Same same but different. Different trigeminal chemoreceptors share the same central pathway.

Intranasal trigeminal sensations are important in everyday life of human beings, as they play a governing role in protecting the airways from harm. Trigeminal sensations arise from the binding of a ligand to various sub-types of transient receptor potential (TRP) channels located on mucosal branches...

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Main Authors: Kathrin Kollndorfer, Ksenia Kowalczyk, Johannes Frasnelli, Elisabeth Hoche, Ewald Unger, Christian A Mueller, Jacqueline Krajnik, Siegfried Trattnig, Veronika Schöpf
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Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0121091&type=printable
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author Kathrin Kollndorfer
Ksenia Kowalczyk
Johannes Frasnelli
Elisabeth Hoche
Ewald Unger
Christian A Mueller
Jacqueline Krajnik
Siegfried Trattnig
Veronika Schöpf
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Ksenia Kowalczyk
Johannes Frasnelli
Elisabeth Hoche
Ewald Unger
Christian A Mueller
Jacqueline Krajnik
Siegfried Trattnig
Veronika Schöpf
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description Intranasal trigeminal sensations are important in everyday life of human beings, as they play a governing role in protecting the airways from harm. Trigeminal sensations arise from the binding of a ligand to various sub-types of transient receptor potential (TRP) channels located on mucosal branches of the trigeminal nerve. Which underlying neural networks are involved in the processing of various trigeminal inputs is still unknown. To target this unresolved question fourteen healthy human subjects were investigated by completing three functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanning sessions during which three trigeminal substances, activating varying sub-types of chemoreceptors and evoking different sensations in the nose were presented: CO2, menthol and cinnamaldehyde. We identified similar functional networks responding to all stimuli: an olfactory network, a somatosensory network and an integrative network. The processing pathway of all three stimulants was represented by the same functional networks, although CO2 evokes painful but virtually odorless sensations, and the two other stimulants, menthol and cinnamaldehyde are perceived as mostly non painful with a clear olfactory percept. Therefore, our results suggest a common central processing pathway for trigeminal information regardless of the trigeminal chemoreceptor and sensation type.
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spelling doaj-art-4c2f3a4d1a834d87aede0495ce9b067a2025-08-20T02:09:14ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032015-01-01103e012109110.1371/journal.pone.0121091Same same but different. Different trigeminal chemoreceptors share the same central pathway.Kathrin KollndorferKsenia KowalczykJohannes FrasnelliElisabeth HocheEwald UngerChristian A MuellerJacqueline KrajnikSiegfried TrattnigVeronika SchöpfIntranasal trigeminal sensations are important in everyday life of human beings, as they play a governing role in protecting the airways from harm. Trigeminal sensations arise from the binding of a ligand to various sub-types of transient receptor potential (TRP) channels located on mucosal branches of the trigeminal nerve. Which underlying neural networks are involved in the processing of various trigeminal inputs is still unknown. To target this unresolved question fourteen healthy human subjects were investigated by completing three functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanning sessions during which three trigeminal substances, activating varying sub-types of chemoreceptors and evoking different sensations in the nose were presented: CO2, menthol and cinnamaldehyde. We identified similar functional networks responding to all stimuli: an olfactory network, a somatosensory network and an integrative network. The processing pathway of all three stimulants was represented by the same functional networks, although CO2 evokes painful but virtually odorless sensations, and the two other stimulants, menthol and cinnamaldehyde are perceived as mostly non painful with a clear olfactory percept. Therefore, our results suggest a common central processing pathway for trigeminal information regardless of the trigeminal chemoreceptor and sensation type.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0121091&type=printable
spellingShingle Kathrin Kollndorfer
Ksenia Kowalczyk
Johannes Frasnelli
Elisabeth Hoche
Ewald Unger
Christian A Mueller
Jacqueline Krajnik
Siegfried Trattnig
Veronika Schöpf
Same same but different. Different trigeminal chemoreceptors share the same central pathway.
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title Same same but different. Different trigeminal chemoreceptors share the same central pathway.
title_full Same same but different. Different trigeminal chemoreceptors share the same central pathway.
title_fullStr Same same but different. Different trigeminal chemoreceptors share the same central pathway.
title_full_unstemmed Same same but different. Different trigeminal chemoreceptors share the same central pathway.
title_short Same same but different. Different trigeminal chemoreceptors share the same central pathway.
title_sort same same but different different trigeminal chemoreceptors share the same central pathway
url https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0121091&type=printable
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