Paraventricular nucleus‐central amygdala oxytocinergic projection modulates pain‐related anxiety‐like behaviors in mice

• Published in: CNS neuroscience & therapeutics Vol. 29; no. 11; pp. 3493 - 3506
• Main Authors: Li, Yu‐Jie, Du, Wei‐Jia, Liu, Rui, Zan, Gui‐Ying, Ye, Bing‐Lu, Li, Qian, Sheng, Zhi‐Hao, Yuan, Ya‐Wei, Song, Yu‐Jie, Liu, Jing‐Gen, Liu, Zhi‐Qiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.11.2023; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Amygdala; Animal behavior; Anxiety; Anxiety disorders; Brain; Emotions; Freund's adjuvant; Hormones; Inflammation; Laboratory animals; Life sciences; Microinjection; Neurons; Original; Oxytocin; Pain; Paraventricular nucleus; Photometry; Video recorders; China; anxiety; oxytocin; pain; central nucleus of the amygdala; paraventricular nucleus

Anxiety disorders associated with pain are a common health problem. However, the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. We aimed to investigate the role of paraventricular nucleus (PVN)-central nucleus of the amygdala (CeA) oxytocinergic projections in anxiety-like behaviors induced by infl...