Specialized Microglia Resolve Neuropathic Pain in the Spinal Cord

Jing Yang¹, Shulan Xie¹, Shengmei Zhu², Zhen-Zhong Xu^{3

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Department of Neurobiology of the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Department of Neurobiology of the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, China. smzhu20088@zju.edu.cn.
³ Department of Anesthesiology and Department of Neurobiology of the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, China. xuzz@zju.edu.cn.
⁴ NHC and CAMS Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, MOE Frontier Science Center for Brain Research and Brain-Machine Integration, School of Brain Science and Brain Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China. xuzz@zju.edu.cn.

Comment

Jing Yang et al. Neurosci Bull. 2023 Jan.

. 2023 Jan;39(1):173-175.

doi: 10.1007/s12264-022-00932-8. Epub 2022 Aug 3.

Jing Yang¹, Shulan Xie¹, Shengmei Zhu², Zhen-Zhong Xu^{3

4}

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Department of Neurobiology of the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Department of Neurobiology of the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, China. smzhu20088@zju.edu.cn.
³ Department of Anesthesiology and Department of Neurobiology of the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, China. xuzz@zju.edu.cn.
⁴ NHC and CAMS Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, MOE Frontier Science Center for Brain Research and Brain-Machine Integration, School of Brain Science and Brain Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China. xuzz@zju.edu.cn.

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A spinal microglia population involved in remitting and relapsing neuropathic pain.
Kohno K, Shirasaka R, Yoshihara K, Mikuriya S, Tanaka K, Takanami K, Inoue K, Sakamoto H, Ohkawa Y, Masuda T, Tsuda M. Kohno K, et al. Science. 2022 Apr;376(6588):86-90. doi: 10.1126/science.abf6805. Epub 2022 Mar 31. Science. 2022. PMID: 35357926

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