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Xie AX, Iguchi N, Clarkson TC, Malykhina AP. Pharmacogenetic inhibition of lumbosacral sensory neurons alleviates visceral hypersensitivity in a mouse model of chronic pelvic pain. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0262769. [PMID: 35077502 PMCID: PMC8789164 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2021] [Accepted: 01/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The study investigated the cellular and molecular mechanisms in the peripheral nervous system (PNS) underlying the symptoms of urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome (UCPPS) in mice. This work also aimed to test the feasibility of reversing peripheral sensitization in vivo in alleviating UCPPS symptoms. Intravesical instillation of vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA) was used to induce UCPPS-like symptoms in mice. Spontaneous voiding spot assays and manual Von Frey tests were used to evaluate the severity of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and visceral hypersensitivity in VEGFA-instilled mice. Bladder smooth muscle strip contractility recordings (BSMSC) were used to identify the potential changes in myogenic and neurogenic detrusor muscle contractility at the tissue-level. Quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) and fluorescent immunohistochemistry were performed to compare the expression levels of VEGF receptors and nociceptors in lumbosacral dorsal root ganglia (DRG) between VEGFA-instilled mice and saline-instilled controls. To manipulate primary afferent activity, Gi-coupled Designer Receptors Exclusively Activated by Designer Drugs (Gi-DREADD) were expressed in lumbosacral DRG neurons of TRPV1-Cre-ZGreen mice via targeted adeno-associated viral vector (AAVs) injections. A small molecule agonist of Gi-DREADD, clozapine-N-oxide (CNO), was injected into the peritoneum (i. p.) in awake animals to silence TRPV1 expressing sensory neurons in vivo during physiological and behavioral recordings of bladder function. Intravesical instillation of VEGFA in the urinary bladders increased visceral mechanical sensitivity and enhanced RTX-sensitive detrusor contractility. Sex differences were identified in the baseline detrusor contractility responses and VEGF-induced visceral hypersensitivity. VEGFA instillations in the urinary bladder led to significant increases in the mRNA and protein expression of transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily A member 1 (TRPA1) in lumbosacral DRG, whereas the expression levels of transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 1 (TRPV1) and VEGF receptors (VEGFR1 and VEGFR2) remained unchanged when compared to saline-instilled animals. Importantly, the VEGFA-induced visceral hypersensitivity was reversed by Gi-DREADD-mediated neuronal silencing in lumbosacral sensory neurons. Activation of bladder VEGF signaling causes sensory neural plasticity and visceral hypersensitivity in mice, confirming its role of an UCPPS biomarker as identified by the Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain (MAPP) research studies. Pharmacogenetic inhibition of lumbosacral sensory neurons in vivo completely reversed VEGFA-induced pelvic hypersensitivity in mice, suggesting the strong therapeutic potential for decreasing primary afferent activity in the treatment of pain severity in UCPPS patients.
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- Alison Xiaoqiao Xie
- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado, United States of America
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BACKGROUND Neuropathy may cause fecal incontinence and mixed fecal incontinence/constipation, but its prevalence is unclear, partly due to the lack of comprehensive testing of spino-anorectal innervation. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to develop and determine the clinical usefulness of a novel test, translumbosacral anorectal magnetic stimulation for fecal incontinence. DESIGN This observational cohort study was conducted from 2012 to 2018. SETTINGS This study was performed at a tertiary referral center. PATIENTS Patients with fecal incontinence, patients with mixed fecal incontinence/constipation, and healthy controls were included. INTERVENTIONS A translumbosacral anorectal magnetic stimulation test was performed by using an anorectal probe with 4 ring electrodes and magnetic coil, and by stimulating bilateral lumbar and sacral plexuses, uses and recording 8 motor-evoked potentials at anal and rectal sites. