Morphological maladaptations in sympathetic preganglionic neurons following an experimental high-thoracic spinal cord injury. 2020

Rahul Sachdeva, and Gillian Hutton, and Arshdeep S Marwaha, and Andrei V Krassioukov
International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; Department of Medicine, Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

Spinal cord injury (SCI) disrupts the supraspinal vasomotor pathways to sympathetic preganglionic neurons (SPNs) leading to impaired blood pressure (BP) control that often results in episodes of autonomic dysreflexia and orthostatic hypotension. The physiological cardiovascular consequences of SCI are largely attributed to the plastic changes in spinal SPNs induced by their partial deafferentation. While multiple studies have investigated the morphological changes in SPNs following SCI with contrasting reports. Here we investigated the morphological changes in SPNs rostral and caudal to a high thoracic (T3) SCI at 1-, 4- and 8-weeks post injury. SPNs were identified using Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide hydrogen phosphate-diaphorase (NADPH- diaphorase) staining and were quantified for soma size and various dendritic measurements. We show that rostral to the lesion, soma size was increased at 1 week along with increased dendritic arbor. The total dendritic length was also increased at chronic stage (8 weeks post SCI). Caudal to the lesion, the soma size or dendritic lengths did not change with SCI. However, dendritic branching was enhanced within a week post SCI and remained elevated throughout the chronic stages. These findings demonstrate that SPNs undergo significant structural changes form sub-acute to chronic stages post-SCI that likely determines their functional consequences. These changes are discussed in context of physiological cardiovascular outcomes post-SCI.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
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
D003712 Dendrites Extensions of the nerve cell body. They are short and branched and receive stimuli from other NEURONS. Dendrite
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D013119 Spinal Cord Injuries Penetrating and non-penetrating injuries to the spinal cord resulting from traumatic external forces (e.g., WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WHIPLASH INJURIES; etc.). Myelopathy, Traumatic,Injuries, Spinal Cord,Post-Traumatic Myelopathy,Spinal Cord Contusion,Spinal Cord Laceration,Spinal Cord Transection,Spinal Cord Trauma,Contusion, Spinal Cord,Contusions, Spinal Cord,Cord Contusion, Spinal,Cord Contusions, Spinal,Cord Injuries, Spinal,Cord Injury, Spinal,Cord Laceration, Spinal,Cord Lacerations, Spinal,Cord Transection, Spinal,Cord Transections, Spinal,Cord Trauma, Spinal,Cord Traumas, Spinal,Injury, Spinal Cord,Laceration, Spinal Cord,Lacerations, Spinal Cord,Myelopathies, Post-Traumatic,Myelopathies, Traumatic,Myelopathy, Post-Traumatic,Post Traumatic Myelopathy,Post-Traumatic Myelopathies,Spinal Cord Contusions,Spinal Cord Injury,Spinal Cord Lacerations,Spinal Cord Transections,Spinal Cord Traumas,Transection, Spinal Cord,Transections, Spinal Cord,Trauma, Spinal Cord,Traumas, Spinal Cord,Traumatic Myelopathies,Traumatic Myelopathy
D013564 Sympathetic Nervous System The thoracolumbar division of the autonomic nervous system. Sympathetic preganglionic fibers originate in neurons of the intermediolateral column of the spinal cord and project to the paravertebral and prevertebral ganglia, which in turn project to target organs. The sympathetic nervous system mediates the body's response to stressful situations, i.e., the fight or flight reactions. It often acts reciprocally to the parasympathetic system. Nervous System, Sympathetic,Nervous Systems, Sympathetic,Sympathetic Nervous Systems,System, Sympathetic Nervous,Systems, Sympathetic Nervous
D013904 Thoracic Vertebrae A group of twelve VERTEBRAE connected to the ribs that support the upper trunk region. Vertebrae, Thoracic
D017208 Rats, Wistar A strain of albino rat developed at the Wistar Institute that has spread widely at other institutions. This has markedly diluted the original strain. Wistar Rat,Rat, Wistar,Wistar Rats
D048430 Cell Shape The quality of surface form or outline of CELLS. Cell Shapes,Shape, Cell,Shapes, Cell
D051381 Rats The common name for the genus Rattus. Rattus,Rats, Laboratory,Rats, Norway,Rattus norvegicus,Laboratory Rat,Laboratory Rats,Norway Rat,Norway Rats,Rat,Rat, Laboratory,Rat, Norway,norvegicus, Rattus

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