Selective innervation of lamina I projection neurones that possess the neurokinin 1 receptor by serotonin-containing axons in the rat spinal cord

Neuroscience
E PolgárA J Todd

Abstract

Axons containing serotonin descend from brainstem to spinal cord and are thought to contribute to stimulation-produced and opioid analgesia, partly by a direct inhibitory action of serotonin on projection neurones. The density of serotoninergic innervation is highest in lamina I, which contains many nociceptive projection neurones. Two sets of anatomical criteria have been used to classify lamina I projection neurones: somatodendritic morphology and presence or absence of the neurokinin 1 receptor. To test whether the strength of serotoninergic innervation of lamina I projection neurones was related to morphology or neurokinin 1 receptor expression, we used confocal microscopy to determine the density of serotoninergic contacts on 60 cells retrogradely labelled from the caudal ventrolateral medulla. The contact density on neurones with the neurokinin 1 receptor was variable, with some cells receiving heavy input and others having few contacts. However, on average they received significantly more contacts (5.64 per 1000 microm(2) plasma membrane +/- 0.47, S.E.M.) than neurones which lacked the receptor (2.49 +/- .36). Among the neurokinin 1 neurones, serotoninergic innervation density was not related to morphology. Since the maj...Continue Reading

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