The mammalian nervous system is comprised of a seemingly infinitely complex network of
specialized synaptic connections that coordinate the flow of information through it. The field …

The lateral parabrachial nucleus (lPBN) is a major target of spinal projection neurons
conveying nociceptive input into supraspinal structures. However, the functional role of …

The Kölliker‐Fuse nucleus (KF) is a functionally distinct component of the parabrachial
complex, located in the dorsolateral pons of mammals. The KF has a major role in …

Autonomic dysfunction is implicated from clinical, neuroimaging and experimental studies in
sudden and unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). Neuropathological analysis in SUDEP …

Somatostatin is widely diffused in the central nervous system, where it participates to control
the efficiency of synaptic transmission. This peptide mainly colocalizes with GABA, in …

Spinally projecting neurons in the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) play a critical role in
the generation of vasomotor sympathetic tone and are thought to receive convergent input …

Inhibitory modulation of glutamatergic information processing is a prerequisite for proper
network function. Among the many groups of interneurons (INs), somatostatin-expressing …

Corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) is the hallmark brain peptide triggering the response to
stress and mediates—in addition to the stimulation of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal …

Opioid drugs are widely used as analgesics but cause respiratory depression, a potentially
lethal side effect with overdose, by acting on μ-opioid receptors (MORs) expressed in …

Neuronal responses to infrared neural stimulation (INS) are explored at the single cell level
using patch-clamp electrophysiology. We examined membrane and synaptic responses of …