Electrophysiological properties of spinal wide dynamic range neurons in neuropathic pain rats following spinal nerve ligation  

脊神经结扎神经痛大鼠脊髓背角广动力范围神经元的电生理学特性(英文)

作　　者：刘风雨[1] 曲晓秀[1] 蔡捷[1] 王发田[1] 邢国刚[1] 万有[1,2,3] 

机构地区：[1]北京大学神经科学研究所 [2]北京大学基础医学院神经生物学系 [3]教育部和卫生部神经科学重点实验室,北京100191

出　　处：《Neuroscience Bulletin》2011年第1期1-8,共8页神经科学通报（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China(No. 30600173,81070893);the Key Project of China Ministry of Education(No. 109003);the National Basic Research Development Program(973 Program) of China (No.2007CB512501);Beijing Municipal Commission of Education "Special Grants for Outstanding Ph.D Program Tutors"

摘　　要：Objective The present study aimed to investigate the electrophysiological properties of wide dynamic range （WDR） neurons in spinal dorsal horn of rats with neuropathic pain induced by lumber 5 （L5） spinal nerve ligation （SNL） in a large size of samples.Methods Adult Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into normal and SNL groups.Electrophysiological technique was used to record the characteristics of WDR neurons in the spinal dorsal horn.Results Compared with the WDR neurons in normal rats,the WDR neurons in SNL rats showed an increase in excitability,manifested by an enlargement of the receptive field size,an increase in the proportion of neurons that exhibited spontaneous activities,decreases in the Cresponse threshold and latency,and an increase in the C-response duration.In addition,the numbers of A-and C-fiberevoked discharges were smaller in SNL rats than in normal rats.Conclusion The excitability of spinal WDR neurons increased in rats with neuropathic pain induced by L5 SNL.The increase in excitability of WDR neurons may contribute to the development of neuropathic pain.目的探讨腰5脊神经结扎(spinal nerve ligation, SNL)后,大鼠脊髓背角的广动力范围(wide dynamic range,WDR)神经元电生理学特性的改变。方法将健康雄性 Sprague-Dawley 大鼠分为正常组和 SNL 组,利用细胞外电生理学方法记录脊髓背角的 WDR 神经元放电。结果与正常大鼠相比,SNL 组大鼠 WDR 神经元兴奋性增加,表现为感受野扩大、有自发放电的神经元比例增加,以及 C 纤维诱发放电的阈值降低、潜伏期缩短、发放时程增加。此外,SNL组大鼠WDR神经元A和C纤维诱发放电数目较正常大鼠降低。结论大鼠腰5脊神经结扎后主要引起WDR神经元的兴奋性增加。WDR神经元的兴奋性增加可能参与神经病理痛的发生。

关 键 词：wide dynamic range neuron spinal dorsal horn spinal nerve ligation neuropathic pain 

分 类 号：R338[医药卫生—人体生理学]