Opiate analgesics inhibit substance P release from rat trigeminal nucleus
Opiate analgesics inhibit substance P release from rat trigeminal nucleus
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DOI:
10.1016/0304-3959(79)90061-7
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发表时间:
1977-08
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影响因子:
64.8
通讯作者:
T. Jessell;L. Iversen
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作者:
T. Jessell;L. Iversen
A new technique has been developed for stable, long-term recording from groups of individual primary afferent neurons in the freely walking cat. A number of fine, flexible wires are inserted into dotal root ganglia via a small laminotomy in the lumbar spine. The cut end of each wire can record stable and separable action potentials from I to 3 dorsal root ganglion neurons; each unit has held for 1--4 days. A broad range of myelinated somatosensory afferents (conduction velocities of 30-120 m/sec) have been studied during locomotion. Most cutaneous and proprioceptive afferents studied have been sensitive monitors of complex combinations of step cycle components, and their firing patterns would often have been difficult to predict from existing information. The technique may be of use also in studies of pain in awake animals.Opiate analgesics inhibit substance P release from rat trigeminal nucleus.-TM Jessell and LL Iversen, Nature (Lond.), 268 (1977) 540--551 Comparative distribution of opiate receptor binding and of substance P (SP) in the rat brain stem and spinal cord is described. The stimulus evoked release of SP from rat spinal trigeminal nucleus slices in vitro was examined to find the factors which control its release from primary afferent terminals. Opiate analgesics were found to suppress the stimulus-evoked release of SP. It is suggested that some opiate receptors are located in the substantia gelatinosa on primary afferent nerve terminals containing SP and that opiate analgesics interact with coupling mechanism, eg calcium influx.