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The prevalence of lumbar and/or sacral neuropathy was examined. Secondary outcomes were correlation of neuropathy with anorectal sensorimotor function(s) and morphological changes. RESULTS We evaluated 220 patients: 144 with fecal incontinence, 76 with mixed fecal incontinence/constipation, and 31 healthy controls. All 8 lumbar and sacral motor-evoked potential latencies were significantly prolonged (p < 0.01) in fecal incontinence and mixed fecal incontinence/constipation groups compared with controls. Neuropathy was patchy and involved 4.0 (3.0) (median (interquartile range)) sites. Lumbar neuropathy was seen in 29% to 65% of the patients in the fecal incontinence group and 22% to 61% of the patients in the mixed fecal incontinence/constipation group, and sacral neuropathy was seen in 24% to 64% and 29% to 61% of these patients. Anal neuropathy was significantly more (p < 0.001) prevalent than rectal neuropathy in both groups. There was no correlation between motor-evoked potential latencies and anal sphincter pressures, rectal sensation, or anal sphincter defects. LIMITATIONS No comparative analysis with electromyography was performed. CONCLUSION Lumbar or sacral plexus neuropathy was detected in 40% to 75% of patients with fecal incontinence with a 2-fold greater prevalence at the anal region than the rectum. Lumbosacral neuropathy appears to be an independent mechanism in the pathogenesis of fecal incontinence, unassociated with other sensorimotor dysfunctions. Translumbosacral anorectal magnetic stimulation has a high yield and is a safe and clinically useful neurophysiological test. See Video Abstract at http://links.lww.com/DCR/B728. PRUEBA DE ESTIMULACIN MAGNTICA TRANSLUMBOSACRAL ANORECTAL PARA LA INCONTINENCIA FECAL ANTECEDENTES:La neuropatía puede causar incontinencia fecal y una combinación de incontinencia fe-cal/estreñimiento, pero su prevalencia no está clara, en parte debido a la falta de pruebas comple-tas de inervación espino-anorrectal.OBJETIVO:Desarrollar y determinar la utilidad clínica de una nueva prueba, estimulación magnética trans-lumbosacral anorrectal para la incontinencia fecal.DISEÑO:Estudio de cohorte observacional del 2012 al 2018.ENTORNO CLINICO:Centro de referencia terciario.PACIENTES:Pacientes con incontinencia fecal, combinación de incontinencia fecal/estreñimiento y controles sanos.INTERVENCIONES:Se realizó una prueba de estimulación magnética translumbosacral anorrectal utilizando una sonda anorrectal con 4 electrodos anulares y bobina magnética, y estimulando los plexos lumbares y sacros bilaterales y registrando ocho potenciales evocados motores las regiones anal y rectal.PRINCIPALES MEDIDAS DE RESULTADO:Se examinó la prevalencia de neuropatía lumbar y/o sacra. Los resultados secundarios fueron la correlación de la neuropatía con las funciones sensitivomotoras anorrectales y cambios morfológi-cos.RESULTADOS:Evaluamos 220 pacientes, 144 con incontinencia fecal, 76 con combinación de incontinencia fe-cal/estreñimiento y 31 sujetos sanos. Las ocho latencias de los potenciales evocadas motoras lum-bares y sacras se prolongaron significativamente (p <0,01) en la incontinencia fecal y el grupo mixto en comparación con los controles. La neuropatía fue irregular y afectaba 4,0 (3,0) (mediana (rango intercuartílico) sitios. Se observó neuropatía lumbar en 29-65% en la incontinencia fecal y 22-61% en el grupo mixto, y neuropatía sacra en 24-64% y 29-61 % de pacientes respectivamen-te. La neuropatía anal fue significativamente más prevalente (p <0,001) que la rectal en ambos grupos. No hubo correlación entre las latencias de los potenciales evocadas motoras y las presio-nes del esfínter anal, la sensación rectal o los defectos del esfínter anal.LIMITACIONES:Sin análisis comparativo con electromiografía.CONCLUSIÓNES:Se detectó neuropatía del plexo lumbar o sacro en el 40-75% de los pacientes con incontinencia fecal con una prevalencia dos veces mayor en la región anal que en el recto. La neuropatía lumbo-sacra parece ser un mecanismo independiente en la patogenia de la incontinencia fecal, no asocia-do con otras disfunciones sensitivomotoras. La estimulación magnética translumbosacral anorrec-tal tiene un alto rendimiento, es una prueba neurofisiológica segura y clínicamente útil. Consulte Video Resumen en http://links.lww.com/DCR/B728.
