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Impaired pain in mice lacking first-order posterior medial thalamic neurons.

Paraskevi Sgourdou, Melanie Schaffler, Kyuhyun Choi, Nora M McCall, Justin Burdge, Joelle Williams, Gregory Corder, Marc V Fuccillo, Ishmail Abdus-Saboor, Douglas J Epstein

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Paraskevi SgourdouDepartment of Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Melanie SchafflerDepartment of Neuroscience, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Kyuhyun ChoiDepartment of Neuroscience, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Nora M McCallDepartment of Neuroscience, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Justin BurdgeDepartment of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Joelle WilliamsDepartment of Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Gregory CorderDepartment of Neuroscience, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Marc V FuccilloDepartment of Neuroscience, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Ishmail Abdus-SaboorDepartment of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Douglas J EpsteinDepartment of Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.

Funding

TRANSCRIPTIONAL CONTROL OF SONIC HEDGEHOG SIGNALINGR01NS039421 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI EPSTEIN, DOUGLAS J · 2000 to 2023
$8.5M
Harnessing cortical neuromodulation to disrupt pain perceptionDP2GM140923 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI CORDER, GREGORY · 2020 to 2022
$2.6M
Using Mouse Pain Scales to Discover Unusual Pain Sensitivity and New Pain TargetsDP2NS130454 · NINDS · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI ABDUS-SABOOR, ISHMAIL JOHN · 2022 to 2023
$2.5M
Modulating pain through cortical endogenous opioid circuitsF32DA053099 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI MCCALL, NORA · 2021 to 2022
$107k
NIDA NIH HHS F32 DA053099NIGMS NIH HHS DP2 GM140923NIH HHS NS039421NINDS NIH HHS DP2 NS130454NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS039421
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

abstractThe thalamus plays an important role in sensory and motor information processing by mediating communication between the periphery and the cerebral cortex. Alterations in thalamic development have profound consequences on sensory and motor function. In this study, we investigated a mouse model in which thalamic nuclei formation is disrupted because of the absence of Sonic hedgehog ( Shh ) expression from 2 key signaling centers that are required for embryonic forebrain development. The resulting defects observed in distinct thalamic sensory nuclei in Shh mutant embryos persisted into adulthood prompting us to examine their effect on behavioral responses to somatosensory stimulation. Our findings reveal a role for first-order posterior medial thalamic neurons and their projections to layer 4 of the secondary somatosensory cortex in the transmission of nociceptive information. Together, these results establish a connection between a neurodevelopmental lesion in the thalamus and a modality-specific disruption in pain perception.

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NeuronsPainAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalFemaleHedgehog ProteinsMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicSomatosensory CortexThalamusHedgehog ProteinsShh protein, mouse

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PMID39190341
PMCPMC11649494

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