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. 2023 Jan 16;28(3):1090–1100. doi: 10.1038/s41380-022-01922-y

Fig. 4. Inhibition of LS GABAergic neurons reverse the comorbidity of chronic pain and anxiety.

Fig. 4

A Schematics of the experiment. Coronal section showing NpHR-mCherry expression and optical fiber insertion in the LS. Scale bar, 100 μm. B (Left) Sample trace of in vivo photo-tagged extracellularly recorded spike trains and (Right) normalized single unit spikes waves. C (Left) Rastergrams of spiking activity recorded for LS GABAergic neurons during their targeted optogenetic inactivation. (Right) Firing activity of neurons upon NpHR-optogenetic stimulation. The behavioral effects of optogenetic inhibition of LS neurons in CFA mice: D Mechanical pain sensitivity during light-off and light-on sessions. E OFT track traces of CFA mice infected with mCherry or NpHR-mCherry. F OFT (Left) total distance and (Right) percentage of time in center. G EPM track traces. H (Left) number of entries into and (Right) percentage of time spent in EPM open arms. IM Data for the same experiments as shown in (DH) but for the CRS model. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001. ns, no significant difference (P > 0.05). Data are presented as the means ± SEM. For further details of statistical data analysis see Table S1.