PLASTICITY OF COMPLEX TERMINALS IN LAMINA-II IN PARTIALLY DEAFFERENTED SPINAL-CORD - THE CAT SPARED ROOT PREPARATION

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ZHANG, B
GOLDBERGER, ME
WU, LF
MURRAY, M
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[1] MED COLL PENN,DEPT ANAT & NEUROBIOL,PHILADELPHIA,PA 19129
[2] W CHINA UNIV MED SCI,DEPT HISTOL & EMBRYOL,CHENGDU,PEOPLES R CHINA
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10.1016/0014-4886(95)90024-1
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Q189 [神经科学];
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Projections to the dorsal horn change in adult mammals in response to complete or partial deafferentation. The number of synaptic terminals remains constant after complete lumbosacral deafferentation, indicating replacement of lost dorsal root terminals by newly formed terminals from spared intrinsic systems. The density of a spared central projection of a dorsal root is increased in dorsal horn after partial deafferentation, consistent with sprouting by the axons in the spared root. In this study, we have used electron microscopy to study morphological changes in a specific class of terminals in the dorsal horn induced by partial deafferentation. Complex terminals (CTs) in the dorsal horn originate exclusively from dorsal roots and are readily distinguished morphologically. The CTs and the postsynaptic densities (PSDs) associated with CTs were measured in lamina II at L5 and L6 in cats subjected to unilateral spared root (L6) dorsal rhizotomies and compared to CTs in the control side. Acutely following partial deafferentation, the number of CT profiles decreased. At more chronic survivals, the number of CT profiles were restored to normal levels, and both the number and the length of PSDs were increased. The changes in CTs and PSDs suggest sprouting and synaptogenesis by the spared dorsal root fibers that produce changes in the postsynaptic neuron. Spared root deafferentation thus elicits compensatory changes in presynaptic terminals of the spared root and also in their postsynaptic target neurons. (C) 1995 Academic Press, Inc.
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