Abstract:
:Extracellular spikes were recorded from cell bodies of sympathetic preganglionic neurones in spinal segments T1-T3 of the cat. Each neurone was identified by its antidromic response to electrical stimulation of the sympathetic chain and was found in histological sections to lie within the intermediolateral nucleus. Physiological properties studied in detail included basal activity, spike configuration, and latency of antidromic activation. Also studied, in tests with paired stimuli, were the threshold interstimulus interval evoking two responses, as well as changes in amplitude and latency of the second spike which occurred at intervals near this threshold. Approximately 60% of the units studied were spontaneously active, the rest were silent. Spontaneous activity was characterized by a slow (mean = 3.1 +/- 2.6 (SD) spikes/s), irregular pattern of discharge. With approximately one-third of the cases there was a periodic pattern of discharge in phase with oscillations in blood pressure. This correlation of phasic activity suggests that many of the units studied were involved specifically in cardiovascular function. Silent and spontaneously active units could not be differentiated on the basis of latency of antidromic activation or threshold interstimulus interval; mean latency for the two groups was 7.2 +/- 4.9 ms, mean threshold interval was 6.4 +/- 4.7 ms. Thus, with the exception of basal activity, the physiological properties studied failed to indicate more than a single population of neurones. These results therefore suggest that the sympathetic preganglionic neurones in the intermediolateral nucleus subserving varied autonomic functions share overlapping physiological properties, and that functional differentiation of these neurones may be based on differences in synaptic inputs.
journal_name
Can J Physiol Pharmacoljournal_title
Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacologyauthors
Backman SB,Henry JLdoi
10.1139/y84-198subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1984-09-01 00:00:00pages
1183-93issue
9eissn
0008-4212issn
1205-7541journal_volume
62pub_type
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