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BRAIN RESEARCH
卷 899, 期 1-2, 页码 240-247出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(01)02259-4
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brain-derived neurotrophic factor; spinal release; antibody microprobe; sciatic nerve transection
Using the antibody microprobe method, the sites of spinal release of immunoreactive brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) was studied in normal rats, and rats with prior sciatic nerve transection. In normal rats, a significant basal release of immunoreactive BDNF was found in the superficial dorsal horn. Following sciatic nerve transection (performed 14 days previously), release of BDNF was found throughout the whole of the dorsal hem. extending into deeper laminae. Electrical stimulation of the ipsilateral sciatic nerve at a strength adequate to excite either A fibres (20 Hz at 2xthreshold voltage) or A and C fibres (20 Hz at 20xthreshold voltage) did not alter the basal release of immunoreactive BDNF in normal or in nerve-injured rats. The results suggest that BDNF is released from the central terminals of primary afferent fibres, but such release is not solely dependent upon action potential invasion of these terminals. The increased extent of release following nerve transection is consistent with the hypothesis that BDNF plays a role in the central response to peripheral nerve injury. (C) 2001 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.
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