Responses of medullary dorsal horn neurons to corneal stimulation by CO(2) pulses in the rat.

Abstract:

:Corneal-responsive neurons were recorded extracellularly in two regions of the spinal trigeminal nucleus, subnucleus interpolaris/caudalis (Vi/Vc) and subnucleus caudalis/upper cervical cord (Vc/C1) transition regions, from methohexital-anesthetized male rats. Thirty-nine Vi/Vc and 26 Vc/C1 neurons that responded to mechanical and electrical stimulation of the cornea were examined for convergent cutaneous receptive fields, responses to natural stimulation of the corneal surface by CO(2) pulses (0, 30, 60, 80, and 95%), effects of morphine, and projections to the contralateral thalamus. Forty-six percent of mechanically sensitive Vi/Vc neurons and 58% of Vc/C1 neurons were excited by CO(2) stimulation. The evoked activity of most cells occurred at 60% CO(2) after a delay of 7-22 s. At the Vi/Vc transition three response patterns were seen. Type I cells (n = 11) displayed an increase in activity with increasing CO(2) concentration. Type II cells (n = 7) displayed a biphasic response, an initial inhibition followed by excitation in which the magnitude of the excitatory phase was dependent on CO(2) concentration. A third category of Vi/Vc cells (type III, n = 3) responded to CO(2) pulses only after morphine administration (>1.0 mg/kg). At the Vc/C1 transition, all CO(2)-responsive cells (n = 15) displayed an increase in firing rates with greater CO(2) concentration, similar to the pattern of type I Vi/Vc cells. Comparisons of the effects of CO(2) pulses on Vi/Vc type I units, Vi/Vc type II units, and Vc/C1 corneal units revealed no significant differences in threshold intensity, stimulus encoding, or latency to sustained firing. Morphine (0.5-3.5 mg/kg iv) enhanced the CO(2)-evoked activity of 50% of Vi/Vc neurons tested, whereas all Vc/C1 cells were inhibited in a dose-dependent, naloxone-reversible manner. Stimulation of the contralateral posterior thalamic nucleus antidromically activated 37% of Vc/C1 corneal units; however, no effective sites were found within the ventral posteromedial thalamic nucleus or nucleus submedius. None of the Vi/Vc corneal units tested were antidromically activated from sites within these thalamic regions. Corneal-responsive neurons in the Vi/Vc and Vc/C1 regions likely serve different functions in ocular nociception, a conclusion reflected more by the difference in sensitivity to analgesic drugs and efferent projection targets than by the CO(2) stimulus intensity encoding functions. Collectively, the properties of Vc/C1 corneal neurons were consistent with a role in the sensory-discriminative aspects of ocular pain due to chemical irritation. The unique and heterogeneous properties of Vi/Vc corneal neurons suggested involvement in more specialized ocular functions such as reflex control of tear formation or eye blinks or recruitment of antinociceptive control pathways.

journal_name

J Neurophysiol

authors

Hirata H,Hu JW,Bereiter DA

doi

10.1152/jn.1999.82.5.2092

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Has Abstract

pub_date

1999-11-01 00:00:00

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2092-107

issue

5

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0022-3077

issn

1522-1598

journal_volume

82

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