期刊
NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH
卷 72, 期 3, 页码 227-235出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2011.12.007
关键词
Spinocervical tract; Dorsal horn spinocerebellar neurons; Spinal cord; Cerebellum; Cervical cord
资金
- Wellcome Trust
- Medical Research Council [G0700420] Funding Source: researchfish
- MRC [G0700420] Funding Source: UKRI
Previous studies showed that ipsilaterally projecting dorsal horn dorsal spinocerebellar tract (dh-DSCT) neurons located outside Clarke's column in mid- and caudal-lumbar segments of the spinal cord receive different afferent inputs. Here, we examined, using extracellular recordings in anaesthetized cats, whether there are also input differences to these populations of dh-DSCT neurons from: (a) the spinocervical tract (SCT), estimated by stimulation of the ipsilateral dorsolateral funiculus at cervical cord C3 and rostral Cl, below and above the termination of SCT axons in the lateral cervical nucleus (LCN), and (b) descending/ascending fibres activated by electrical stimulation at rostral Cl. Seventy percent (21/30) of the lower-lumbar (L6-L7) dh-DSCT neurons received significantly greater excitation from C3 than rostra] Cl, whereas only 17% (5/30) of the mid-lumbar (L5) dh-DSCT neurons had greater responses from C3 than rostral Cl. Inhibition of background activity was seen in 30% of the lower-lumbar neurons, but only in 3% of mid-lumbar neurons. These findings suggest that lower-lumbar dh-DSCT neurons are much more likely, than mid-lumbar ones, to be influenced by the SCT and by systems descending from the brain, LCN and/or ascending systems. The experiments provide further evidence for differences in input to the subpopulations of dh-DSCT neurons. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd and the Japan Neuroscience Society. All rights reserved.
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