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- Yun Yan
- Division of Neurogastroenterology/Motility, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia
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Sensory neurogenesis in the dorsal root ganglion (DRG) occurs in two waves of differentiation with larger, myelinated proprioceptive and low-threshold mechanoreceptor (LTMR) neurons differentiating before smaller, unmyelinated (C) nociceptive neurons. This temporal difference was established from early birthdating studies based on DRG soma cell size. However, distinctions in birthdates between molecular subtypes of sensory neurons, particularly nociceptors, is unknown. Here, we assess the birthdate of lumbar DRG neurons in mice using a thymidine analog, EdU, to label developing neurons exiting mitosis combined with co-labeling of known sensory neuron markers. We find that different nociceptor subtypes are born on similar timescales, with continuous births between E9.5 to E13.5, and peak births from E10.5 to E11.5. Notably, we find that thinly myelinated Aδ-fiber nociceptors and peptidergic C-fibers are born more broadly between E10.5 and E11.5 than previously thought and that non-peptidergic C-fibers and C-LTMRs are born with a peak birth date of E11.5. Moreover, we find that the percentages of nociceptor subtypes born at a particular timepoint are the same for any given nociceptor cell type marker, indicating that intrinsic or extrinsic influences on cell type diversity are occurring similarly across developmental time. Overall, the patterns of birth still fit within the classical "two wave" description, as touch and proprioceptive fibers are born primarily at E10.5, but suggest that nociceptors have a slightly broader wave of birthdates with different nociceptor subtypes continually differentiating throughout sensory neurogenesis irrespective of myelination.
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- Mark A Landy
- Dept. of Neuroscience, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Dept. of Neuroscience, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Dept. of Neuroscience, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
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Ye Y, Bi Y, Ma J, Liu B. Thoracolumbar interfascial plane block for postoperative analgesia in spine surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0251980. [PMID: 34019598 PMCID: PMC8139495 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0251980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2020] [Accepted: 05/06/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Thoracolumbar interfascial plane (TLIP) block has been discussed widely in spine surgery. The aim of our study is to evaluate analgesic efficacy and safety of TLIP block in spine surgery. METHOD We performed a quantitative systematic review. Randomized controlled trials that compared TLIP block to non-block care or wound infiltration for patients undergoing spine surgery and took the pain or morphine consumption as a primary or secondary outcome were included. The primary outcome was cumulative opioid consumption during 0-24-hour. Secondary outcomes included postoperative pain intensity, rescue analgesia requirement, and adverse events. RESULT 9 randomized controlled trials with 539 patients were included for analysis. Compared with non-block care, TLIP block was effective to decrease the opioid consumption (WMD -16.00; 95%CI -19.19, -12.81; p<0.001; I2 = 71.6%) for the first 24 hours after the surgery. TLIP block significantly reduced postoperative pain intensity at rest or movement at various time points compared with non-block care, and reduced rescue analgesia requirement ((RR 0.47; 95%CI 0.30, 0.74; p = 0.001; I2 = 0.0%) and postoperative nausea and vomiting (RR 0.58; 95%CI 0.39, 0.86; p = 0.006; I2 = 25.1%). Besides, TLIP block is superior to wound infiltration in terms of opioid consumption (WMD -17.23, 95%CI -21.62, -12.86; p<0.001; I2 = 63.8%), and the postoperative pain intensity at rest was comparable between TLIP block and wound infiltration. CONCLUSION TLIP block improved analgesic efficacy in spine surgery compared with non-block care. Furthermore, current literature supported the TLIP block was superior to wound infiltration in terms of opioid consumption.
