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Schematic of theoretical pathway involvement in pain and pain-related behavior. Illustrated figure shows the VTA glutamate afferents to the NAc. These projections played a role in causing unrest and anxiety-like psychological mood change among the subjected mice suffering from pain stimuli. When these projections are silenced, it can relieve the mice from pain and pain-induced anxiety.
