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ArticleNeurobiology of pain (Cambridge, Mass.)

Amplified parabrachial nucleus activity in a rat model of trigeminal neuropathic pain.

Olivia Uddin, Paige Studlack, Titilola Akintola, Charles Raver, Alberto Castro, Radi Masri, Asaf Keller

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Article in Neurobiology of pain (Cambridge, Mass.). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Peripheral NabioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  4. A Tac1-Expressing Brainstem Pathway Underlies the Pathogenesis of Trigeminal Neuralgia.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  11. The parabrachial to central amygdala pathway is critical to injury-induced pain sensitization in mice.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2024
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  13. Direct and Indirect Nociceptive Input from the Trigeminal Dorsal Horn to Pain-Modulating Neurons in the Rostral Ventromedial Medulla.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023
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  14. Parabrachial Nucleus Activity in Nociception and Pain in Awake Mice.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023
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  15. Parabrachial nucleus activity in nociception and pain in awake mice.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Olivia UddinDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 20 Penn St, HSF-II S251, Baltimore, MD 21201, United States.
Paige StudlackDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 20 Penn St, HSF-II S251, Baltimore, MD 21201, United States.
Titilola AkintolaDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 20 Penn St, HSF-II S251, Baltimore, MD 21201, United States.
Charles RaverDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 20 Penn St, HSF-II S251, Baltimore, MD 21201, United States.
Alberto CastroDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 20 Penn St, HSF-II S251, Baltimore, MD 21201, United States.
Radi MasriProgram in Neuroscience, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 20 Penn St, HSF-II S251, Baltimore, MD 21201, United States.
Asaf KellerDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 20 Penn St, HSF-II S251, Baltimore, MD 21201, United States.
University of Maryland, Baltimore · US

Funding

Parabrachial role in chronic painR01NS099245 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI KELLER, ASAF, MASRI, RADI · 2017 to 2021
$2.2M
Motor Cortex Stimulation Reverses Maladaptive Plasticity Following Spinal InjuryR01NS069568 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI MASRI, RADI · 2010 to 2014
$1.4M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS069568NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS099245
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The parabrachial (PB) complex mediates both ascending nociceptive signaling and descending pain modulatory information in the affective/emotional pain pathway. We hypothesized that PB hyperactivity influences chronic pain behavior after trigeminal nerve injury in rats. Following induction of neuropathic pain using the chronic constriction injury of the infraorbital nerve (CCI-ION) model, rats displayed spontaneous markers of pain and mechanical hyperalgesia extending beyond the receptive field of the injured nerve. PB neurons recorded from rats with CCI-ION displayed amplified activity, manifesting as significantly longer responses to sensory stimuli, compared to shams. These findings suggest that chronic neuropathic pain involves PB hyperactivity.

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Affective painAfter-dischargesChronic constriction injuryChronic painFacial grimace

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PMID29862375
PMCPMC5973803
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