Publications de Nicholas David James

Single-cell and spatial atlases of spinal cord injury in the Tabulae Paralytica

Grégoire Courtine, Bernard Schneider, Jocelyne Bloch, Quentin Barraud, Nicholas David James, Matthieu Pierre Gautier, Claudia Kathe, Thomas Haynes Hutson, Michael Alexander Skinnider, Michael V. Sofroniew

Here, we introduce the Tabulae Paralytica—a compilation of four atlases of spinal cord injury (SCI) comprising a single-nucleus transcriptome atlas of half a million cells, a multiome atlas pairing transcriptomic and epigenomic measurements within the same ...

Springer Science and Business Media LLC2024

Hypothalamic deep brain stimulation augments walking after spinal cord injury

Grégoire Courtine, Jocelyne Bloch, Quentin Barraud, Léonie Asboth, Mark Andrew Anderson, Katia Galan, Robin Jonathan Demesmaeker, Nicholas David James, Matthieu Pierre Gautier, Nicolas Hankov

A spinal cord injury (SCI) disrupts the neuronal projections from the brain to the region of the spinal cord that produces walking, leading to various degrees of paralysis. Here, we aimed to identify brain regions that steer the recovery of walking after i ...

NATURE PORTFOLIO2024

Recovery of walking after paralysis by regenerating characterized neurons to their natural target region

Grégoire Courtine, Bernard Schneider, Jocelyne Bloch, Quentin Barraud, Jordan Squair, Mark Andrew Anderson, Katia Galan, Nicholas David James, Matthieu Pierre Gautier, Laetitia Danielle Philippine Baud

Axon regeneration can be induced across anatomically complete spinal cord injury (SCI), but robust functional restoration has been elusive. Whether restoring neurological functions requires directed regeneration of axons from specific neuronal subpopulatio ...

American Association for the Advancement of Science2023

Epidural electrical stimulation of the cervical dorsal roots restores voluntary upper limb control in paralyzed monkeys

Stéphanie Lacour, Grégoire Courtine, Jocelyne Bloch, Quentin Barraud, Giuseppe Schiavone, Tomislav Milekovic, Katia Galan, Nicholas David James, Florian Dylan Fallegger

Regaining arm control is a top priority for people with paralysis. Unfortunately, the complexity of the neural mechanisms underlying arm control has limited the effectiveness of neurotechnology approaches. Here, we exploited the neural function of survivin ...

NATURE PORTFOLIO2022

The neurons that restore walking after paralysis

Stéphanie Lacour, Grégoire Courtine, Jocelyne Bloch, Quentin Barraud, Jordan Squair, Léonie Asboth, Katia Galan, Robin Jonathan Demesmaeker, Nicholas David James, Matthieu Pierre Gautier

A spinal cord injury interrupts pathways from the brain and brainstem that project to the lumbar spinal cord, leading to paralysis. Here we show that spatiotemporal epidural electrical stimulation (EES) of the lumbar spinal cord(1-3) applied during neurore ...

NATURE PORTFOLIO2022

Preclinical upper limb neurorobotic platform to assess, rehabilitate, and develop therapies

Silvestro Micera, Stéphanie Lacour, Grégoire Courtine, Quentin Barraud, Nicholas David James, Florent-Valéry Coen, Selin Anil, Newton Cho

Numerous neurorehabilitative, neuroprosthetic, and repair interventions aim to address the consequences of upper limb impairments after neurological disorders. Although these therapies target widely different mechanisms, they share the common need for a pr ...

AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE2022

Neuroprosthetic baroreflex controls haemodynamics after spinal cord injury

Stéphanie Lacour, Grégoire Courtine, Jocelyne Bloch, Eduardo Martin Moraud, Quentin Barraud, Jordan Squair, Giuseppe Schiavone, Ileana Ozana Jelescu, Mark Andrew Anderson, Robin Jonathan Demesmaeker

Spinal cord injury (SCI) induces haemodynamic instability that threatens survival(1-3), impairs neurological recovery(4,5), increases the risk of cardiovascular disease(6,7), and reduces quality of life(8,9). Haemodynamic instability in this context is due ...

NATURE RESEARCH2021

Recruitment of upper-limb motoneurons with epidural electrical stimulation of the cervical spinal cord

Stéphanie Lacour, Grégoire Courtine, Giuseppe Schiavone, Nicholas David James, Simon Borgognon, Henri Charles Alexandre Lorach, Florian Dylan Fallegger, Nathan Antoine Greiner

Epidural electrical stimulation (EES) of lumbosacral sensorimotor circuits improves leg motor control in animals and humans with spinal cord injury (SCI). Upper-limb motor control involves similar circuits, located in the cervical spinal cord, suggesting t ...

Nature Research2021

Confronting false discoveries in single-cell differential expression

Grégoire Courtine, Gioele La Manno, Quentin Barraud, Jordan Squair, Mark Andrew Anderson, Nicholas David James, Matthieu Pierre Gautier, Thomas Haynes Hutson, Rémi Bernard René Hudelle, Claudia Kathe

Differential expression analysis of single-cell transcriptomics allows scientists to dissect cell-type-specific responses to biological perturbations. Here, the authors show that many commonly used methods are biased and can produce false discoveries. ...

Nature Portfolio2021

Structured nanoscale metallic glass fibres with extreme aspect ratios

Stéphanie Lacour, Grégoire Courtine, Vasiliki Tileli, Fabien Sorin, Jordan Squair, Giuseppe Schiavone, Nicholas David James, Wei Yan, Yunpeng Qu, Dang Tùng Nguyen

Micro- and nanoscale metallic glasses offer exciting opportunities for both fundamental research and applications in healthcare, micro-engineering, optics and electronics. The scientific and technological challenges associated with the fabrication and util ...

Nature Publishing Group2020