Optogenetic Manipulations of Amygdala Neurons Modulate Spinal Nociceptive Processing and Behavior Under Normal Conditions and in an Arthritis Pain Model

• Main Authors: Mariacristina Mazzitelli (Author), Kendall Marshall (Author), Andrew Pham (Author), Guangchen Ji (Author), Volker Neugebauer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The amygdala is an important neural substrate for the emotional-affective dimension of pain and modulation of pain. The central nucleus (CeA) serves major amygdala output functions and receives nociceptive and affected-related information from the spino-parabrachial and lateral-basolateral amygdala...