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ReviewThe journal of pain2019

Contributions of Nociresponsive Area 3a to Normal and Abnormal Somatosensory Perception.

Barry L Whitsel, Charles J Vierck, Robert S Waters, Mark Tommerdahl, Oleg V Favorov

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Review in The journal of pain, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Barry L WhitselDepartment of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Charles J VierckDepartment of Neuroscience, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida.
Robert S WatersDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Memphis, Tennessee.
Mark TommerdahlDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Oleg V FavorovDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Electronic address: olegfavorov@gmail.com.

Funding

Neurosensory Assessments of HeadacheR21NS091661 · NINDS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI TOMMERDAHL, MARK A · 2015 to 2016
$409k
Pain Suppression via Area 3a LesionR21NS078619 · NINDS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI FAVOROV, OLEG V, WHITSEL, BARRY L · 2012 to 2013
$388k
NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS078619NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS091661
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Traditionally, cytoarchitectonic area 3a of primary somatosensory cortex (SI) has been regarded as a proprioceptive relay to motor cortex. However, neuronal spike-train recordings and optical intrinsic signal imaging, obtained from nonhuman sensorimotor cortex, show that neuronal activity in some of the cortical columns in area 3a can be readily triggered by a C-nociceptor afferent drive. These findings indicate that area 3a is a critical link in cerebral cortical encoding of secondary/slow pain. Also, area 3a contributes to abnormal pain processing in the presence of activity-dependent reversal of gamma-aminobutyric acid A receptor-mediated inhibition. Accordingly, abnormal processing within area 3a may contribute mechanistically to generation of clinical pain conditions. PERSPECTIVE: Optical imaging and neurophysiological mapping of area 3a of SI has revealed substantial driving from unmyelinated cutaneous nociceptors, complementing input to areas 3b and 1 of SI from myelinated nociceptors and non-nociceptors. These and related findings force a reconsideration of mechanisms for SI processing of pain.

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AnimalsHumansNociceptionPainPyramidal TractsSomatosensory CortexSpinal Cord Dorsal HornC-nociceptiongamma-aminobutyric acid reversalpain affectsecondary painsomatosensory cortex

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PMID30227224
PMCPMC6420406

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