The spino-latero-reticular system of the rat: projections from the superficial dorsal horn and structural characterization of marginal neurons involved - PubMed (original) (raw)
The spino-latero-reticular system of the rat: projections from the superficial dorsal horn and structural characterization of marginal neurons involved
D Lima et al. Neuroscience. 1991.
Abstract
The projections of the superficial dorsal horn to the lateral reticular nucleus of the medulla oblongata of the rat, and the morphological types of spinal cord lamina I neurons involved were studied after injecting the retrograde tracer cholera toxin subunit B in the caudal portion of the lateral reticular nucleus. Only injection sites located in the lateral part of the lateral reticular nucleus caused retrograde cell labelling in the superficial dorsal horn (laminae I-III). However, injection sites covering the lateral half of the lateral reticular nucleus and the region intermediate between its lateral border and the ventrocaudal tip of the trigeminal spinal nucleus also labelled cells in the neck of the dorsal horn. In contrast, injection sites confined to the intermediate region gave rise to an almost exclusive cell labelling in laminae I-III. Because the lateral part of the lateral reticular nucleus and the adjoining lateral region are rich in noradrenergic cells, it is suggested that these may be the specific targets of laminae I-III neurons. On the basis of the solid dendritic filling achieved, labelled lamina I cells were classified structurally. Most were fusiform cells (80%) and a minority pyramidal or flattened cells (10% each). Since fusiform cells also project selectively to the parabrachial nuclei, which together with the lateral reticular nucleus have been implicated in respiratory and cardiovascular reflexes, it is suggested that this cell type may convey nociceptive input originating autonomic responses. The pyramidal cells project also in large numbers to the mesencephalic periaqueductal gray which, like the lateral reticular nucleus, exerts descending inhibition on the dorsal horn nociceptive neurons. This suggests that this cell type may activate the spinal-midbrain pain modulatory loops centred on both nuclei.
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