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Romero-Guerrero C, Guevara MÁ, Hernández-González M, González-Burgos I. Pentylenetetrazol-induced seizures are followed by a reduction in the multiunitary activity of hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons in adult rats. Epilepsy Behav 2022; 137:108922. [PMID: 36279807 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2022.108922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2022] [Revised: 09/12/2022] [Accepted: 09/12/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Pentylenetetrazol (PTZ) blocks the inhibitory action of GABA, triggering a Glu-mediated hyperexcitation of the dendritic spines in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons that leads to the generation of epileptiform seizures. The aim of this work was to determine the effect of PTZ on the electrical activity of the hippocampal pyramidal neurons in male rats. Bipolar electrodes were implanted stereotaxically in the right and left hippocampal CA1 fields of adults, and PTZ (65 mg/kg) was administered i.p. Simultaneous recordings of the field activity and the firing rate (multiunitary activity, MUA) were analyzed at 10, 20, and 30 min post-administration of PTZ. Only rats that presented tonic-clonic seizures during the first 1-5 min after PTZ treatment were included in the study. The recordings of the field activity were analyzed in 4 frequency bands. In both the right and left hippocampal CA1 fields, the relative power corresponding to the slow waves (4-7 Hz) increased, while in the bands 13-30 Hz and 31-50 Hz, it decreased at 10, 20, and 30 min post-PTZ. MUA recordings were analyzed at four levels. The highest levels corresponded to larger amplitudes of the action potentials in the pyramidal neurons. The firing rates of the PTZ-treated rats did not differ from baseline but presented a significant decrement at 10, 20, and 30 min post-PTZ. The decreased firing rate of the hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons after PTZ treatment could be associated with plastic changes of dendritic spines along with some microenvironmental adaptations at synaptic level, after neuronal PTZ-mediated hyperexcitation.
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Vázquez-Hernández N, Martínez-Torres NI, Tejeda-Martínez A, Flores-Soto M, Salgado-Ceballos H, González-Burgos I. Rehabilitation on a treadmill induces plastic changes in the dendritic spines of spinal motoneurons associated with improved execution after a pharmacological injury to the motor cortex in rats. J Chem Neuroanat 2022; 125:102159. [PMID: 36087877 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2022.102159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2022] [Revised: 09/01/2022] [Accepted: 09/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Lesions to the corticospinal tract result in several neurological symptoms and several rehabilitation protocols have proven useful in attempts to direct underlying plastic phenomena. However, the effects that such protocols may exert on the dendritic spines of motoneurons to enhance accuracy during rehabilitation are unknown. Thirty three female Sprague-Dawley adult rats were injected stereotaxically at the primary motor cerebral cortex (Fr1) with saline (CTL), or kainic acid (INJ), or kainic acid and further rehabilitation on a treadmill 16 days after lesion (INJ+RB). Motor performance was evaluated with the the Basso, Beatie and Bresnahan (BBB) locomotion scale and in the Rotarod. Spine density was quantified in a primary dendrite of motoneurons in Lamina IX in the ventral horn of the thoracolumbar spinal cord as well as spine morphology. AMPA, BDNF, PSD-95 and synaptophysin expression was evaluated by Western blot. INJ+RB group showed higher scores in motor performance. Animals from the INJ+RB group showed more thin, mushroom, stubby and wide spines than the CTL group, while the content of AMPA, BDNF, PSD-95 and Synaptophysin was not different between the groups INJ+RB and CTL. AMPA and synaptophysin content was greater in INJ group than in CTL and INJ+RB groups. The increase in the proportion of each type of spine observed in INJ+RB group suggest spinogenesis and a greater capability to integrate the afferent information to motoneurons under relatively stable molecular conditions at the synaptic level.
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Li R, Huang ZC, Cui HY, Huang ZP, Liu JH, Zhu QA, Hu Y. Utility of somatosensory and motor-evoked potentials in reflecting gross and fine motor functions after unilateral cervical spinal cord contusion injury. Neural Regen Res 2021; 16:1323-1330. [PMID: 33318412 PMCID: PMC8284273 DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.301486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Fine motor skills are thought to rely on the integrity of ascending sensory pathways in the spinal dorsal column as well as descending motor pathways that have a neocortical origin. However, the neurophysiological processes underlying communication between the somatosensory and motor pathways that regulate fine motor skills during spontaneous recovery after spinal cord contusion injury remain unclear. Here, we established a rat model of cervical hemicontusive injury using C5 laminectomy followed by contusional displacement of 1.2 mm (mild injury) or 2.0 mm (severe injury) to the C5 spinal cord. Electrophysiological recordings were performed on the brachial muscles up to 12 weeks after injury to investigate the mechanisms by which spinal cord pathways participate in motor function. After spinal cord contusion injury, the amplitudes of somatosensory and motor-evoked potentials were reduced, and the latencies were increased. The forelimb open field locomotion test, grooming test, rearing test and Montoya staircase test revealed improvement in functions. With increasing time after injury, the amplitudes of somatosensory and motor-evoked potentials in rats with mild spinal cord injury increased gradually, and the latencies gradually shortened. In comparison, the recovery times of somatosensory and motor-evoked potential amplitudes and latencies were longer, and the recovery of motor function was delayed in rats with severe spinal cord injury. Correlation analysis revealed that somatosensory-evoked potential and motor-evoked potential parameters were correlated with gross and fine motor function in rats with mild spinal cord contusion injury. In contrast, only somatosensory-evoked potential amplitude was correlated with fine motor skills in rats with severe spinal cord injury. Our results show that changes in both somatosensory and motor-evoked potentials can reflect the changes in gross and fine motor functions after mild spinal cord contusion injury, and that the change in somatosensory-evoked potential amplitude can also reflect the change in fine motor function after severe spinal cord contusion injury. This study was approved by the Animal Ethics Committee of Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, China (approval No. NFYY-2017-67) on June 11, 2017.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rong Li
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin; Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, The Hong Kong University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China
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- Department of Spine Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Spine Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
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- Department of Spine Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
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- Department of Spine Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin; Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, The Hong Kong University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China
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Ying X, Tu W, Li S, Wu Q, Chen X, Zhou Y, Hu J, Yang G, Jiang S. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy reduces apoptosis and dendritic/synaptic degeneration via the BDNF/TrkB signaling pathways in SCI rats. Life Sci 2019; 229:187-99. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2019.05.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2019] [Revised: 05/06/2019] [Accepted: 05/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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