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ArticleJournal of visualized experiments : JoVE2016

The Preparation of Oblique Spinal Cord Slices for Ventral Root Stimulation.

Félix Leroy, Boris Lamotte d'Incamps

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Article in Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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2 authors.

Félix LeroyCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique (UMR 8119), Centre de Neurophysique, Physiologie et Pathologie, Université Paris Descartes; felxfel@aol.com.
Boris Lamotte d'IncampsCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique (UMR 8119), Centre de Neurophysique, Physiologie et Pathologie, Université Paris Descartes.

Funding

Electrical and mechanical properties of motor units in a mouse model of ALSR01NS077863 · NINDS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI HECKMAN, CHARLES · 2011 to 2015
$2.6M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS077863
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Electrophysiological recordings from spinal cord slices have proven to be a valuable technique to investigate a wide range of questions, from cellular to network properties. We show how to prepare viable oblique slices of the spinal cord of young mice (P2 - P11). In this preparation, the motoneurons retain their axons coming out from the ventral roots of the spinal cord. Stimulation of these axons elicits back-propagating action potentials invading the motoneuron somas and exciting the motoneuron collaterals within the spinal cord. Recording of antidromic action potentials is an immediate, definitive and elegant way to characterize motoneuron identity, which surpasses other identification methods. Furthermore, stimulating the motoneuron collaterals is a simple and reliable way to excite the collateral targets of the motoneurons within the spinal cord, such as other motoneurons or Renshaw cells. In this protocol, we present antidromic recordings from the motoneuron somas as well as Renshaw cell excitation, resulting from ventral root stimulation.

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Electric StimulationSpinal Nerve RootsAction PotentialsAnimalsMiceMotor NeuronsSpinal Cord

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PMID27768090
PMCPMC5092191

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