Evidence for ascending visceral nociceptive information in the dorsal midline and lateral spinal cord
2000; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 87; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/s0304-3959(00)00272-4
ISSN1872-6623
Autores Tópico(s)Anesthesia and Pain Management
ResumoThe effect of acute, mid-cervical spinal cord lesions on neuronal and reflex activity evoked by the noxious visceral stimulus, colorectal distension (CRD; 80 mmHg, 20 s), was determined in halothane-anesthetized rats. Extracellular recordings were performed of neurons stereotaxically located within the ventrobasal group of the thalamus and in the region of the medullary lateral reticular nucleus. CRD-evoked activity of thalamic neurons was attenuated by lesions of the dorsal midline, but minimally affected by lateral lesions of the spinal cord. In contrast, CRD-evoked activity of medullary neurons was attenuated by lateral lesions ipsilateral to the recording site, but minimally affected by contralateral lateral lesions or dorsal midline lesions. Pseudaffective visceromotor/cardiovascular responses were vigorous in rats with dorsal midline lesions and absent/attenuated in rats with bilateral lateral spinal lesions. This study presents evidence that visceral nociceptive information ascends in the spinal cord by both dorsal midline and lateral spinal pathways.
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