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Modulation of itch and pain signals processing in ventrobasal thalamus by thalamic reticular nucleus.

Peng-Fei Liu, Yan Wang, Ling Xu, An-Feng Xiang, Ming-Zhe Liu, Ya-Bing Zhu, Xin Jia, Rui Zhang, Jin-Bao Li, Ling Zhang and 1 more

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20 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Peng-Fei LiuDepartment of Anesthesiology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 201620, China.
Yan WangDepartment of Anesthesiology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 201620, China.
Ling XuDepartment of Anesthesiology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 201620, China.
An-Feng XiangThe First Rehabilitation Hospital of Shanghai, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200090, China.
Ming-Zhe LiuDepartment of Respiratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510120, China.
Ya-Bing ZhuDepartment of Anesthesiology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 201620, China.
Xin JiaThe First Rehabilitation Hospital of Shanghai, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200090, China.
Rui ZhangDepartment of Anesthesiology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 201620, China.
Jin-Bao LiDepartment of Anesthesiology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 201620, China.
Ling ZhangThe First Rehabilitation Hospital of Shanghai, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200090, China.
Di MuDepartment of Anesthesiology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 201620, China.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University · CNTongji University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thalamic reticular nucleus (TRN) is known to be crucial for dynamically modulating sensory processing. Recently, the functional role of TRN in itch and pain sensation processing has drawn much attention. We found that ventrobasal thalamus (VB) neurons exhibited scratching behavior-related and nociceptive behavior-related neuronal activity changes, and most of VB neurons responsive to pruritic stimulus were also activated by nociceptive stimulus. Inhibition of VB could relieve itch-induced scratching behaviors and pathological pain without affecting basal nociceptive thresholds, and activation of VB could facilitate scratching behaviors. Tracing and electrophysiology recording results showed that VB mainly received inhibitory inputs from ventral TRN. Furthermore, optogenetic activation of TRN-VB projections suppressed scratching behaviors, and ablation of TRN enhanced scratching behaviors. In addition, activation of TRN-VB projections relieved the pathological pain without affecting basal nociceptive thresholds. Thus, our study indicates that TRN modulates itch and pain signals processing via TRN-VB inhibitory projections.

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Behavioral neuroscienceCellular neuroscienceMolecular neuroscience

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