Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4332595 | Brain Research | 2006 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Using combined retrograde labeling and Fos protein immunohistochemistry, we show that after masseter inflammation, a population of neurons in the dorsal portion of the subnuclei interpolaris/caudalis transition zone at the level of the obex was activated and projected to the oval paracentral nucleus (OPC) of the intralaminar thalamic nuclei. The present findings indicate a trigeminothalamic pathway to the OPC intralaminar nucleus involved in central processing of orofacial deep noxious input.
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Shinichi Sugiyo, Motohide Takemura, Ronald Dubner, Ke Ren,