The Motor Output of Hindlimb Innervating Segments of the Spinal Cord is Modulated by Cholinergic Activation of Rostrally Projecting Sacral Relay Neurons
| Autor: | Meir Cherniak, Eran Finkel, Aharon Lev-Tov, Alex Etlin, Lili Anglister |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Central pattern generator
Sensory system General Medicine Hindlimb Anatomy Biology Spinal cord Acetylcholine Rats Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience medicine.anatomical_structure Cholinergic Fibers Spinal Cord Interneurons Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor medicine Locomotor rhythm Animals Cholinergic Neuroscience medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Molecular Neuroscience. 53:517-524 |
| ISSN: | 1559-1166 0895-8696 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s12031-014-0351-2 |
| Popis: | Cholinergic networks have been shown to be involved in generation and modulation of the locomotor rhythmic pattern produced by the mammalian central pattern generators. Here, we show that changes in the endogenous levels of acetylcholine in the sacral segments of the isolated spinal cord of the neonatal rat modulate the locomotor-related output produced by stimulation of sacrocaudal afferents in muscarinic receptor-dependent mechanisms. Cholinergic components we found on sacral relay neurons with lumbar projections through the ventral and lateral funiculi are suggested to mediate this ascending cholinergic modulation. Our findings, possible mechanisms accounting for them, and their potential implications are discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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