffith(6), Snigdha Garlapalli(5), Alexandra Salazar(4), Cheyanne M. Lewis(3), Miloni S. Dalal(3), Kaylee M Wells(3), Darik A. O’Neil(3), Kimberly Than(3), Enoch Kim(3), Sarah Chu(3), Nikola Klier(3), Alyssa Occiano(3), Steven R. Valdespino(3), Natanya K. Villegas(3), Chetan Nagaraja(3), Cebrina Navarro(2), Jacquelyn R. Dayton(2), Y.–P. Ma(2)