Neuromodulation of Thoracic Intraspinal Visceroreceptive Transmission by Electrical Stimulation of Spinal Dorsal Column and Somatic Afferents in Rats

Neuromodulation of noxious cardiac and esophageal inputs onto thoracic spinal neurons by spinal cord and intercostal nerves stimulation observed in the present study may help account for therapeutic effects on thoracic visceral pain by activating the spinal dorsal column or somatic afferents.