AN IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL STUDY OF NEURONAL POPULATIONS CONTAINING NEUROPEPTIDES OR GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRATE WITHIN THE SUPERFICIAL LAYERS OF THE RAT DORSAL HORN
AN IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL STUDY OF NEURONAL POPULATIONS CONTAINING NEUROPEPTIDES OR GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRATE WITHIN THE SUPERFICIAL LAYERS OF THE RAT DORSAL HORN
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DOI:
10.1016/0306-4522(81)90029-4
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
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影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
WU, JY
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作者:
HUNT, SP;KELLY, JS;WU, JY
Immunohistochemical techniques were used to characterize a number of interneuronal types found within the superficial layers of the rat dorsal horn. Substance P, Met-enkephalin, neurotensin, avian pancreatic polypeptide, somatostatin and glutamic acid decarboxylase-like immunoreactivities were found within discrete populations of cell bodies within layers I to III of the spinal cord after colchicine pretreatment. Each immunoreactive cell type was distinct in terms of the distribution of terminals, perikaryal size and position within the dorsal horn. Cell bodies containing substance P were predominantly within layers I, II and III, while surgical isolation of the dorsal horn to remove terminals of extrinsic origin indicated that the terminals of the local substance P-containing interneurons were present throughout layers I and II0. Enkephalin-immunoreactive neurons were most numerous within layer II, with less frequently observed larger enkephalin immunoreactive neurons in layer I. Neurotensin-containing neurons were found in a fairly narrow layer along the II/III border, with dendritic arborisations extending into both layers II and III. Neurotensin-immunoreactive terminals occurred in 2 bands, a dense band within layer IIi and a less dense one within layers I and II0. Somatostatin-like immunoreactivity was found in occasional large neurons within layer IIi. Avian pancreatic polypeptide immunoreactivity was localized to neurons within layers I, II and III, as was terminal immunoreactivity. Glutamic acid decarboxylase-containing neurons were large and were found predominantly within layers I, II0 and on the II/III border, where terminal immunoreactivity was concentrated. Hemisection combined with dorsal root section indicated that the majority of these immunohistochemically identifiable neurons were interneurons. The interconnections and relations of these neurons to dorsal horn projection neurons are considered in the light of reported analgesic properties of a number of these substances when applied directly to the spinal cord.