Nature Communications (Sep 2019)

Cell type-specific modulation of sensory and affective components of itch in the periaqueductal gray

  • Vijay K. Samineni,
  • Jose G. Grajales-Reyes,
  • Saranya S. Sundaram,
  • Judy J. Yoo,
  • Robert W. Gereau

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12316-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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The supraspinal mechanisms involved in itch specific sensation are not well understood. Here the authors identify a subpopulation of neurons in the periaqueductal gray that modulate chronic itch in rodents