Anterior pretectal nucleus facilitation of superficial dorsal horn neurones and modulation of deafferentation pain in the rat

The Journal of Physiology
H ReesM H Roberts

Abstract

1. Functional relationships between the anterior pretectal nucleus (APTN) and nociceptive dorsal horn neurones were investigated electrophysiologically in the anaesthetized rat. The effects of APTN lesions were assessed behaviourally in a model of deafferentation pain. 2. Cells in the dorsal and rostral parts of the APTN were excited orthodromically by electrical stimulation of the ipsilateral dorsolateral funiculus or the contralateral dorsal columns, and by noxious and innocuous cutaneous stimuli. 3. Electrical stimulation of the APTN excited nociceptive lamina I spinal neurones. These cells all projected rostrally in the contralateral dorsolateral funiculus. Identical APTN stimulation also inhibited multireceptive spinal neurones which lay deep in the dorsal horn. These particular cells were shown to project to the brain in the ventrolateral funiculus. 4. It is proposed that noxious stimuli excite spinal lamina I projection neurones which send excitatory axons to the brain, including the APTN. The APTN inhibits deep multireceptive neurones, to reduce the perception of noxious stimuli. The discharge of spinal lamina I neurones, however, will be sustained by the noxious stimulus and by facilitation from the APTN. A sustained d...Continue Reading

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