腹腔注射高渗盐水对下丘脑室旁核加压素能神经元的兴奋作用

目的探讨外周高渗刺激激活下丘脑室旁核(PVN)神经元的细胞类别。方法以腹腔注射高渗盐水作为外周高渗刺激。细胞外记录PVN神经元单位放电的变化，并用免疫细胞化学方法观察PVN中los的表达及los表达阳性神经元的性质。结果腹腔注射高渗盐水使PVN的位相型放电神经元兴奋，PVN内los表达明显增加，特别是PVN大细胞中大量的los阳性神经元同时表达精氨酸加压索(AVP)。结论外周高渗刺激能够激活PVN内的加压索(VP)能神经元。     

The role of α2-adrenoceptors of the medullary lateral reticular nucleus in spinal antinociception in rats

We attempted to find out the role of α₂-adrenoceptors of the medullary lateral reticular nucleus (LRN) in antinociception in rats. Spinal antinociception was evaluated using the tail-flick test, and supraspinal antinociception using the hotplate test. Antinociceptive effects were determined following local electric stimulation of the LRN, and following microinjections of medetomidine (an α₂-adrenoceptor agonist; 1–10 μg), atipamezole (an α₂-adrenoceptor antagonist; 20 μg) or lidocaine (4%) into the LRN. The experiments were performed using intact and spinalized Hannover-Wistar rats with a unilateral chronic guide cannula. Electric stimulation of the LRN as well as of the periaqueductal gray produced a significant spinal antinociceptive effect in intact rats. Medetomidine (1–10 μg), when microinjected into the LRN, produced no significant antinociceptive effect in the tail-flick test in intact rats. However, following spinalization, medetomidine in the LRN (10 μg) produced a significant atipamezole-reversible antinociceptive effect in the tail-flick test in the hot-plate test, medetomidine (10 μg) in the LRN produced a significant atipamezole-reversible increase of the paw-lick latency in intact rats. Microinjection of atipamezole (20 μg) or lidocaine alone into the LRN produced no significant effects in the tail-flick test. The results are in line with the previous evidence indicating brat the LRN and the adjacent ventrolateral medulla is involved in descending inhibition of spinal nocifensive responses. However, α₂-adrenoceptors in the LRN do not mediate spinal antinociception but, on the contrary, their activation counteracts antinociception at the spinal cord level. The spinal aninociceptive effect of supraspinally administered medetomidine in spinalized rats can be explained by a spread of the drug (e.g., via circulation) which then directly activates α₂-adrenoceptors at the spinal cord level.     

Intrauterine position affects motoneuron number and muscle size in a sexually dimorphic neuromuscular system

The intrauterine position occupied by a rodent fetus influences the amount of testosterone to which it is exposed before birth. Animals that are gestated between two male fetuses (2M) are exposed to higher circulating levels of testosterone than are animals positioned between two female fetuses (2F) and there are reliable differences in the reproductive physiology and behavior of 2M and 2F animals when adult. To determine whether intrauterine position modifies development of the central nervous system, we examined the sexually dimorphic spinal nucleus of the bulbocavernosus (SNB) in male and female gerbils from known intrauterine positions. We found that adult 2M female gerbils had 16% more SNB motoneurons than did 2F females. 2M males did not differ from 2F males in SNB motoneuron number, but the bulbocavernosus muscle, which is innervated by SNB motoneurons, was approximately 50% larger in 2M than in 2F males. These data indicate that intrauterine position can influence the morphology of the sexually dimorphic SNB neuromuscular system.     

Progressive supranuclear palsy with asymmetric lesions in the thalamus and cerebellum,with special reference to the unilateral predominance of many torpedoes

This report concerns a notable case of progressive supranuclear palsy exhibiting asymmetric dentate nucleus and thalamic degeneration with numerous torpedoes. The neuronal loss in the ventral lateral nucleus of the thalamus was predominant on the right side, while in the cerebellum, a quantitative study revealed the contralateral predominance of the neuronal loss in the dentate nuclei and torpedo formation, with preserved Purkinje cells. The abnormal tau-protein-related profiles in the two nuclei did not show any laterality in their distribution, indicating that the dentatothalamic tract may have been affected in a non-specific way in this case. In addition, the fact that the prominent sites of torpedo formation and loss of dentate nucleus neurons are identical supports the hypothesis that the torpedoes may be formed in association with neuronal loss in the dentate nucleus because of a plausible metabolic change in Purkinje cells through synaptic detachment of their axon terminals. Received: 4 January 1996 / Revised: 27 March 1996 / Accepted: 5 April 1996     

The subdivisions of the intermediolateral nucleus in the sacral spinal cord of the cat

The subdivisions of the sacral intermediolateral nucleus (IML) of the cat have been studied by using a double-labeling technique of retrograde Fluoro-gold (FG) and wheat germ agglutinin-conjugated horseradish peroxidase (WGA-HRP) tracing. The parasympathetic preganglionic neurons (PGNs) that were labeled by the FG injected into the pelvic nerve formed a ‘V’-shaped column known as the sacral parasympathetic nucleus (SPN) in the sacral IML. The neurons that were labeled by the WGA-HRP applied to the lateral parabrachial nucleus (PBL) formed an elongated spindle-shaped column extending throughout the IML of the sacral segments. We designated it by the name of sacral visceral sensory nucleus (SVSN). These findings indicate that the sacral IML of the cat contain two distinct subdivisions, SPN and SVSN.     

