Somatosensory Cortical Signature of Facial Nociception and Vibrotactile Touch Induced Analgesia
Jinghao Lu, Bin Chen, Manuel S. Levy, Peng Xu, Bao-Xia Han, Jun Takatoh, P. M. Thompson, Zhigang He, Vincent Prevosto, Fan Wang
The paper shows that vibrotactile touch reduces facial pain in mice by altering neural activity in the barrel cortex, integrating tactile and noxious signals.
Science Advances · Nov 16, 2022Peer-reviewedNeuroscience