期刊
NEUROSCIENCE
卷 304, 期 -, 页码 36-46出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.07.027
关键词
mirror pain; cerebral cortex; Fos expression; endogenous controls; mu-opioid receptor
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of PR China [81271228, 81473752]
- ShaanXi Provincial Project [2011KW-44]
It has been proposed that thalamic mediodorsal (MD) and ventromedial (VM) nuclei form thalamic 'nociceptive discriminators' in discrimination of nociceptive afferents, and specifically govern endogenous descending facilitation and inhibition. The present study conducted in rats was to explore the role of thalamic MD and VM nuclei in modulation of cerebral neuronal activities by means of detection of spatiotemporal variations of Fos expression within the cerebral cortex. Following a unilateral intramuscular injection of 5.8% saline into the gastrocnemius muscle, Fos expression within the bilateral, different areas of the cerebral cortex except S2 was significantly increased (P < 0.05). Particularly, the increases in Fos expression within the cingulate cortex and the insular cortex occurred at 0.5 h, 4 h and reached the peak level at 4 h, 16 h, respectively. Electrolytic lesion of the contralateral thalamic MD and VM nuclei significantly blocked the 5.8% saline intramuscularly induced increases in Fos expression within the bilateral cingulate and insular cortices, respectively. Additionally, the 5.8% saline-induced Fos expression in the cingulate cortex and the insular cortex were dosedependently attenuated by microinjection of l-opioid antagonist b-funaltrexamine hydrochloride into the thalamic MD and VM nuclei. It is suggested that (1) the neural circuits of ` thalamic MD nucleus - cingulate cortex' and ` thalamic VM nucleus - insular cortex' form two distinct pathways in the endogenous control of nociception, (2) mirror or contralateral pain is hypothesized to be related to cross-talk of neuronal activities within the bilateral cerebral cortices modulated by mu-opioid receptors within the thalamic MD and VM nuclei. (C) 2015 IBRO. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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