center dot Spared nerve injury (SNI) altered the action potential (AP) output of lamina I spino-parabrachial neurons (SPNs) without affecting their resting potential or membrane resistance. center dot In one-third of SPNs, high -threshold dorsal root stimulation elicited persistent AP firing which was never observed in cells from na & iuml;ve animals. center dot 38% of SPNs from SNI rats showed spontaneous persistent AP firing. center dot After SNI lowand high -output SPNs were no longer nociceptive-specific as part of them responded with APs to low -threshold stimulation. center dot These SNI-induced changes of SPN output might represent cellular mechanisms for neuropathy-associated allodynia, hyperalgesia, and spontaneous pain.