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Noxious stimulation and baseline recordings of ON, OFF and Neutral cells in the rat rostral ventromedial medulla

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Dataset consisting of single-electrode recordings in lightly anesthetized Sprague-Dawley rats, during both unstimulated periods of activity lasting roughly 25 minutes, and multiple episodes of noxious hind paw stimulation with heat ramp and noxious pinch. For the accompanying preprint see https://doi.org/10.64898/2025.12.15.693905.

Keywords:
Nociception
Descending Pain Modulation
Rostral Ventromedial Medulla
Pain
single-neurons
Multi-Timescale Dynamics
noxious stimulation
brainstem
ON-cells
OFF-cells
Medulla
rat
Defensive Behaviour
reflex
Subject matter:
Rostral Ventromedial Medulla
Contributors
Ashworth, Carl ORCID logo
Mancini, Flavia ORCID logo
Heinricher, Mary
Shi, Zhigang ORCID logo
De Preter, Caitlynn C ORCID logo
Martenson, Melissa
Funding information
National Institutes of Health
- Award Number: NS098660, NS120486
MRC Career Development Award
- Award Number: MR/T010614/1
UKRI Advanced Pain Discovery Platform grant
- Award Number: MR/ W027593/1
EPSRC/MRC Programme Grant
- Award Number: UKRI1970
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
- Award Number: F31 DE030677
EPSRC DTP
- Award Number: EP/W524633/1
Related resources
Multi-timescale Rhythmic Dynamics in Rostral Ventromedial Medulla Neurons
Resource Type: dcite:Preprint
Repo: bioarxiv
Relation: dcite:IsCitedBy
Assets Summary
Species
Rattus norvegicus - Norway rat
Approach
electrophysiological approach
Data Standard
Neurodata Without Borders (NWB)
RRID:SCR_015242
Number Of Subjects
24
Variable Measured
Units
Measurement Technique
spike sorting technique
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Owners
Carl Ashworth
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