Ventrolateral orbital cortex oxytocin attenuates neuropathic pain through periaqueductal gray opioid receptor

It is concluded that oxytocin and its receptor may be involved in modulation of neuropathic pain at the VLOC level. Opioid receptors of VLOC and vlPAG might be involved in the antiallodynic effect of the VLOC-microinjected oxytocin.