by Nature Neuroscience, Published online: 05 October 2020; doi:10.1038/s41593-020-00713-4
Kohro et al. identify a population of astrocytes located in the superficial dorsal horn of adult spinal cord (genetically defined by Hes5) that acts as a gate for locus coeruleus descending noradrenergic control of mechanosensory hypersensitivity.
Spinal astrocytes in superficial laminae gate brainstem descending control of mechanosensory hypersensitivity
