Research
Midbrain somatostatin-expressing cells control pain-suppression during defensive states
eLife · By Coline Riffault ·
The Brief
- An eLife article reports that midbrain somatostatin-expressing cells control pain suppression during defensive states.
- The authors note that animals in threatening situations show a range of behavioral and autonomic responses, including inhibition of pain that supports defensive behaviors.
- The source excerpt does not give the study's methods, sample size, or quantitative results.
Why it matters
The work identifies a specific midbrain cell type involved in suppressing pain during threat responses, which bears on how the brain links pain processing to survival behaviors.
Who’s affected
- neuroscientists studying pain and defensive behavior
- #neuroscience
- #pain
- #somatostatin
- #midbrain
- #defensive behavior
In threatening situations, animals exhibit a broad range of behavioral and autonomic responses. As such, a crucial adaptive response is the inhibition of pain, which facilitates relevant defensive behaviors that promote survival. Whereas the structures and mechanisms involved in…
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