A novel analgesic pathway from parvocellular oxytocin neurons to the periaqueductal gray
Mai Iwasaki, Arthur Lefèvre, Ferdinand Althammer, Olga Łąpieś, Louis Hilfiger, Damien Kerspern, Meggane Melchior, Stephanie Küppers, Quirin Krablicher, Ryan Patwell, Sabine Christiane Herpertz, Beate Ditzen, Kai Schönig, Dušan Bartsch, Javier Eduardo Stern, , Alexandre Charlet
The paper identifies a novel analgesic pathway involving parvocellular oxytocin neurons projecting to the vlPAG, which suppresses spinal cord sensory neuron activity and alleviates pain.
bioRxiv · Feb 23, 2022 · PreprintNeuroscience