Central delay of the laser-activated rat tail-flick reflex
dc.contributor.author | Danneman, Peggy J. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Kiritsy-Roy, Judith A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Morrow, Thomas J. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Casey, Kenneth L. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-04-10T18:00:56Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-04-10T18:00:56Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1994-07 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Danneman, Peggy J., Kiritsy-Roy, Judith A., Morrow, Thomas J., Casey, Kenneth L. (1994/07)."Central delay of the laser-activated rat tail-flick reflex." Pain 58(1): 39-44. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/31448> | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6T0K-485H9BS-6R/2/11ae596264cc3fac6829b2ad1c58065f | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/31448 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=7970838&dopt=citation | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | The latency of the heat-activated rat tail-flick (TF) reflex is dependent upon 4 variables, none of which has previously been determined: activation of cutaneous nociceptors (TN); afferent conduction to the dorsal horn (TA); conduction within the central nervous system (CNS) (central delay); and conduction from the ventral horn (VH) to, and activation of, tail muscles (TE). Using a CO2 infrared laser (10 W, 45 msec) to produce synchronous activation of tail-skin nociceptors, TF latency (EMG response) was measured in 10 awake rats. Based on shifts in response latency from points of stimulation near the tip and base of the tail, conduction velocity in the afferent limb of the reflex was estimated to be 0.76 +/- 0.11 m/sec. This indicates that the response is mediated by C fibers. The rats were then anesthetized with pentobarbital and multiple-unit activity and evoked potentials (EPs) were recorded from the superficial dorsal horn at spinal segments S3-Co1 during laser or high-intensity electrical (10 mA, 1 msec) stimulation of the tail. Unit activity and EPs elicited by both stimuli consisted of two distinct components, corresponding to activation of A and C fibers. The difference in latency between laser and electrical evoked activity indicated that 60.00 +/- 7.33 msec was required for activation of nociceptors by the laser. Electrical stimulation of the VH at S3-Co1 in 3 rats produced a TF (EMG) response in 4 msec. Central delay, calculated as total TF time minus (TN + TA + TE), was 82.3 +/- 13.08 msec. This represents the time frame during which modulation of the reflex by an intrinsic, pain-activated, supraspinal system could occur. | en_US |
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dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_US |
dc.title | Central delay of the laser-activated rat tail-flick reflex | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.rights.robots | IndexNoFollow | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Surgery and Anesthesiology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Neurosciences | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Dentistry | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA; Department of Neurology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Physiology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA; Department of Neurology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Physiology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA; Department of Neurology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 7970838 | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/31448/1/0000369.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0304-3959(94)90183-X | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Pain | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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