Extracellular Amino Acid Concentrations in the Dorsal Spinal Cord of Freely Moving Rats Following Veratridine and Nociceptive Stimulation

Journal of Neurochemistry - Tập 51 Số 1 - Trang 127-132 - 1988
Stephen R. Skilling1, David H. Smullin1, Alvin J. Beitz1, Alice A. Larson1
1Department of Veterinary Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A.

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AbstractIn vivo microdialysis was used to sample extracellular concentrations of amino acids in the dorsal lumbar spinal cord of freely moving rats. Changes in the extracellular concentrations of amino acids were measured in response to infusion of veratridine (180 μM), a sodium channel activator, as well as during acute noxious stimulation by an injection of 5% formalin into the metatarsal region of the hindleg. Veratridine produced a tetrodotoxin (TTX)‐sensitive increase in the extracellular concentration of Glu. Concentrations of Asp, taurine, Ala, Asn, and Gly were not significantly elevated following veratridine stimulation. In‐tradermal injection of formalin produced a TTX‐sensitive increase in Asp concentration and a non‐TTX‐sensitive increase in Glu concentration. These data support the hypothesis that Glu and Asp are dorsal horn neurotransmitters involved in nociception.

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Journal of Neurochemistry

Tập 51 Số 1

127-132

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