Characterization of Sacral Interneurons That Mediate Activation of Locomotor Pattern Generators by Sacrocaudal Afferent Input
| Autor: | Eran Finkel, Yoav Mor, Aharon Lev-Tov, Lili Anglister, Alex Etlin, Michael J. O'Donovan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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animal structures Fluorescent Antibody Technique Glutamic Acid Stimulation Hindlimb Biology Receptors N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Functional Laterality chemistry.chemical_compound Calcium imaging Interneurons Locomotor rhythm Animals Electrodes 6-Cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2 3-dione Afferent Pathways Sensory stimulation therapy Sacrococcygeal Region General Neuroscience Central pattern generator Articles Immunohistochemistry Electric Stimulation Rats body regions Microscopy Fluorescence Spinal Cord nervous system chemistry Data Interpretation Statistical Vesicular Glutamate Transport Protein 1 embryonic structures Vesicular Glutamate Transport Protein 2 CNQX NMDA receptor Calcium Female Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists human activities Neuroscience Locomotion |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Neuroscience. 33:734-747 |
| ISSN: | 1529-2401 0270-6474 |
| DOI: | 10.1523/jneurosci.4390-12.2013 |
| Popis: | Identification of the neural pathways involved in retraining the spinal central pattern generators (CPGs) by afferent input in the absence of descending supraspinal control is feasible in isolated rodent spinal cords where the locomotor CPGs are potently activated by sacrocaudal afferent (SCA) input. Here we study the involvement of sacral neurons projecting rostrally through the ventral funiculi (VF) in activation of the CPGs by sensory stimulation. Fluorescent labeling and immunostaining showed that VF neurons are innervated by primary afferents immunoreactive for vesicular glutamate transporters 1 and 2 and by intraspinal neurons. Calcium imaging revealed that 55% of the VF neurons were activated by SCA stimulation. The activity of VF neurons and the sacral and lumbar CPGs was abolished when non-NMDA receptors in the sacral segments were blocked by the antagonist CNQX. When sacral NMDA receptors were blocked by APV, the sacral CPGs were suppressed, VF neurons with nonrhythmic activity were recruited and a moderate-drive locomotor rhythm developed during SCA stimulation. In contrast, when the sacral CPGs were activated by SCA stimulation, rhythmic and nonrhythmic VF neurons were recruited and the locomotor rhythm was most powerful. The activity of 73 and 27% of the rhythmic VF neurons was in-phase with the ipsilateral and contralateral motor output, respectively. Collectively, our studies indicate that sacral VF neurons serve as a major link between SCA and the hindlimb CPGs and that the ability of SCA to induce stepping can be enhanced by the sacral CPGs. The nature of the ascending drive to lumbar CPGs, the identity of subpopulations of VF neurons, and their potential role in activating the locomotor rhythm are discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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