Nociceptor Spontaneous Activity is Responsible for Fragmenting Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep in Mouse Models of Neuropathic Pain

Medicine, Basic Medical Sciences, Anesthesiology, Neurology,
nociceptor   spontaneous activity   non-rapid eye movement sleep   mouse models   chronic pain  

Research Background and Motivation Neuropathic pain is a complex and common clinical issue, accompanied by persistent spontaneous pain. Patients often report symptoms such as spontaneous pain, electric shock sensations, and burning pain. The physiological mechanisms behind this type of pain are complex, and reliable research models or biomarkers ar...

Cortico-cortical transfer of socially derived information gates emotion recognition

Medicine, Neurology, Life Sciences, Biophysics, Humanities and Others,
social cognition   emotion recognition   cortical network   GABAergic neurons   psychiatric disorders   mouse models   functional imaging  

The Gating Role of Cortical Transfer of Socially Derived Information in Emotion Recognition Background Introduction Emotion recognition and the subsequent responses are crucial for survival and maintaining social functions. However, how social information is processed to reliably recognize emotions remains unclear. In this new study, the authors re...