NOCICEPTIVE NEURONS IN AREA-24 OF RABBIT CINGULATE CORTEX
NOCICEPTIVE NEURONS IN AREA-24 OF RABBIT CINGULATE CORTEX
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DOI:
10.1152/jn.1992.68.5.1720
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发表时间:
1992-11-01
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
VOGT, BA
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作者:
SIKES, RW;VOGT, BA
1. Single-unit responses in area 24 of cingulate cortex were examined in halothane-anesthetized rabbits during stimulation of the skin with transcutaneous electrical (TCES, 3-10 mA), mechanical (smooth or serrated forceps to the dorsal body surface or graded pressures of 100-1,500 g to the stabilized ear) and thermal (>25-degrees-C) stimulation.2. Of 542 units tested in cingulate cortex, 150 responded to noxious TCES (greater-than-or-equal-to 6 mA), 93 of 221 units tested responded to noxious mechanical (serrated forceps) and 9 of 47 units tested responded to noxious heat (>43-degrees-C) stimuli. Twenty-five percent of the units that responded to noxious mechanical stimuli also responded to noxious heat stimuli. The only innocuous stimulus that evoked activity in cingulate cortex was a "tap" to the skin and this was effective for 11 of 14 tested units.3. In 74 units that produced excitatory responses to TCES of the contralateral ear, response latency was 166 +/- 11.3 (SE) ms and response duration was 519 +/- 52.1 ms.4. Twenty of the 150 units that responded to noxious TCES were initially inhibited. These responses were usually