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Sensory Nerve Disorder Lab
School of Medicine  :  Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology  :  Sensory Nerve Disorder Lab  :   Lab Members

Janelle Ryals

Position

Research Assistant, Lab Manager
1999 - present

Hometown

Stillwell Kansas, currently residing in Louisburg Kansas

Education

  • Blue Valley High School 1992
  • B.S. Animal Science from Kansas State University 1996

Previous Positions

  • Docent/Zookeeper: Sunset zoo, Manhattan, Kansas 1994-1996
  • Zookeeper: San Antonio Zoological Gardens, San Antonio, Texas 1996-1997
  • Research Asst. University of Kansas Medical Center, Lab Animal Resources 1997-1999

Publications

  1. Muller KA, Ryals JM, Feldman EL, Wright DE. Abnormal muscle spindle innervation and large-fiber neuropathy in diabetic mice. Diabetes 2008 Mar 24 (Epub ahead of print).
  2. Arnett MA, Ryals JM, Wright DE (2007) proNGF, sortilin, and p75NTR: potential mediators of injury-induced apoptosis in the mouse dorsal root ganglion. Brain Res. In Press.
  3. Wright DE, Johnson MS, Arnett M, Smittkamp SE, Ryals JM (2007) Selective changes in nocifensive behavior despite normal cutaneous axon innervation in leptin receptor null mutant (db/db) mice. J Periph Nerv Syst In Press.
  4. Johnson MS, Ryals JM, DE Wright (2007) Diabetes-induced chemogenic hypoalgesia is paralleled by attenuated stimulus-induced Fos expression in the spinal cord of diabetic mice. J. Pain. 8(8):637-49. PMID: 17532267
  5. Christianson JA, Ryals, JM, Johnson, MS, Dobrowsky RT, Wright DE (2007) Neurotrophic modulation of myelinated cutaneous innervation and mechanical sensory loss in diabetic mice. Neuroscience 145:303-313.
  6. Taylor MD, Holdeman AS, Weltmer SG, Ryals JM, Wright DE. (2005) Modulation of muscle spindle innervation by neurotrophin-3 following nerve injury. Exp Neurol. 191(1):211-22.
  7. Gandhi R, Ryals JM, and Wright DE. (2004) Neurotrophin-3 reverses chronic mechanical hyperalgesia induced by intramuscular acid injection. J Neurosci. Oct 20;24(42):9405-13.
  8. Wright, D.E., J.M. Ryals, K.E. McCarson and J.A. Christianson. (2004) Diabetes-induced expression of ATF3 by mouse primary sensory neurons. J. Periph Nerv Syst. 9:242–254.
  9. Christianson, J.A., J.M. Ryals, K.E. McCarson and D.E. Wright. (2003) Beneficial actions of neurotrophin treatment on diabetes-induced hypoalgesia in mice. J. of Pain. Vol 4(9): 493-504.
  10. Wright D.E., J.M. Williams, J.T. McDonald, J.A. Carlsten, and M.D. Taylor (2002) Muscle-derived neurotrophin-3 reduces injury-induced proprioceptive degeneration in neonatal mice. J. Neurobiology. 50(3):198-208.
  11. Taylor, M.D., R. Vancura, J.M. Williams, J.T. Riekhof, B. Taylor and D.E. Wright (2001) Overexpression of neurotrophin-3 in skeletal muscle alters normal and injury-induced limb control. Somatosensory and Motor Research. 18(4):286-294.
  12. Taylor, M.D. C.L Patterson, J.M. Williams, R Vancura, J.T. Riekhof and D.E. Wright. (2001) Postnatal regulation of limb proprioception by neurotrophin-3. J. Comp. Neurology. 432:244-258.