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Branching points of primary afferent fibers are vital for the modulation of fiber excitability by epidural DC polarization and by GABA in the rat spinal cord.

Abstract：

:The aim of the study was to examine whether the sustained increases in the excitability of afferent fibers traversing the dorsal columns evoked by their polarization depend on the branching points of these fibers. To this end, the effects of epidural polarization were compared in four spinal regions in deeply anesthetized rats; two with the densest collateralization of muscle afferent fibers (above motor nuclei and Clarke's column) and two where the collateralization is more sparse (rostral and caudal to motor nuclei, respectively. The degree of collateralization in different segments was reconstructed in retrogradely labeled afferent fibers in the rat. Nerve volleys evoked in peripheral nerves by electrical stimulation of the dorsal columns within these regions were used as a measure of the excitability of the stimulated fibers. Potent increases in the excitability were evoked by polarization above motor nuclei and Clarke's column, both during constant direct current (DC) polarization (1 µA for 1 min) and for at least 30 min following DC polarization. Smaller excitability increases occurred during the polarization within other regions and were thereafter either absent or rapidly declined after its termination. The postpolarization increases in excitability were counteracted by the GABAA receptor antagonist bicuculline and the α5GABAA extrasynaptic receptor antagonist L655708 and enhanced by the GABAA receptor agonist muscimol and by ionophoretically applied GABA. As extrasynaptic α5GABAA receptors have been found close to Na channels within branching points, these results are consistent with the involvement of branching points in the induction of the sustained postpolarization increases in fiber excitability.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Polarization of sensory fibers traversing dorsal columns of the spinal cord may considerably increase the excitability of these fibers. We show that this involves the effects of current at branching points of afferent fibers and depends on extrasynaptic effects of GABA. These results contribute to our understanding of the mechanism underlying plasticity of activation of nerve fibers and may be used to increase the effectiveness of epidural stimulation in humans and recovery of spinal functions.

journal_name

J Neurophysiol

journal_title

Journal of neurophysiology

authors

Li Y,Hari K,Lucas-Osma AM,Fenrich KK,Bennett DJ,Hammar I,Jankowska E

doi

10.1152/jn.00161.2020

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-07-01 00:00:00

pages

49-62

issue

eissn

0022-3077

issn

1522-1598

journal_volume

124

pub_type

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Branching points of primary afferent fibers are vital for the modulation of fiber excitability by epidural DC polarization and by GABA in the rat spinal cord.