Liu-Jie Zhao

Calretinin-Positive Neurons in Central Medial Thalamus Drive Nociception and Anxiety via Projections to Anterior Insular Cortex in male mice.

The central medial thalamic nucleus (CM), a key component of the thalamic intralaminar nuclei, receives nociceptive inputs from the lateral parabrachial nucleus and is implicated in pain processing. However, the specific neuronal subtypes and downstream pathways that mediate these functions remain poorly defined. Here,...