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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-11-8
pubmed:abstractText
The aim of this study was to determine if thoracic respiratory interneurons (TRINs) might receive peripheral noxious somatic and visceral inputs. Extracellular potentials of 78 respiration-related T(3) neurons, whose activity was driven by central respiratory output, were recorded from the intermediate zone in pentobarbital anesthetized, paralyzed, and ventilated male rats. These neurons were identified as interneurons by their locations and by the absence of antidromic activation from the cervical sympathetic trunk and cerebellum. Thoracic esophageal distension (ED) was produced by water inflation of a latex balloon (0.1-0.5 ml, 20 s). A catheter was placed in the pericardial sac to administer 0.2 ml bradykinin (10(-5) M) for noxious cardiac stimulation. Of 78 TRINs examined for ED, activity of 24 TRINs increased and activity of 8 TRINs decreased. Intrapericardial bradykinin increased activity in 26/65 TRINs tested and decreased activity in 5 TRINs. Seventy-four TRINs were tested for effects of brush, pressure, and pinch of the chest and upper back areas. No TRINs responded to brushing hair. Low-threshold responses to pressure were observed in 27 TRINs. Fourteen TRINs were wide dynamic range and 4 TRINs had high-threshold responses. Peripheral stimuli affected all types of TRINs, including inspiratory, expiratory, and biphasic neurons. Simultaneous phrenic recordings showed that effects of various somatic and visceral stimuli on TRINs were independent of central respiratory drive. Various somatovisceral and viscerovisceral patterns of input were observed in TRINs. The results suggested that TRINs participate in intraspinal processing and integration of nociceptive information from somatic fields and visceral organs.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0022-3077
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
88
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2215-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12424263-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12424263-Brachial Plexus, pubmed-meshheading:12424263-Bradykinin, pubmed-meshheading:12424263-Electrophysiology, pubmed-meshheading:12424263-Esophagus, pubmed-meshheading:12424263-Extracellular Space, pubmed-meshheading:12424263-Heart, pubmed-meshheading:12424263-Interneurons, pubmed-meshheading:12424263-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12424263-Microinjections, pubmed-meshheading:12424263-Nerve Crush, pubmed-meshheading:12424263-Pain, pubmed-meshheading:12424263-Pericardium, pubmed-meshheading:12424263-Phrenic Nerve, pubmed-meshheading:12424263-Physical Stimulation, pubmed-meshheading:12424263-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:12424263-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:12424263-Respiratory Muscles, pubmed-meshheading:12424263-Spinal Cord, pubmed-meshheading:12424263-Stimulation, Chemical, pubmed-meshheading:12424263-Thorax
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Upper thoracic respiratory interneurons integrate noxious somatic and visceral information in rats.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73190, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.