Insular cortical descending projections facilitate neuronal responses to noxious but not innoxious stimulation in rat trigeminal spinal subnucleus caudalis
Yuka Nakaya, Koichi Iwata, Masayuki Kobayashi
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PhotostimulationNeuroscienceOptogeneticsNociceptionSpinal trigeminal nucleusPeriaqueductal grayPremovement neuronal activityNoxious stimulusChemistryStimulationRostral ventromedial medullaChannelrhodopsinElectrophysiologyCentral nervous systemPsychologyHyperalgesiaMidbrainBiochemistryReceptorNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchPhotoreceptor and optogenetics researchPain Mechanisms and Treatments