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- Yu Ye
- Department of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Ibrahim I, Škoch A, Herynek V, Jírů F, Tintěra J. Magnetic resonance tractography of the lumbosacral plexus: Step-by-step. Medicine (Baltimore) 2021; 100:e24646. [PMID: 33578590 PMCID: PMC10545402 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000024646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2020] [Revised: 12/22/2020] [Accepted: 01/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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ABSTRACT MR tractography of the lumbosacral plexus (LSP) is challenging due to the difficulty of acquiring high quality data and accurately estimating the neuronal tracts. We proposed an algorithm for an accurate visualization and assessment of the major LSP bundles using the segmentation of the cauda equina as seed points for the initial starting area for the fiber tracking algorithm.Twenty-six healthy volunteers underwent MRI examinations on a 3T MR scanner using the phased array coils with optimized measurement protocols for diffusion-weighted images and coronal T2 weighted 3D short-term inversion recovery sampling perfection with application optimized contrast using varying flip angle evaluation sequences used for LSP fiber reconstruction and MR neurography (MRN).The fiber bundles reconstruction was optimized in terms of eliminating the muscle fibers contamination using the segmentation of cauda equina, the effects of the normalized quantitative anisotropy (NQA) and angular threshold on reconstruction of the LSP. In this study, the NQA parameter has been used for fiber tracking instead of fractional anisotropy (FA) and the regions of interest positioning was precisely adjusted bilaterally and symmetrically in each individual subject.The diffusion data were processed in individual L3-S2 nerve fibers using the generalized Q-sampling imaging algorithm. Data (mean FA, mean diffusivity, axial diffusivity and radial diffusivity, and normalized quantitative anisotropy) were statistically analyzed using the linear mixed-effects model. The MR neurography was performed in MedINRIA and post-processed using the maximum intensity projection method to demonstrate LSP tracts in multiple planes.FA values significantly decreased towards the sacral region (P < .001); by contrast, mean diffusivity, axial diffusivity, radial diffusivity and NQA values significantly increased towards the sacral region (P < .001).Fiber tractography of the LSP was feasible in all examined subjects and closely corresponded with the nerves visible in the maximum intensity projection images of MR neurography. Usage of NQA instead of FA in the proposed algorithm enabled better separation of muscle and nerve fibers.The presented algorithm yields a high quality reconstruction of the LSP bundles that may be helpful both in research and clinical practice.
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- Ibrahim Ibrahim
- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, MR Unit
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, MR Unit
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- Center for Advanced Preclinical Imaging, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, MR Unit
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, MR Unit
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Kastler A, Kogl N, Gruber H, Skalla E, Loizides AL. Lumbar medial branch cryoneurolysis under ultrasound guidance: initial report of five cases. Med Ultrason 2020; 22:293-298. [PMID: 32898203 DOI: 10.11152/mu-2529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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AIMS To assess the feasibility and preliminary results of ultrasound guided medial branch cryoneurolysis in the management of facet joint syndrome. MATERIAL AND METHODS Between March 2017 and August 2017, a total of 20 patients underwent medial branch blocks, 12 of which were positive. Five patients chose to participate in the study and 8 medial branch cryoneurolysis were performed. The primary endpoint of the study was the feasibility of the procedure. The secondary endpoint was the efficacy on pain assessed over the following year after the procedure. RESULTS Technical feasibility of cryoneurolysis under ultrasound guidance was 100%. Accurate needle positioning at the accurate target in the angle between the posterior aspect of the transverse process and the lateral aspect of the facet joint was achieved in all cases. Needle progression could be depicted with US guidance in all cases. Mean pre-procedural Visual Analogue Scale and Oswestry disability Index scores were 6.8 (range 5-8) and 20.6 (range 12- 31), respectively. Follow up showed a decrease of Visual Analogue Scale score at one month (1.75, range 0-7), and at three months (1.75 range 0-3), Mean self-reported improvement at 6 months was 76% (60- 100%) and 77% at 12 months (50-100%). We report one case of failure at one month. No complications were noted during or after the procedure. CONCLUSION Our findings suggest that ultrasound is a valid imaging modality to perform lumbar medial branch cryoneurolysis. Initial results show that cryoneurolysis under ultrasound guidance appears as a safe and effective procedure in patients suffering for facet joint pain.
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- Adrian Kastler
- University Hospital of Grenoble Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology Unit Grenoble France.
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- Neurosurgery Unit, Tirol Klinik, Innsbruck , Austria.
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- Radiology and Ultrasound Department, Tirol Klinik, Innsbruck , Austria.
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- Radiology and Ultrasound Department, Tirol Klinik, Innsbruck , Austria.
