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J Neurophysiol 82: 3316-3326, 1999;
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The Journal of Neurophysiology Vol. 82 No. 6 December 1999, pp. 3316-3326
Copyright ©1999 by the American Physiological Society

Spinal Laminae I-II Neurons in Rat Recorded In Vivo in Whole Cell, Tight Seal Configuration: Properties and Opioid Responses

Alan R. Light and Helen H. Willcockson

Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology and Curriculum in Neurobiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7545

Light, Alan R. and Helen H. Willcockson. Spinal Laminae I-II Neurons in Rat Recorded In Vivo in Whole Cell, Tight Seal Configuration: Properties and Opioid Responses. J. Neurophysiol. 82: 3316-3326, 1999. Using the in vivo whole cell recording procedure described previously, we recorded 73 neurons in laminae I and II in the lumbar spinal cord of the rat. Input impedances averaged 332 MOmega , which indicated that prior sharp electrode recordings contained a significant current shunt. Characterization of the adequate stimuli from the excitatory hindlimb receptive field indicated that 39 of 73 neurons were nociceptive, 6 were innocuous cooling cells, 20 responded maximally to brush, and 8 cells were not excited by stimulation of the skin of the hindlimb. The locations of 15 neurons were marked with biocytin. Nociceptive neurons were mostly found in lamina I and outer II, cooling cells in lamina I, and innocuous mechanoreceptive cells were mostly found in inner II or in the overlying white matter. The µ-opioid agonist [D-Ala2, N-Me-Phe4, Gly5-ol]-Enkephalin (DAMGO) hyperpolarized 7 of 19 tested neurons with a conductance increase. This hyperpolarization was reversed by naloxone in the neurons in which it was applied. DAMGO also decreased the frequency of spontaneous PSPs in 13 neurons, 7 of which were also hyperpolarized by DAMGO. Five of the seven hyperpolarized neurons were nociceptive, responding to both heat and mechanically noxious stimuli, whereas two responded to slow, innocuous brush. These results indicate that whole cell, tight seal recordings sample a similar population of lamina I and II neurons in the rat as those found with sharp electrode recordings in cat and monkey. They further indicate that DAMGO hyperpolarizes a subset of the nociceptive neurons that have input from both heat and mechanical nociceptors and that presynaptic DAMGO effects can be observed in nociceptive neurons that are not hyperpolarized by DAMGO.




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