Effects of electrostimulation and administration of succinylcholine on the expression of Fos protein in mesencephalic periaqueductal gray matter of rats after simulated weightlessness
Effects of electrostimulation and administration of succinylcholine on the expression of Fos protein in mesencephalic periaqueductal gray matter of rats after simulated weightlessness作者机构:Department of Physiology Medical School Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an 710061 Shaanxi Province China Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases Xi'an Jiaotong University Min istry of Education Xi'an 710061. Shaanxi Province China
出 版 物:《Neural Regeneration Research》 (中国神经再生研究(英文版))
年 卷 期:2006年第1卷第1期
页 面:22-25页
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学科分类:10[医学]
基 金:the National Natural Science Foundation of China No. 30300106
主 题:Fos Effects of electrostimulation and administration of succinylcholine on the expression of Fos protein in mesencephalic periaqueductal gray matter of rats after simulated weightlessness
摘 要:BACKGROUND: Expression of Fos in neurons of periaqueductal gray (PAG) is used to reflect the excitability. However, changes of expression of Fos in neurons of PAG are caused by injured electrostimulation after simulated weightlessness, and the relationship between pretreatment and injection of succinylcholine has not been determined yet. OBJECTIVE : To investigate the changes of expression of Fos in PAG induced by injured electrostimulation pretreatment and injection of succinylcholine at 2 weeks after simulated weightlessness. DESIGN: Observational and controlled animal study. SETTING: Department of Physiology, Medical School, Xi'an Jiaotong University; Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases, Ministry of Education. MATERIALS: A total of 24 adult female SD rats, of clean grade and weighing 180-220 g, were selected in this study. METHODS: The experiment was completed in the Experimental Animal Center of Xi'an Jiaotong University.① All rats were randomly divided into 2 groups according to body mass: simulated weightlessness group and control group with 12 in each group. And then, each group was also divided into 3 subgroups: electrostimulation group, succinylcholine-pretreatment group and succinylcholine-injection group with 4 in each subgroup. ②The model of weightlessness was simulated by tail-suspended female rats, which were described and modified by Cheng Jie. Rats in normal control group were given the same interventions as simulated weightlessness group except for tail-suspended. ③ Experimental method: The rats in electrostimulation group were given nociceptive stimulus by a pair of subcutaneous electrodes inserted into 1 and 5 claw of left hindlimb. The stimulus (current: 10 mA; duration: 1 ms; interval: 1 s) lasted for 30 minutes. The rats in succinylcholine-pretreatment group received stimulus after intravenous administration of succinylcholine, rats in succinylcholine-injection group were not given stimulus, just received succiny