PhysiologyFrontiers in Integrative NeurosciencePeer-reviewed
C-low threshold mechanoreceptor activation becomes sufficient to trigger affective pain in spinal cord-injured mice in association with increased respiratory rates
D. J. Noble, R. Dongmo, S. Parvin…·S. M. Garraway
This study shows that C-low threshold mechanoreceptors (C-LTMRs) become pain-sensing neurons after spinal cord injury, leading to affective pain and increased respiratory rates in mice.
DOI 10.3389/fnint.2022.1081172