Temporal strategy for discriminating noxious from non-noxious electrical stimuli by cortical and thalamic neural ensembles in rats

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	Temporal strategy for discriminating noxious from non-noxious electrical stimuli by cortical and thalamic neural ensembles in rats
	Wang, Jin-Yan1 ; Chang, Jing-Yu 2; Woodward, Donald J.2; Luo, Fei1 ; F. Luo
摘要	Considerable evidence supports that pain is encoded in a large, widespread network that consists of the thalamus, cortex, as well as limbic system. However, the temporal properties of the neural matrix in pain processing were largely unknown. In the present study, we simultaneously recorded thalamic and cortical neuronal discharges elicited by brief noxious or innocuous electrical stimulus in awake rats. The discrimination performance of the neural ensembles in differentiating noxious from innocuous inputs was calculated using different window sizes at the millisecond and second level, respectively. The results demonstrated that coding information emerged in a quantum-like manner; the minimum spike-train length for discriminating noxious from innocuous inputs was 40 ms. The nociceptive coding activity was temporally dynamic, and could be preserved for a relatively long time (3-4 s) within the thalamocortical loops, independent of the initial brief stimuli. These results suggest that the nociceptive signals may be reverberatory within the thalamocortical loops, hence keeping the neurosignature for central pain representation.; Considerable evidence supports that pain is encoded in a large, widespread network that consists of the thalamus, cortex, as well as limbic system. However, the temporal properties of the neural matrix in pain processing were largely unknown. In the present study, we simultaneously recorded thalamic and cortical neuronal discharges elicited by brief noxious or innocuous electrical stimulus in awake rats. The discrimination performance of the neural ensembles in differentiating noxious from innocuous inputs was calculated using different window sizes at the millisecond and second level, respectively. The results demonstrated that coding information emerged in a quantum-like manner; the minimum spike-train length for discriminating noxious from innocuous inputs was 40 ms. The nociceptive coding activity was temporally dynamic, and could be preserved for a relatively long time (3-4 s) within the thalamocortical loops, independent of the initial brief stimuli. These results suggest that the nociceptive signals may be reverberatory within the thalamocortical loops, hence keeping the neurosignature for central pain representation. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
关键词	cortex electrical stimulation neural ensemble pain processing spike train
学科领域	认知神经科学
	2008-04-18
语种	英语
发表期刊	NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
ISSN	0304-3940
卷号	435 期号:2 页码:163-168
期刊论文类型	Article
收录类别	SCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000255431500016
引用统计	被引频次：5[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/5729
专题	中国科学院心理研究所回溯数据库(1956-2010)
通讯作者	F. Luo
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, Key Lab Mental Hlth, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.Neurosci Res Inst, Winston Salem, NC USA
第一作者单位	中国科学院心理健康重点实验室
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang, Jin-Yan,Chang, Jing-Yu,Woodward, Donald J.,et al. Temporal strategy for discriminating noxious from non-noxious electrical stimuli by cortical and thalamic neural ensembles in rats[J]. NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS,2008,435(2):163-168.
APA	Wang, Jin-Yan,Chang, Jing-Yu,Woodward, Donald J.,Luo, Fei,&F. Luo.(2008).Temporal strategy for discriminating noxious from non-noxious electrical stimuli by cortical and thalamic neural ensembles in rats.NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS,435(2),163-168.
MLA	Wang, Jin-Yan,et al."Temporal strategy for discriminating noxious from non-noxious electrical stimuli by cortical and thalamic neural ensembles in rats".NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS 435.2(2008):163-168.

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