Jin Ke, Wei-Cheng Lu, Hai-Yang Jing, Shen Qian, Sun-Wook Moon, Guang-Fu Cui, Wei-Xin Qian, Xiao-Jing Che, Qian Zhang, Shi-Shi Lai, Ling Zhang, Ying-Jie Zhu, Jing-Dun Xie, Tian-Wen Huang
Painful stimuli elicit first-line reflexive defensive reactions and, in many cases, also evoke second-line recuperative behaviors, the latter of which reflects the sensing of tissue damage and the alleviation of suffering. The lateral parabrachial nucleus (lPBN), composed of external- (elPBN), dorsal- (dlPBN), and central/superior-subnuclei (jointly referred to as slPBN), receives sensory inputs from spinal projection neurons and plays important roles in processing affective information from external threats and body integrity disruption...
May 18, 2024: Zoological Research