Journal: Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience
Article Title: Role for the Ventral Posterior Medial/Posterior Lateral Thalamus and Anterior Cingulate Cortex in Affective/Motivation Pain Induced by Varicella Zoster Virus
doi: 10.3389/fnint.2017.00027
Figure Lengend Snippet: Experiment 3, power spectrum analysis following infusion of the VPM/VPL thalamus with AAV8-hSyn-hM4D(Gi)-mCherry and placement of an electrode in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and VPM/VPL VZV was injected into the whisker pad 1 week after surgery. Local field potential (LFP) recordings were completed in the VPM/VPL (A) and ACC (B) . Thirty minutes before LFP recording the rats were given an injection of either CNO or vehicle (0.9% saline). Testing was completed once a week for 30 min. Testing was performed on three consecutive weeks. Data for week 1 is shown in (A) and the data for week 2 is shown in (B) ; data for week 3 was not significant and is not shown. Asterisk indicates a significant difference of p < 0.05. There were seven animals in each treatment group. The values are the mean ± SEM.
Article Snippet: Immediately after infusion of AAV8 into the VPM/VPL, two stainless steel bipolar twisted recording electrodes (MS303-1-B-SPC Elect SS 2C TW, Plastics One, Roanoake, VA, USA) were implanted into the right VPM/VPL or right ACC.
Techniques: Injection, Whisker Assay, Saline