作者: Michael M. Morgan , Jin-Hun Sohn , John C. Liebeskind
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(89)90461-7
关键词: Periaqueductal gray 、 Nociception 、 Hot plate test 、 Central nervous system 、 Stimulation 、 Spinal cord 、 Tail flick test 、 Internal medicine 、 Lesion 、 Medicine 、 Endocrinology 、 Neuroscience
摘要: Stimulation of the periaqueductal gray matter (PAG) is known to modulate nociception at spinal level. Several studies have suggested that may also be modulated via ascending projections from PAG. To study this hypothesis, descending pathway was selectively disrupted immediately caudal PAG in 28 rats. Twenty-eight additional rats served as non-lesioned controls. All animals were chronically implanted with a stimulating electrode PAG, and antinociception assessed using tests involving spinally supraspinally mediated responses (tail-flick hot-plate tests, respectively). Significantly fewer lesioned than showed stimulation-produced analgesia (SPA) tail-flick test (4 vs 14 28, In contrast, no significant difference incidence SPA occurred between test. These findings demonstrate can supraspinal, well spinal,