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MEDS 371, Systems Neuroscience Pain System Dr. D. O. Kim. dorsal horn of the spinal cord. CGRP: calcitonin gene related peptide; 5-HT: serotonin. capsaicin. VR-1: vanilloid receptor type 1. C. D. Kandel Fig. 24-4. synapse of a C-fiber (“C”) on the dendrite (“D”)
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MEDS 371, Systems Neuroscience Pain System Dr. D. O. Kim
dorsal horn of the spinal cord
CGRP: calcitonin gene related peptide; 5-HT: serotonin
capsaicin VR-1: vanilloid receptor type 1
C D Kandel Fig. 24-4 synapse of a C-fiber (“C”) on the dendrite (“D”) of a dorsal-horn neuron. small vesicles: glutamate; large vesicles: neuropeptides.
discriminative pain pathways (except face/head) anterolateral system (ALS); spinothalamic tract
spinal-cord hemisection Brown-Sequard’s syndrome section at lumbar spinal cord Purves
trigem gang discriminative pain pathways: face/head trigemino- thalamic tract
trigeminal pathways somatosensory cortex principal trigem. sensory nucleus trigemino- thalamic tract pons trigeminal ganglion spinal trigem. tract & nucleus medulla Haines Fig 8-9
affect: n. the conscious subjective aspect of an emotion apart from bodily changes. [Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary]
Two distinct aspects of the experience of pain thalamic nuclei: midline; anterior; mediodorsal modified from Purves Fig 10-5
thamaic nuclei Netter CM: centromedian; LD: laterodorsal; LP: lateroposterior; MD: mediodorsal; VA: ventral anterior; VL: ventral lateral; VPL: ventral posterolateral; VPM: ventral posteromedial
thalamus cingulate cortex hypothalamus Purves Fig. A-12
insula Purves Fig. A-10
affective pain pathways; unpleasant quality of pain
endogenous opioids: enkephalin; dynorphin; endorphin; in midbrain periaqueductal gray rost. vent. medulla spinal cord
descending control of pain pathways hypothalamus Kandel Fig 24-11
descending control of pain pathways Purves Fig 10-8B
placebo effect a physiological response following the administration of an inert "remedy"
referred pain Kandel Fig. 24-5 Purves
Methods for Rainville et al., 1997 To immerse a hand in painfully hot water (47 °C) for 75 sec; Hypnosis: high or low unpleasantness
Activation of anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) by pain PET imaging of human brains Rainville et al 1997