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Inhibition of hyperactive trigeminal subnucleus caudalis neurons after experimental trigeminal rhizotomy in response to thalamic sensory relay nucleus stimulation. 1986

Y Katayama, and T Tsubokawa, and M Sugitani, and T Hirayama

The effects of thalamic sensory relay nucleus stimulation on the single neuron activity and field potentials within the trigeminal subnucleus caudalis, which is trigeminal equivalent of the dorsal horn were investigated in intact cats as well as in cats subjected to retro-Gasserian rhizotomy 1-6 months before the experiments. Inhibition of nociceptive neural activity and a positive field potential were evoked by thalamic stimulation in the dorsal horn of the intact animals. A positive field potential followed double pulse stimulation with frequencies ranging up to approximately 50 Hz. The inhibitory periods ranged from 60 to 100 ms. Train pulse stimulation with frequencies ranging from 30 to 50 Hz produced long-lasting inhibition of nociceptive neural activity and a positive shift of the field potentials. Essentially identical inhibition of abnormal neural hyperactivity occurring in the rhizotomized dorsal horn was observed. The positive field potential corresponding to this inhibition also displayed characteristics similar to the field potential seen in the intact dorsal horn. These data indicate that the pathways involved in the inhibitory responses induced by thalamic sensory relay nucleus stimulation, unlike some other pain inhibitory systems, can exert their influence even to the dorsal horn which has undergone reorganization of neural circuits after rhizotomy.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D009409	Nerve Crush	Treatment of muscles and nerves under pressure as a result of crush injuries.	Crush, Nerve
D009433	Neural Inhibition	The function of opposing or restraining the excitation of neurons or their target excitable cells.	Inhibition, Neural
D009474	Neurons	The basic cellular units of nervous tissue. Each neuron consists of a body, an axon, and dendrites. Their purpose is to receive, conduct, and transmit impulses in the NERVOUS SYSTEM.	Nerve Cells,Cell, Nerve,Cells, Nerve,Nerve Cell,Neuron
D011930	Reaction Time	The time from the onset of a stimulus until a response is observed.	Response Latency,Response Speed,Response Time,Latency, Response,Reaction Times,Response Latencies,Response Times,Speed, Response,Speeds, Response
D002415	Cats	The domestic cat, Felis catus, of the carnivore family FELIDAE, comprising over 30 different breeds. The domestic cat is descended primarily from the wild cat of Africa and extreme southwestern Asia. Though probably present in towns in Palestine as long ago as 7000 years, actual domestication occurred in Egypt about 4000 years ago. (From Walker's Mammals of the World, 6th ed, p801)	Felis catus,Felis domesticus,Domestic Cats,Felis domestica,Felis sylvestris catus,Cat,Cat, Domestic,Cats, Domestic,Domestic Cat
D004558	Electric Stimulation	Use of electric potential or currents to elicit biological responses.	Stimulation, Electric,Electrical Stimulation,Electric Stimulations,Electrical Stimulations,Stimulation, Electrical,Stimulations, Electric,Stimulations, Electrical
D004569	Electroencephalography	Recording of electric currents developed in the brain by means of electrodes applied to the scalp, to the surface of the brain, or placed within the substance of the brain.	EEG,Electroencephalogram,Electroencephalograms
D005073	Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory	The electric response evoked in the CEREBRAL CORTEX by stimulation along AFFERENT PATHWAYS from PERIPHERAL NERVES to CEREBRUM.	Somatosensory Evoked Potentials,Evoked Potential, Somatosensory,Somatosensory Evoked Potential
D005260	Female		Females