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ArticleBMC neuroscience2020

The role of C-afferents in mediating neurogenic vasodilatation in plantar skin after acute sciatic nerve injury in rats.

Tao Zhang, Jiahui Niu, Yaxian Wang, Junying Yan, Wen Hu, Daguo Mi

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Article in BMC neuroscience, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 2 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Tao ZhangDepartment of Radiology, The Third People's Hospital of Nantong City and The Third Nantong Hospital Affiliated to Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, Jiangsu, China.
Jiahui NiuKey Laboratory for Neuroregeneration of Ministry of Education and Co-innovation Center for Neuroregeneration of Jiangsu Province, Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, Jiangsu, China.
Yaxian WangKey Laboratory for Neuroregeneration of Ministry of Education and Co-innovation Center for Neuroregeneration of Jiangsu Province, Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, Jiangsu, China.
Junying YanSchool of Medicine, Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, Jiangsu, China.
Wen HuKey Laboratory for Neuroregeneration of Ministry of Education and Co-innovation Center for Neuroregeneration of Jiangsu Province, Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, Jiangsu, China.
Daguo MiDepartment of Orthopedics, Nantong City Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nantong, 226001, Jiangsu, China. 2535213700@qq.com.ORCID 0000-0002-4944-6383
Nantong University · CNAnyang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

Jiangsu Commission for Public Health H2019027National Natural Science Foundation of China 81100939National Natural Science Foundation of China 81773713Scientific Research Project Funded by Jiangsu Province Government (CN) BRA2018223
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundVasomotor regulation of dermal blood vessels, which are critical in the function of the skin in thermoregulatory control, involves both neural and non-neural mechanisms. Whereas the role of sympathetic nerves in regulating vasomotor activities is comprehensively studied and well recognized, that of sensory nerves is underappreciated. Studies in rodents have shown that severance of the sciatic nerve leads to vasodilatation in the foot, but whether sympathetic or sensory nerve fibers or both are responsible for the neurogenic vasodilatation remains unknown.

resultsIn adult Sprague-Dawley rats, vasodilatation after transection of the sciatic nerve gradually diminished to normal within 3-4 days. The neurotmesis-induced neurogenic vasodilatation was not detectable when the sciatic nerve was chronically deafferentated by selective resection of the dorsal root ganglia (DRGs) that supply the nerve. Specific activation of C-afferents by intra-neural injection of capsaicin resulted in neurogenic vasodilatation to a magnitude comparable to that by neurotmesis, and transection of the sciatic nerve pre-injected with capsaicin did not induce further vasodilatation.

conclusionsOur results collectively indicate that vasodilatation after traumatic nerve injury in rats is predominantly mediated by C-fiber afferents.

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AnimalsCapsaicinFemaleGanglia, SpinalNerve FibersRats, Sprague-DawleySciatic NerveSciatic NeuropathySkinVasodilationCapsaicinC-fiber afferentsNerve transectionRatsSciatic nerve deafferentationSkinVasomotor control

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