随着针刺镇痛原理研究的开展和对隔区研究的不断深入

提示隔核在疼痛调节方面有重要作用。隔核对疼痛的调节与其内部所含递质有关

也可能与脑内某些与疼痛有关脑区的纤维联系有较密切的关系。大鼠隔The efferent projections of septal nuclei from the brain areas relating to pain in the rat were studied with WGA-HRP and HRP methods.The results are obtained as follows:The septal areas project widely to some brain arease relating to pain

for instance

locus coerules

raphe nuclei

periaqueductal gray

thalamus

hypo thalamus

habenular

amygdaloid complex

cingulate cortex and hippocampus ets

but the projections of medial septal nucleus

lateral septal nucleus and diagonal band nucleus aro different.It is possiblc that these fiber projections aro one of the morphological basis of septal nuclei for regulating pain.