正畸牙齿移动刺激信息传导通路的动物实验研究

研究丘脑腹后内侧核（ＶＰＭ）是否接受来自三叉神经脊核尾业核传入的牙齿移动性刺激信息，从而探讨牙齿动引起的伤害性刺激信息在中枢神经系统内的感觉传导通路。方法：用微量注射器将２％荧光金ＦＧ）注入大鼠ＶＰＭ４－６ｄ后，进行对侧的实验性牙齿移动２ｈ，用ＦＯＳ蛋白免疫化方法观察Ｖｃ内神经元对ｃ－ｆｏｓ的表达以及是否存在ＦＧ与ＦＯＳ双重阳性的神经元。结果ＦＯＳ阳性神经元密集分布于同侧Ｖｃ浅层，呈带状，背外侧居

A Study of Sensory Pathway in Central Nervous System of Experimental Tooth Movement in Rats

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether ventral posteromedial thalamus nucleus (VPM) receive the stimulation from experimental tooth movement in rats through the conduction of spinal trigeminal caudal nucleus (Vc), thus to study the central sensory pathway of tooth movement. METHODS: 2% fluorogold (FG) was injected into rat's VPM using microinjector through retrograde tracing technique. After 4-6 days, the experimental tooth movement was conducted in contra-side against FG injection. 2 hours later, animals were sacrificed and FOS protein immunocytochemical reaction was conducted. The sections were observed under Olympus fluorescence microscope. RESULTS: FOS immunocytochemical-positive neurons were densely distributed in epilateral superfacial layer of Vc, being belt-like with more in dorsolateral 2 hours after experimental tooth movement; FG-labeled neurons were found in Vc and principle trigeminal nucleus complex, especially within the whole length of Vc, with more in layer I and the junction of layers I and II. There were both FOS immunocytochemically positive and FG-labeled neurons, approximately 5% of the whole FG-labeled neurons. CONCLUSION: As a special oro-facial stimulation, there are corresponding parts in the central nervous system according to tooth movement. The stimulating message integrated in Vc and Vc has projective neurons to VPM, and VPM might be a relay station of the stimulating message of experimental tooth movement in rats.