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Guo T, Bian Z, Trocki K, Chen L, Zheng G, Feng B. Optical recording reveals topological distribution of functionally classified colorectal afferent neurons in intact lumbosacral DRG. Physiol Rep 2019; 7:e14097. [PMID: 31087524 PMCID: PMC6513768 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.14097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2019] [Accepted: 04/25/2019] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Neuromodulation as a non-drug alternative for managing visceral pain in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) may target sensitized afferents of distal colon and rectum (colorectum), especially their somata in the dorsal root ganglion (DRG). Developing selective DRG stimulation to manage visceral pain requires knowledge of the topological distribution of colorectal afferent somata which are sparsely distributed in the DRG. Here, we implemented GCaMP6f to conduct high-throughput optical recordings of colorectal afferent activities in lumbosacral DRG, that is, optical electrophysiology. Using a mouse ex vivo preparation with distal colorectum and L5-S1 DRG in continuity, we recorded 791 colorectal afferents' responses to graded colorectal distension (15, 30, 40, and 60 mmHg) and/or luminal shear flow (20-30 mL/min), then functionally classified them into four mechanosensitive classes, and determined the topological distribution of their somata in the DRG. Of the 791 colorectal afferents, 90.8% were in the L6 DRG, 8.3% in the S1 DRG, and only 0.9% in the L5 DRG. L6 afferents had all four classes: 29% mucosal, 18.4% muscular-mucosal, 34% low-threshold (LT) muscular, and 18.2% high-threshold (HT) muscular afferents. S1 afferents only had three classes: 19.7% mucosal, 34.8% LT muscular, and 45.5% HT muscular afferents. All seven L5 afferents were HT muscular. In L6 DRG, somata of HT muscular afferents were clustered in the caudal region whereas somata of the other classes did not cluster in specific regions. Outcomes of this study can directly inform the design and improvement of next-generation neuromodulation devices that target the DRG to alleviate visceral pain in IBS patients.
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- Tiantian Guo
- Department of Biomedical EngineeringUniversity of ConnecticutStorrsConnecticut
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- Department of Biomedical EngineeringUniversity of ConnecticutStorrsConnecticut
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- Department of Biomedical EngineeringUniversity of ConnecticutStorrsConnecticut
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- Department of Biomedical EngineeringUniversity of ConnecticutStorrsConnecticut
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- Department of Biomedical EngineeringUniversity of ConnecticutStorrsConnecticut
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- Department of Biomedical EngineeringUniversity of ConnecticutStorrsConnecticut
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- Alexander Schuh
- Muskuloskelettales Zentrum Klinikum Neumarkt, Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nürnberger Str. 12, D-92318, Neumarkt i. d. OPf., Deutschland.
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- Neurologische Klinik, Kliniken des Landkreises Neumarkt i. d. OPf., Neumarkt i. d. OPf., Deutschland
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- Neurologische Klinik, Kliniken des Landkreises Neumarkt i. d. OPf., Neumarkt i. d. OPf., Deutschland
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- Muskuloskelettales Zentrum, Klinikum Neumarkt i. d. OPf., Neumarkt i. d. OPf., Deutschland
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- Muskuloskelettales Zentrum, Klinikum Neumarkt i. d. OPf., Neumarkt i. d. OPf., Deutschland
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Oikawa Y, Eguchi Y, Watanabe A, Orita S, Yamauchi K, Suzuki M, Sakuma Y, Kubota G, Inage K, Sainoh T, Sato J, Fujimoto K, Koda M, Furuya T, Matsumoto K, Masuda Y, Aoki Y, Takahashi K, Ohtori S. Anatomical evaluation of lumbar nerves using diffusion tensor imaging and implications of lateral decubitus for lateral transpsoas approach. Eur Spine J 2017; 26:2804-2810. [PMID: 28389885 DOI: 10.1007/s00586-017-5082-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2017] [Revised: 02/19/2017] [Accepted: 03/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE Recently, lateral interbody fusion (LIF) has become more prevalent, and evaluation of lumbar nerves has taken on new importance. We report on the assessment of anatomical relationships between lumbar nerves and vertebral bodies using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). METHODS Fifty patients with degenerative lumbar disease and ten healthy subjects underwent DTI. In patients with lumbar degenerative disease, we studied nerve courses with patients in the supine positions and with hips flexed. In healthy subjects, we evaluated nerve courses in three different positions: supine with hips flexed (the standard position for MRI); supine with hips extended; and the right lateral decubitus position with hips flexed. In conjunction