Leaky Gate Model: Intensity-Dependent Coding of Pain and Itch in the Spinal Cord

Neuron

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 840-853.e5

  Sun, Shuohao ^a   Xu, Qian ^a   Guo, Changxiong ^b   Guan, Yun ^a   Liu, Qin ^b   Dong, Xinzhong ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

gate control, Grp+ neuron; itch; leaky gate; neural circuit; pain; spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ENDORPHIN; GASTRIN RELEASING PEPTIDE; BOMBESIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HARGREAVES TEST; HOT PLATE TEST; INTERNEURON; LEAKY GATE MODEL; MALE; MOUSE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRURITUS; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL GANGLION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TAIL IMMERSION TEST; VON FREY TEST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GASTRIN-RELEASING PEPTIDE; INTERNEURONS; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PAIN; PRURITUS; RECEPTORS, BOMBESIN; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 85013670964     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.01.012     Document Type: Article

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