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  • Title: NMDA receptor involvement in neuroplastic changes induced by neonatal capsaicin treatment in trigeminal nociceptive neurons.
    Author: Chiang CY, Hu JW, Sessle BJ.
    Journal: J Neurophysiol; 1997 Nov; 78(5):2799-803. PubMed ID: 9356428.
    Abstract:
    NMDA receptor involvement in neuroplastic changes induced by neonatal capsaicin treatment in trigeminal nociceptive neurons. J. Neurophysiol. 78: 2799-2803, 1997. This study examines whether 1) the neonatal loss of C-fiber afferents results in neuroplastic changes in the mechanoreceptive field (RF) properties and spontaneous activity of nociceptive neurons in trigeminal subnucleus caudalis (medullary dorsal horn) of adult rats, and that 2) N-methyl--aspartic acid (NMDA) receptor mechanisms are involved in these neuroplastic changes. Compared with vehicle-treated (i.e., control, CON) rats, capsaicin-treated (CAP) rats showed a marked increase in neuronal spontaneous activity and RF size per se, but these neuroplastic changes could be significantly reduced by MK-801 (1 mg/kg, iv), a noncompetitive NMDA receptor antagonist; RF size and spontaneous activity remained unchanged in CON rats after MK-801 administration and in CAP rats after vehicle (saline, iv). Administration of 7-chlorokynurenic acid intrathecally (5 microgram/10 microliter), an antagonist of strychnine-insensitive glycine bindin sites on the NMDA receptor, also significantly reduced neuronal RF size and spontaneous activity in CAP rats, but not in CON rats. These data provide evidence that C-fiber afferents play a role in shaping the properties of nociceptive neurons and that the neuroplastic changes involve NMDA receptor mechanisms.
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