DEPOLARIZATION OF CENTRAL TERMINALS OF GROUP I AFFERENT FIBRES FROM MUSCLE
DEPOLARIZATION OF CENTRAL TERMINALS OF GROUP I AFFERENT FIBRES FROM MUSCLE
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DOI:
10.1113/jphysiol.1962.sp006835
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发表时间:
1962-01-01
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
MAGNI, F
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作者:
ECCLES, JC;WILLIS, WD;MAGNI, F
Group I afferent volleys in the nerves to flexor muscles of the cat hind limb are very effective in producing a prolonged depolarization of the Group I afferent fibres from all types of muscle. This primary afferent depolarization (PAD) is revealed not only by intracellular recording from the Ia and Ib afferent fibres in the cord and by the dorsal root potential, but it is also exhibited by the increased excitability of these fibres and by the field potential which is produced in the spinal cord. Group I volleys in the nerves to extensor muscles have little or no depolarizing action on Group Ia afferents, but are effective on many Group Ib afferents. Furthermore, Group II volleys in the nerves to both flexor and extensor muscles cause depolarization of afferent fibres other than the Group I of muscle. The PAD always has a slow time course latency 4-6 msec; 15-20 msec to summit; and a total duration of 100-300 msec. It is postulated that the PAD is produced by a prolonged synaptic depolarizing action on branches of primary afferent fibres in the motoneur-onal and intermediate nuclei, and that the depolarization spreads thence electrotonically along the fibres even into the dorsal roots. There is both spatial and temporal summation on the central pathway producing the PAD; hence it is postulated to pass through synaptic relays. The long central latency gives time for several interneuronal relays. Post-tetanic potentiation of the PAD is observed for about 60 sec after prolonged tetanization either of the conditioning or of the receiving afferent nerve. It is concluded that the PAD of Group I afferent fibres is the cause of most of the prolonged field potentials which Group I afferent volleys from flexor muscles generate in the spinal cord, i.e. of the field that is oriented with ventrolateral negativity and dorsomedial positivity. It is also concluded that the PAD provides a complete explanation of the presynaptic inhibition that is produced by Group I afferent volleys from muscle.