Illuminating the Gap: Neuronal Cross-Talk within Sensory Ganglia and Persistent Pain

Rebecca P Seal

doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2016.08.030

Illuminating the Gap: Neuronal Cross-Talk within Sensory Ganglia and Persistent Pain

Neuron. 2016 Sep 7;91(5):950-951. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.08.030.

Author

Rebecca P Seal¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurobiology and Pittsburgh Center for Pain Research, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. Electronic address: rpseal@pitt.edu.

PMID: 27608756
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.08.030

Abstract

How primary sensory neurons contribute to persistent pain remains unclear. A novel imaging technique introduced here by Kim et al. (2016) in this issue of Neuron to view the activities of large numbers of ganglion neurons simultaneously analyzes the importance of neuronal cross-talk in pain transmission.

MeSH terms

Ganglia, Sensory*
Ganglia, Spinal
Neurons
Neurons, Afferent
Pain*

Grants and funding

R21 NS084191/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States