Thiazoline-related innate fear stimuli orchestrate hypothermia and anti-hypoxia via sensory TRPA1 activation

Matsuo et al. report that thiazoline-related innate fear-eliciting compounds activate the spinal trigeminal nucleus (Sp5) and the nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS) via vagal/trigeminal TRPA1 to induce robust physiological alterations, enabling long time survival in a lethal hypoxic environment.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tomohiko Matsuo, Tomoko Isosaka, Yuichiro Hayashi, Lijun Tang, Akihiro Doi, Aiko Yasuda, Mikio Hayashi, Chia-Ying Lee, Liqin Cao, Natsumaro Kutsuna, Sachihiro Matsunaga, Takeshi Matsuda, Ikuko Yao, Mitsuyoshi Setou, Dai Kanagawa, Koichiro Higasa, Masahito Ikawa, Qinghua Liu, Reiko Kobayakawa, Ko Kobayakawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22205-0