Researchers identify the neurons involved in the emotional distress associated with pain go.nature.com/4qIKkB8

Chronic pain could be eased by uncoupling the sensory and emotional experiences

Researchers identify the neurons involved in the emotional distress associated with pain, and design a genetic approach that could soothe suffering without opioid drugs.

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🧠🐭💊 Check out our work on the role of Central Amygdala cell-types in opioid withdrawal ... Now published in Neuropsychopharmacology @npp-journal.bsky.social Open-access link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Central amygdalar PKCδ neurons mediate fentanyl withdrawal

Neuropsychopharmacology - Central amygdalar PKCδ neurons mediate fentanyl withdrawal

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⚡️GREG_CORDER⚡️@flybottleescape.bsky.social · last yr.

On behalf of my BSky-less student, Lisa Wooldridge: 🐭🧠💊⚡️ "Thrilled that my PhD work is on bioRxiv! I study how central amygdala (CeA) neurons contribute to opioid effects, but how specific CeA cell types drive this process remains unclear" 🧵 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

More powerful tools for understanding the brain. 🧠🔍 Today, comprehensive, cross-species developing brain cell atlases were released to help advance health and disease research. 🧵 #studyBRAIN #BICAN

Huge thanks to the NYU PRC for the invitation to speak at PRIMED! Really enjoyed meeting everyone and hearing about the outstanding science happening there. Awesome community and event!

NYU Pain Research Center@nyupainresearch.bsky.social · 10mo ago

PRIMED Speaker Blake Kimmey (UPenn) Paging the PAG: Pain, Opioids & Relief. Epic talk on Periaqueductal gray opioid circuits for pain aversion & relief. Blake broke down how brain circuits in the PAG decide what hurts and what doesn’t. Stress, booze, and opioids all play a part!

🧠💰K99/R00 NoA day! Huge congrats to Dr Blake Kimmey … #GameOn 🔥🍾🙌🏼 Gonna brag on this guy and say he’s on job market this year and he can bring this kinda cutting-edge placebo / pain / addiction systems-circuit neuro research to your department: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39803541/

On behalf of my BSky-less student, Lisa Wooldridge: 🐭🧠💊⚡️ "Thrilled that my PhD work is on bioRxiv! I study how central amygdala (CeA) neurons contribute to opioid effects, but how specific CeA cell types drive this process remains unclear" 🧵 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Hey everybody, I want to share a few things about my recent #preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Take a break ☕ for some cool #neuroscience on #nocebo, #ACC, #PAG, and #CCK in mice to take your mind off of the goings on 👩‍🔬

Me: trying to take my mind off the bad news The NY Times crossword: no (um *spoiler alert*) ....

1/ 🧠 Excited to share our new preprint: Convergent state-control of endogenous opioid analgesia We uncover how cognitive + contextual factors—like injury, fear, and placebo—modulate pain through dynamic opioid signaling in the periaqueductal gray (PAG) biorxiv.org/content/10.1...