Neurosignals
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Projection Linkage from Spinal Neurons to Both Lateral Cervical Nucleus and Solitary Tract Nucleus in the CatMeng Z. · Lu G.-W.Department of Neurobiology, Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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Article / Publication Details
Published online: February 23, 2000
Issue release date: January – February
Number of Print Pages: 7
Number of Figures: 4
Number of Tables: 0
ISSN: 1424-862X (Print)
eISSN: 1424-8638 (Online)
For additional information: https://www.karger.com/NSG
Abstract
Intracellular recordings from the lumbosacral dorsal horn were made to identify the axonal projection and the afferent innervation of the lateral cervical nucleus (LCN) and solitary tract nucleus (STN) on the spinal neurons of chloralose-anesthetized cats. A total of 49 neurons from laminae III–V in the spinal dorsal horn responded to stimulation of both the LCN and STN. Of these, 28 and 21 neurons responded antidromically and orthodromically to stimulation of the LCN and STN, respectively. Seven of the 28 antidromically activated neurons were followed by one or more responses synaptically driven from the LCN and/or STN. The diameter of these ascending or descending fibers was in the range of A delta fibers. The results indicate that (1) some spinal neurons, namely spinocervical tract-spinosolitary tract (SCT-SST) neurons, issue branched axons of A delta-fibers and dually project to both LCN and STN; (2) some SCT-SST neurons receive innervation from both the LCN and STN; (3) some spinal neurons and interneurons are dually innervated by descending fibers originating from both the LCN and STN, and (4) the convergence and integration between somatic and visceral sensory inputs might occur in the SCT-SST neurons.
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Article / Publication Details
Published online: February 23, 2000
Issue release date: January – February
Number of Print Pages: 7
Number of Figures: 4
Number of Tables: 0
ISSN: 1424-862X (Print)
eISSN: 1424-8638 (Online)
For additional information: https://www.karger.com/NSG
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