with tractography from L3 to L5 using T2-weighted sagittal imaging, the vertebral body anteroposterior span was divided into four equally wide zones, with six total zones defined, including an anterior and a posterior zone (zone A, zones 1-4, zone P). We used this to characterize nerve courses at disc levels L3/4, L4/5, and L5/S1. RESULTS In patients with degenerative lumbar disease, in the supine position with hips flexed, all lumbar nerve roots were located posterior to the vertebral body centers in L3/4 and L4/5. In healthy individuals, the L3/4 nerve courses were displaced forward in hips extended compared with the standard position, whereas in the lateral decubitus position, the L4/5 and L5/S nerve courses were displaced posteriorly compared with the standard position. CONCLUSIONS The L3/4 and L4/5 nerve roots are located posterior to the vertebral body center. These were found to be offset to the rear when the hip is flexed or the lateral decubitus position is assumed. The present study is the first to elucidate changes in the course of the lumbar nerves as this varies by position. The lateral decubitus position or the position supine with hips flexed may be useful for avoiding nerve damage in a direct lateral transpsoas approach. Preoperative DTI seems to be useful in evaluating the lumbar nerve course as it relates anatomically to the vertebral body.
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- Yasuhiro Oikawa
- Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chiba Children's Hospital, 579-1 Heta-Chou, Midori-ku, Chiba, 266-0007, Japan
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- Department of Orthopeadic Surgery, Shimoshizu National Hospital, 934-5, Shikawatashi, Yotsukaido, Chiba, 284-0003, Japan.
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Eastern Chiba Medical Center, 3-6-2, Okayamadai, Togane, Chiba, 283-8686, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Eastern Chiba Medical Center, 3-6-2, Okayamadai, Togane, Chiba, 283-8686, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Chiba University Hospital, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Chiba University Hospital, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Eastern Chiba Medical Center, 3-6-2, Okayamadai, Togane, Chiba, 283-8686, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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Yakovleva NV, Gorbljansky YY, Pictushanskaya TE. [Comorbid state in coal miners suffering from lumbosacral radiculopathy]. Med Tr Prom Ekol 2016:32-35. [PMID: 27048141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The authors considered topics of occupational and general comorbidity of occupational lumbosacral radiculopathy in coal miners (2791 examinees) observed over 1976-2014 in occupational center. In patients having lumbosacral radiculopathy without occupational mixed diseases, the occupational disease was diagnosed at the age 3-5 years younger, and 2-4 years earlier from primary visit. Analysis of occurrence of general comorbid conditions with lumbosacral radiculopathy revealed some regularities: patients manifested with symptoms due to vibration have more frequent arterial hypertension than in those with lumbalgia, whereas in risk group of hearing affected by noise IHD was more possible.
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Bai CH, Ma XL. [The effects of sacral nerve root electrostimulation on the colon function and its mechanisms in a rat model of spinal cord injury]. Zhongguo Ying Yong Sheng Li Xue Za Zhi 2016; 32:34-38. [PMID: 27255038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To study the effects of sacral nerve root electrostimulation (SNS) on the colon function and its mechanisms in rats with spinal cord injury (SCI). METHODS One hundred and four Wistar rats were divided into three groups: A, B and C. A group ( n = 24) was divided into three subgroups (n = 8) for studying the bioelectricity: Normal group (NG), SCI group (SCI) and SCI group with SNS(SNS); B group( n = 24) was divided into three subgroups( n = 8) for studying the colon motility: NG, SCI and SNS. C group( n = 56) were divided into three groups for studying the change of morphology and neurotransmitters(SP and VIP): NG (n = 8), SCI (n = 24), and SNS (n = 24) . In SCI and SNS, included of three subgroups: 24, 48, 72 h after spinal cord injury (n = 8). RESULTS In SCI group, the activity of bioelectricity in proximal and distal colon was reduced; the colon motility was lessened, and colon mucosa appeared different degree of damage; cell-cell connections between intestinal epithelial cells were destroyed. The expressions of substance P(SP) and vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) in colon were decreased obviously. SNS was found to activate the bioelectricity, promote the colon motility, improve the intestinal mucosal, and increase the expressions of SP and VIP. Conclusion: SNS can activate the peristalsis, rehabilitate the motility of denervated colon, protection of the intestinal mechanical barrier between intestinal epithelial cells and tight junction, rebuild the colon function through activating the bioelectricity and increase the expressions of SP and VIP.
