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ArticleScientific reports2018

Origin and classification of spontaneous discharges in mouse superficial dorsal horn neurons.

Javier Lucas-Romero, Ivan Rivera-Arconada, Carolina Roza, Jose A Lopez-Garcia

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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Javier Lucas-RomeroDepartment of Systems Biology, Universidad de Alcala, Alcala de Henares, 28871, Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3590-538X
Ivan Rivera-ArconadaDepartment of Systems Biology, Universidad de Alcala, Alcala de Henares, 28871, Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-9845-6625
Carolina RozaDepartment of Systems Biology, Universidad de Alcala, Alcala de Henares, 28871, Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5757-9066
Jose A Lopez-GarciaDepartment of Systems Biology, Universidad de Alcala, Alcala de Henares, 28871, Madrid, Spain. josea.lopez@uah.es.ORCID 0000-0002-1725-6665
Universidad de Alcalá · ES

Funding

Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness) SAF2016/77585/R
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Superficial laminae of the spinal cord possess a considerable number of neurons with spontaneous activity as reported in vivo and in vitro preparations of several species. Such neurons may play a role in the development of the nociceptive system and/or in the spinal coding of somatosensory signals. We have used electrophysiological techniques in a horizontal spinal cord slice preparation from adult mice to investigate how this activity is generated and what are the main patterns of activity that can be found. The results show the existence of neurons that fire regularly and irregularly. Within each of these main types, it was possible to distinguish patterns of spontaneous activity formed by single action potentials and different types of bursts according to intra-burst firing frequency. Activity in neurons with irregular patterns was blocked by a mixture of antagonists of the main neurotransmitter receptors present in the cord. Approximately 82% of neurons with a regular firing pattern were insensitive to synaptic antagonists but their activity was inhibited by specific ion channel blockers. It is suggested that these neurons generate endogenous activity due to the functional expression of hyperpolarisation-activated and persistent sodium currents driving the activity of irregular neurons.

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