电刺激大鼠下丘脑弓状核对中脑导水管周围灰质单位放电的影响

用玻璃微电极引导大鼠中脑导水管周围灰质（ＰＡＧ）单位放电。发现：电刺激弓状核（ＡＲＣ）后，在所观察的６４个ＰＡＧ单位中，表现为抑制的有３７个单位，其余单位分别表现为先抑制后兴奋、兴奋和无变化。结果表明，大鼠ＡＲＣ对ＰＡＧ单位活动的调制作用以抑制米。     

大鼠下丘脑弓状核的形态计量研究

为了探讨急性癫痫弓状核形态改变与可复性，我们采用光、电镜技术和形态计量方法对下丘脑弓状核进行了形态定量研究。结果显示：弓状核切面面积为317500±6460um2，神经元胞体和胞核的等效直径分别为12.94±0.34um和8.54±0.43um，暗细胞内线粒体、粗面内质网、高尔基复合体、溶酶体、游离核相体和分泌颗粒的面积分数分别是5.87±1.98％、3.53±0.25％、0.81±0.49％、2.13±0.42％、10.53±0.46％和0.86±0.35％，其面数密度（单位面积为30um2）分别为15.68±1.14um-2、21.29±3.52um-2、10.20±0.42um-2、5.62±067um-2、101.35±7.55um-2和5.22±0.77um-2.本文还对弓状核的形态结构、神经元类型及其功能进行了讨论。     

Contribution of Blockade of the Noradrenaline Carrier to the Increase of Extracellular Dopamine in the Rat Prefrontal Cortex by Amphetamine and Cocaine

This study was performed to investigate the relative role of noradrenaline (NA) and dopamine (DA) carrier blockade in the effects of psychostimulants on DA transmission in the rat prefrontal cortex (PFCX). To this end, changes of extracellular DA and NA in the PFCX and of extracellular DA in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) were measured following the administration of amphetamine and cocaine, which are known to bind to both DA and NA carriers, or GBR 12909, a selective DA carrier blocker. After non-intravenous injection, amphetamine (0.25 and 0.5 mg/kg, s.c.) and cocaine (5 and 10 mg/kg, i.p.) increased extracellular DA in the PFCX to a larger extent than in the NAc, while the reverse applied to GBR 12909 (2.5 and 5 mg/kg, i.p.). These differences were obtained in spite of the fact that the three drugs elicited at each dose level a similar peak increase of extracellular DA in the NAc. Amphetamine and cocaine also increased extracellular NA in the PFCX and this effect was quantitatively similar to that on extracellular DA in the same area. Intravenous doses of cocaine and GBR 12909, corresponding to those which maintain self-administration in the rat, while equieffective in raising extracellular DA in the NAG, had different effects on extracellular DA in the PFCX. In fact, in contrast to cocaine, GBR 12909 increased extracellular DA in the PFCX to a lesser extent than in the NAc or did not modify it at all. The peak increase of extracellular DA in the PFCX was highly correlated to that of NA in the same area but was poorly correlated to the increase of extracellular DA in the NAc. These results suggest that amphetamine and cocaine increase extracellular DA in the PFCX largely through the blockade of the NA carrier. Direct evidence for this hypothesis was provided by the observation that, when the NA carrier was blocked by reverse dialysis of the PFCX with desipramine (1 μM), cocaine and GBR 12909 lost their differences in the ability to increase extracellular DA in the PFCX.     

刺激视上核对大鼠痛阈及电针镇痛的影响

以钾离子透引起的大鼠甩尾反应为痛指标，观察了电和化学刺激视上核（ＳＯＮ）对大鼠痛阈（ＰＴ）和电针（ＥＡ）镇痛的影响。电刺激ＳＯＮ后，ＰＴ明显高于假刺激组（Ｐ＜０．０５～０．００１），电刺激ＳＯＮ后电针足三里，镇痛效应明显提高，并有明显的量效关系。电刺激ＳＯＮ的近旁部位（０．５—１ｍｍ）对ＰＴ及电针镇痛无明显影响。ＳＯＮ内注射Ｌ－谷氨酸（Ｌ－Ｇｌｕ）后痛阈和电针镇痛效应都明显对照组，也有明显的量效关     

下丘脑弓状核注射神经降压素的镇痛效应及机制探讨

采用微量注射法,对37只大鼠进行了实验观察.结果如下:①下丘脑弓状核(ARC)注射神经降压素(NT)可使甩尾反应潜伏期(TFL)或痛阈显著升高.对照组注射生理盐水,TFL无明显变化.②ARC先注射纳洛酮,再注射NT,TFL变化值与单纯注射NT组相比明显下降.③ARC注射β-内啡肽(β-End)抗血清,再注射NT,TFL显著下降.④ARC注射生理盐水不影响注射NT的镇痛效应.上述结果表明,大鼠ARC注射NT可产生明显的镇痛效应,该效应可被ARC预先注射纳洛酮或β-内啡肽抗血清翻转,提示NT在ARC的镇痛作用,部分是由β-End介导的.