Aug 2026
Glutamatergic neurons in the nucleus accumbens represent a distinct functional population that gates pain.
BACKGROUND The nucleus accumbens (NAc) integrates affective and sensory information crucial for pain processing. While canonically viewed as a predominantly GABAergic structure, the potential existence and function of non-canonical excitatory populations remain poorly understood. We hypothesized that a distinct subpopu...
Tian-En Si, Zhi-Xiao Li, Ying-Ying Zhang et al.
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