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ReviewThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience2019

Parabrachial Complex: A Hub for Pain and Aversion.

Michael C Chiang, Anna Bowen, Lindsey A Schier, Domenico Tupone, Olivia Uddin, Mary M Heinricher

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In one paragraph

Review in The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 167 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
167citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
15.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

167 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 285 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Deep brain stimulation of the brainstem.Brain : a journal of neurology · 2021
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  3. Progress in pain mechanisms and management.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2026
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  10. ParabrachialProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  14. A Tac1-Expressing Brainstem Pathway Underlies the Pathogenesis of Trigeminal Neuralgia.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  16. Parabrachial CGRP Neurons Regulate Opioid Reinforcement.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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107 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Michael C ChiangDepartment Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213.
Anna BowenGraduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98195.
Lindsey A SchierDepartment Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 90089.
Domenico TuponeBiomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
Olivia UddinDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, 21201.
Mary M HeinricherDepartment Neurological Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, 97239, and heinricm@ohsu.edu.
Oregon Health & Science University · USUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore · USUniversity of Pittsburgh · USUniversity of Southern California · USUniversity of Washington · US

Funding

TRAINING PROGRAM FOR MD/PHD STUDENTST32GM008208 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI STEINMAN, RICHARD A · 1987 to 2021
$15.4M
Investigating the Neural Circuits of ItchR01AR063772 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI H Richard Koerber, Sarah Elizabeth Ross · 2013 to 2026
$6.9M
Molecular genetic dissection of the spinal microcircuits of wind-upR01NS096705 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI KOERBER, H RICHARD, ROSS, SARAH ELIZABETH · 2016 to 2025
$5.1M
Understanding multisensory hypersensitivity in chronic pain statesR37NS098660 · NINDS · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI HEINRICHER, MARY MAGDALEN · 2017 to 2023
$2.6M
Parabrachial role in chronic painR01NS099245 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI KELLER, ASAF, MASRI, RADI · 2017 to 2021
$2.2M
Cannabinoid and opioid modulation of descending pain circuits in chronic painR01DA042565 · NIDA · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI HEINRICHER, MARY MAGDALEN, INGRAM, SUSAN L · 2017 to 2021
$2.0M
A novel central circuit involved in paradoxical thermoregulatory inversion and induction of torpor-like stateR01NS099234 · NINDS · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI TUPONE, DOMENICO · 2017 to 2021
$1.6M
Reimbursement request for attending the Meeting of the Jointly Sponsored Institutional Predoctoral Training in the Neurosciences T32 Program Directors in Baltimore, MD on 2/19/19T32NS099578 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI SULLIVAN, JANE M, WONG, RACHEL O · 2016 to 2020
$1.4M
Understanding the functional role of kappa opioid receptor signaling in somatosensory neuronsF30NS096860 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI CHIANG, MICHAEL C · 2017 to 2019
$149k
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR063772NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA042565NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008208NINDS NIH HHS F30 NS096860NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS096705NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS099234NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS099245NINDS NIH HHS R37 NS098660NINDS NIH HHS T32 NS099578
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The parabrachial nucleus (PBN) has long been recognized as a sensory relay receiving an array of interoceptive and exteroceptive inputs relevant to taste and ingestive behavior, pain, and multiple aspects of autonomic control, including respiration, blood pressure, water balance, and thermoregulation. Outputs are known to be similarly widespread and complex. How sensory information is handled in PBN and used to inform different outputs to maintain homeostasis and promote survival is only now being elucidated. With a focus on taste and ingestive behaviors, pain, and thermoregulation, this review is intended to provide a context for analysis of PBN circuits involved in aversion and avoidance, and consider how information of various modalities, interoceptive and exteroceptive, is processed within PBN and transmitted to distinct targets to signal challenge, and to engage appropriate behavioral and physiological responses to maintain homeostasis.

Indexed as

AnimalsBody Temperature RegulationHumansNeural PathwaysNeuronsNociceptionPainParabrachial NucleusTastealarmbrainstemdefensenociceptiontastethermoregulation

Identifiers

PMID31619491
PMCPMC6794922
OpenAlexW2980469553

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Registered trials

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