The types of neuron in spinal dorsal horn which possess neurokinin-1 receptors

Neuroscience
N K LittlewoodS A Shehab

Abstract

In order to provide further information about the types of spinal neuron which possess neurokinin-1 receptors, we have carried out pre-embedding immunocytochemistry on sections of rat lumbar spinal cord with an antiserum raised against a synthetic peptide corresponding to part of the sequence of the receptor, and combined this with post-embedding immunocytochemistry to detect GABA and glycine. Numerous neuronal cell bodies showing neurokinin-1 receptor-immunoreactivity were seen in lamina I, laminae III-VI, the lateral spinal nucleus and the area around the central canal. Most of the cells observed in lamina III were small and had relatively restricted dendritic trees which could often not be followed into lamina II, however some larger cells in laminae III and IV had dendrites which extended through lamina II and into lamina I. Cells of the latter type are likely to represent a major target of substance P released from small-diameter primary afferents in the superficial dorsal horn. The great majority (255 out of 283) of spinal neurons which possessed neurokinin-1 receptor-immunoreactivity, including all of those in lamina I, were not GABA- or glycine-immunoreactive, however a few cells in the deep part of the dorsal horn and ...Continue Reading

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