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Revealing a novel nociceptive network that links the subthalamic nucleus to pain processing.


ABSTRACT: Pain is a prevalent symptom of Parkinson's disease, and is effectively treated by deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus (STN). However, the link between pain and the STN remains unclear. In the present work, using in vivo electrophysiology in rats, we report that STN neurons exhibit complex tonic and phasic responses to noxious stimuli. We also show that nociception is altered following lesions of the STN, and characterize the role of the superior colliculus and the parabrachial nucleus in the transmission of nociceptive information to the STN, physiologically from both structures and anatomically in the case of the parabrachial nucleus. We show that STN nociceptive responses are abnormal in a rat model of PD, suggesting their dependence on the integrity of the nigrostriatal dopaminergic system. The STN-linked nociceptive network that we reveal is likely to be of considerable clinical importance in neurological diseases involving a dysfunction of the basal ganglia.

SUBMITTER: Pautrat A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6136891 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Revealing a novel nociceptive network that links the subthalamic nucleus to pain processing.

Pautrat Arnaud A   Rolland Marta M   Barthelemy Margaux M   Baunez Christelle C   Sinniger Valérie V   Piallat Brigitte B   Savasta Marc M   Overton Paul G PG   David Olivier O   Coizet Veronique V  

eLife 20180828


Pain is a prevalent symptom of Parkinson's disease, and is effectively treated by deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus (STN). However, the link between pain and the STN remains unclear. In the present work, using in vivo electrophysiology in rats, we report that STN neurons exhibit complex tonic and phasic responses to noxious stimuli. We also show that nociception is altered following lesions of the STN, and characterize the role of the superior colliculus and the parabrachial nucl  ...[more]

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