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Junichi Hachisuka is a Senior Lecturer in Neuroscience at the Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging at the University of Glasgow. His research primarily focuses on somatosensory mechanisms within the spinal dorsal horn. He is particularly interested in the underlying mechanisms of pain, itch, and cold sensation. Hachisuka aims to elucidate these mechanisms to distinguish various types of skin sensation, developing targeted treatments for chronic pain and itch. To achieve these goals, he records spinal neuron activity and analyzes physiological properties within the circuitry using semi-intact somatosensory preparations that involve skin and peripheral nerves attached to the spinal cord.