Pain inhibition by optogenetic activation of specific anterior cingulate cortical neurons

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Gu, Ling ^a   Uhelski, Megan L ^a,c   Anand, Sanjay ^b   Romero Ortega, Mario ^b   Kim, Young Tae ^b   Fuchs, Perry N ^a   Mohanty, Samarendra K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHODOPSIN; RHODOPSIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHANNELRHODOPSIN 2, MOUSE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL ACTIVATION; CHRONIC PAIN; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORMALIN TEST; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROMODULATION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THALAMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; LASER; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PAIN; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

ANIMALS; CHRONIC PAIN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GENE EXPRESSION; GYRUS CINGULI; LASERS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEURONS; OPTOGENETICS; PAIN; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RHODOPSIN; THALAMUS;

EID: 84923814599     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117746     Document Type: Article

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