PAIN;
TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;
PAIN MODULATION;
LOCUS CERULEUS;
D O I:
10.1016/0006-8993(92)90520-J
中图分类号:
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号:
071006 ;
摘要:
Diffuse noxious inhibitory controls (DNIC) acting on trigeminal convergent neurons were compared in sham-operated animals and rats with quinolinic acid induced lesions of the locus coeruleus/subcoeruleus (LC/SC). No significant differences were observed between control animals and those with ipsilateral, contralateral or bilateral lesions of the LC/SC, in respect of: (1) the general properties of the recorded units; and (2) the magnitude of the depressions of C-fiber-evoked responses of convergent neurons produced by immersing each paw in a 50-degrees-C water bath (i.e. DNIC). It is concluded that the LC/SC is not involved, at least directly, in the supraspinal part of the loop which subserves DNIC in the rat.