Prolonged depression of spinal transmission of nociceptive information by 5-HT administered in the substantia gelatinosa: antagonism by methysergide
Prolonged depression of spinal transmission of nociceptive information by 5-HT administered in the substantia gelatinosa: antagonism by methysergide
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凝胶质中给予 5-HT 的伤害性信息的脊髓传输的长期抑制:美西麦角的拮抗作用
DOI:
10.1016/0006-8993(80)90511-9
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发表时间:
1980
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
A. Duggan
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作者:
B. T. Griersmith;A. Duggan
There is indirect evidence that 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) may be a transmitter released by descending fibres which control the spinal transmission of nociceptive information. Thus, electrical stimulation near 5-HT-containing neurones in the raph6 nuclei of the brain stem produces both behavioural analgesia and inhibition of dorsal horn neurones excited by cutaneous noxious stimuli 2, 5,~ AI, 16, 1s, 19, 24-26, 2s, 29. In a previous study 21, 5-HT and noradrenaline (NA), administered in the substantia gelatinosa (SG), relatively selectively reduced the excitation of neurones of laminae IV and V by noxious skin stimuli. Responses of these cells to hair deflection were minimally affected. This effect at receptors in the SG could be relevant to analgesia produced by stimulation of raph6 nuclei. Intrathecal administration of 5-HT to the lumbar cord of the rat produced behavioural analgesia which was reversed by methysergide a2.It has not been shown, however, that a substance which blocks the action of 5-HT on dorsal horn neurones also reduces the inhibition of these cells by brain stem raph6 stimulation. Indeed, it has proved difficult to obtain a suitable and reliable antagonist of the effects of 5-HT on single central neurones. Antagonists of the effects of 5-HT on peripheral tissues, when ejected electrophoretically near cell bodies of central neurones have been reported not to reduce the effects of 5-HT 1, 9,~, 2a or to partially antagonize 5-HT effectsS, 4, 6-s, a0, 31. In the present experiments methysergide and lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), were examined for possible antagonism of the action of 5-HT administered in the SG.