How does the brain encode pain? Scientists uncover neuronal mechanisms in the cortex

How does the brain encode pain? Scientists uncover neuronal mechanisms in the cortex

A research team at the Institute of Psychology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has revealed that parvalbumin (PV) interneurons in the primary somatosensory cortex (S1) preferentially encode pain intensity and drive nociceptive-evoked gamma oscillations (GBOs).

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