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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Jul 13;118(28). doi: 10.1073/pnas.2105732118.

Pain and itch processing by subpopulations of molecularly diverse spinal and trigeminal projection neurons.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Racheli Wercberger, Joao M Braz, Jarret A Weinrich, Allan I Basbaum

Affiliations

  1. Department of Anatomy, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158.
  2. Department of Anatomy, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158 [email protected].

PMID: 34234018 PMCID: PMC8285968 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2105732118

Abstract

A remarkable molecular and functional heterogeneity of the primary sensory neurons and dorsal horn interneurons transmits pain- and or itch-relevant information, but the molecular signature of the projection neurons that convey the messages to the brain is unclear. Here, using retro-TRAP (translating ribosome affinity purification) and RNA sequencing, we reveal extensive molecular diversity of spino- and trigeminoparabrachial projection neurons. Among the many genes identified, we highlight distinct subsets of

Keywords: RNA-seq; dorsal horn; itch; pain; projection neurons

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interest.

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