Abstract:
:In the present study, long-term and short-term rat preparations were used to develop a model for investigating external anal sphincter (EAS) reflexes in intact and spinal cord-injured (SCI) rats. In this model, EAS distension with an external probe elicits reflex contractions of the EAS in intact, unanesthetized animals. At 2 h after spinal cord transection, none of the lesioned animals displayed EAS EMG activity. In fact, once distended, the EAS was incapable of maintaining closure of the anal orifice. Over a period of 4 days, spinalized animals developed a hyperreflexia of the EAS response. By 48 h, the rectified, integrated EAS EMG was significantly elevated in comparison with nonlesioned controls (EAS hyperreflexia). In addition, the duration of the EAS EMG bursts in response to sphincter distension had significantly increased. At 6 weeks after injury, the EAS was significantly hyperreflexic as measured by EMG burst duration and burst area. As with intact animals, posttransection EAS reflexes were highly anesthesia sensitive. These studies indicate that (1) brief distension of the anal orifice is sufficient to evoke a physiologically relevant reflexive activation of the EAS in the rat, (2) the 2- to 24-h postinjury areflexia observed in these experiments may be a suitable model for the study of spinal shock, and (3) the observed EAS hyperreflexia after chronic SCI may represent the permanent effects of removing descending inhibitory circuits and segmental plasticity, making this reflex an appropriate measure of defecatory dysfunction after spinal cord injury.
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J Neurotraumajournal_title
Journal of neurotraumaauthors
Holmes GM,Rogers RC,Bresnahan JC,Beattie MSdoi
10.1089/neu.1998.15.451subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1998-06-01 00:00:00pages
451-7issue
6eissn
0897-7151issn
1557-9042journal_volume
15pub_type
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