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ArticleScientific reports2023

Spinal afferent innervation in flat-mounts of the rat stomach: anterograde tracing.

Jichao Ma, Duyen Nguyen, Jazune Madas, Andrew M Kwiat, Zulema Toledo, Ariege Bizanti, Nicole Kogut, Anas Mistareehi, Kohlton Bendowski, Yuanyuan Zhang and 5 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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15 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Jichao MaBurnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32816, USA.
Duyen NguyenBurnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32816, USA.
Jazune MadasBurnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32816, USA.
Andrew M KwiatBurnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32816, USA.
Zulema ToledoBurnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32816, USA.
Ariege BizantiBurnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32816, USA.
Nicole KogutBurnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32816, USA.
Anas MistareehiBurnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32816, USA.
Kohlton BendowskiBurnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32816, USA.
Yuanyuan ZhangBurnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32816, USA.
Jin ChenBurnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32816, USA.
De-Pei LiDepartment of Medicine, Center for Precision Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65212, USA.
Terry L PowleyDepartment of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 479062, USA.
John B FurnessDepartment of Anatomy and Physiology, University of Melbourne, and Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
Zixi ChengBurnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32816, USA. zixi.cheng@ucf.edu.
University of Central Florida · USPurdue University West Lafayette · USThe University of Melbourne · AUUniversity of Missouri · US

Funding

Nociceptive Afferent Topographical Innervation of the Heart and StomachU01NS113867 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA · PI CHENG, ZIXI JACK · 2019 to 2021
$1.6M
Chronic Intermittent Hypoxia: Sympathetic and Intrinsic Cardiac GanglionicInnervationR15HL137143 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA · PI CHENG, ZIXI JACK · 2018 to 2018
$431k
NHLBI NIH HHS R15 HL137143NINDS NIH HHS U01 NS113867
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The dorsal root ganglia (DRG) project spinal afferent axons to the stomach. However, the distribution and morphology of spinal afferent axons in the stomach have not been well characterized. In this study, we used a combination of state-of-the-art techniques, including anterograde tracer injection into the left DRG T7-T11, avidin-biotin and Cuprolinic Blue labeling, Zeiss M2 Imager, and Neurolucida to characterize spinal afferent axons in flat-mounts of the whole rat stomach muscular wall. We found that spinal afferent axons innervated all regions with a variety of distinct terminal structures innervating different gastric targets: (1) The ganglionic type: some axons formed varicose contacts with individual neurons within myenteric ganglia. (2) The muscle type: most axons ran in parallel with the longitudinal and circular muscles and expressed spherical varicosities. Complex terminal structures were observed within the circular muscle layer. (3) The ganglia-muscle mixed type: some individual varicose axons innervated both myenteric neurons and the circular muscle, exhibiting polymorphic terminal structures. (4) The vascular type: individual varicose axons ran along the blood vessels and occasionally traversed the vessel wall. This work provides a foundation for future topographical anatomical and functional mapping of spinal afferent axon innervation of the stomach under normal and pathophysiological conditions.

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NeuronsStomachAnimalsAxonsGanglia, SpinalMusclesRats

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PMID37853008
PMCPMC10584867
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