Distinct nociception processing in the dysgranular and barrel regions of the mouse somatosensory cortex

Hironobu Osaki; Moeko Kanaya; Yoshifumi Ueta; Mariko Miyata

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-31272-w

Nature Communications (Jun 2022)

Distinct nociception processing in the dysgranular and barrel regions of the mouse somatosensory cortex

Hironobu Osaki,
Moeko Kanaya,
Yoshifumi Ueta,
Mariko Miyata

Affiliations

Hironobu Osaki: Division of Neurophysiology, Department of Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Shinjuku
Moeko Kanaya: Division of Neurophysiology, Department of Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Shinjuku
Yoshifumi Ueta: Division of Neurophysiology, Department of Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Shinjuku
Mariko Miyata: Division of Neurophysiology, Department of Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Shinjuku

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31272-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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The processing of nociception in the somatosensory cortex (S1) has yet to be fully understood. Here, the authors demonstrate that the dysgranular region in S1 has an affinity for nociception and is critically involved in pain-like behavior.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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