Involvement of the Ventrolateral Periaqueductal Gray Matter-Central Medial Thalamic Nucleus-Basolateral Amygdala Pathway in Neuropathic Pain Regulation of Rats

• Main Authors: Yi Sun (Author), Jian Wang (Author), Shao-Hua Liang (Author), Jun Ge (Author), Ya-Cheng Lu (Author), Jia-Ni Li (Author), Yan-Bing Chen (Author), Dao-Shu Luo (Author), Hui Li (Author), Yun-Qing Li (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The central medial nucleus (CM), a prominent cell group of the intralaminar nuclei (ILN) of the thalamus, and the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray matter (vlPAG) are two major components of the medial pain system. Whether vlPAG and CM are input sources of nociceptive information to the basolateral...