On mechanisms of depression in pathways of presynaptic inhibition
Tóm tắt
We investigated inhibition of the N1-component of the spinal cord dorsal potential (CDP) evoked by experimental stimulation of the n. peroneus in spinal cats. Stimulation was carried out following two conditioning stimuli administered at different time intervals to the same or different cutaneous nerves. The interval between the last conditioning stimulus and the experimental one remained constant (20 msec). It is demonstrated that there is no dependence between weakening of inhibitory action of the second conditioning stimulus and inhibition of the dorsal horn interneurons excited by it that generate the N1-component of the CDP. It is hypothesized that mechanisms which act on the principle of negative feedback are present in the vincinity of the synaptic junctions of cutaneous afferent fibers with neurons of the substantia gelationsa, and that these mechanisms restrict the development of presynaptic inhibition during inflow of a series of afferent impulses into the cord.
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