Bidirectional modulation of pain-related behaviors in the zona incerta
Singh, S.; Valdivia, S.; Soler-Cedeno, O.; Adke, A. P.; Benowitz, B.; Velasquez, D.; Wilson, T. D.; Carrasquillo, Y.
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Central amygdala neurons expressing protein kinase C-delta (CeA-PKC{delta}) are sensitized following nerve injury and promote pain-related responses in mice. The neural circuits underlying modulation of pain-related behaviors by CeA-PKC{delta} neurons, however, remain unknown. In this study, we identified a functional monosynaptic inhibitory neural circuit that originates in CeA-PKC{delta} neurons and terminates in the ventral region of the zona incerta (ZI), a subthalamic structure previously linked to pain processing. Behavioral experiments further show that chemogenetic inhibition of GABAergic ZI neurons is sufficient to induce bilateral hypersensitivity in uninjured mice as well as contralateral hypersensitivity after nerve injury. In contrast, chemogenetic activation of GABAergic ZI neurons reverses nerve injury-induced hypersensitivity, demonstrating that silencing of the ZI is required for injury-induced behavioral hypersensitivity. Our results identify a previously unrecognized inhibitory efferent pathway from CeA-PKC{delta} neurons to the ZI and demonstrate that ZI-GABAergic neurons can bidirectionally modulate pain-related behaviors in mice.
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