General anesthetics activate a potent central pain-suppression circuit in the amygdala

Nature Neuroscience, Published online: 18 May 2020; doi:10.1038/s41593-020-0632-8

Hua and Chen et al. show that general anesthesia activates a distinct population of central amygdala neurons and that these neurons can potently suppress pain responses through their widespread projections to many pain-processing centers in the brain.

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