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Chang SD, Lin YH, Liang CC, Chen TC. Effects of sacral nerve stimulation on postpartum urinary retention-related changes in rat bladder. Taiwan J Obstet Gynecol 2015; 54:671-7. [PMID: 26700983 DOI: 10.1016/j.tjog.2015.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/21/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To examine the effect of sacral nerve stimulation (SNS) on the urodynamic function and molecular structure of bladders in rats following acute urinary retention (AUR) after parturition. MATERIAL AND METHODS Thirty primiparous rats were divided into three groups: postpartum, postpartum+AUR, and postpartum+AUR+SNS. AUR was achieved by clamping the distal urethra of a rat for 60 minutes. The postpartum+AUR+SNS group received electrical stimulation 60 minutes daily for 3 days after AUR. In addition to cystometric studies and external urethral sphincter electromyography, the expression of caveolins and nerve growth factor (NGF) and caveolae number in bladder muscle were analyzed. RESULTS The postpartum+AUR group has significantly greater residual volume than the postpartum group, but the residual volume decreased significantly after SNS treatment. The postpartum+AUR group had significantly lower peak voiding pressure, a longer bursting period and lower amplitude of electromyograms of external urethral sphincter activity than the postpartum and postpartum+AUR+SNS groups. The postpartum+AUR rats had higher NGF expression, lower caveolin-1 expression, and fewer caveolae in bladder muscle compared with the postpartum rats. Conversely, the caveolin-1 expression and caveolae number increased, and the NGF expression decreased after SNS treatment. CONCLUSION Bladder dysfunction after parturition in a rat model caused by AUR may be restored to the non-AUR structural and functional level after SNS treatment.
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- Shuenn-Dhy Chang
- Division of Urogynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan; College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Division of Urogynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan; College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Division of Urogynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan; College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
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- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan; Department of Pathology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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Nadkevich AL, Babinets LS. [THE APPLICATION OF ANTIHOMOTOXIC DRUG PREPARATIONS IN THE COMPLEX TREATMENT IN PATIENTS WITH NEUROLOGICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF LUMBAR OSTEOCHONDROSIS]. Lik Sprava 2015:52-57. [PMID: 27491151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The expediency of application homeosyniatry by preparations of Traumel S and Placenta Compositum after the offered chart in relation to a complex with classic acupuncture and in relation to the group of the generally accepted treatment has been proved in complex treatment patients with reflex syndromes of lumbar osteochondrosis. A similar conclusion was done after the statistically reliable (P < 0.05) dynamics of parameters of endogenous intoxication, liperoxydation and antioxydant systems of the protection (by the level of katalase, superoxyddismutase, SH-groups, ceruloplasmine).
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Sabbahi MA, Uzun S, Ovak Bittar F, Sengul Y. Similarities and differences in cervical and thoracolumbar multisegmental motor responses and the combined use for testing spinal circuitries. J Spinal Cord Med 2014; 37:401-13. [PMID: 24621020 PMCID: PMC4116724 DOI: 10.1179/2045772313y.0000000157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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STUDY DESIGN Experimental study. OBJECTIVE To determine similarities and differences of C7 and T11-12 multisegmental motor responses (MMR) studies for the upper limbs (UL) and lower limbs (LL). SETTINGS Neuroscience Lab, TWU (School of Physical Therapy, TX, USA). METHODS C7 and T11-12 percutaneous electrical stimulations were applied while recording muscle action potentials from ULs and LLs. RESULTS The procedure of cervical MMR (CMMR) was easier in application than thoracolumbar MMR (TMMR), requiring less current intensities but cause more "jolts" in the trapezius/shoulder complex, due to close proximity of the stimulation electrodes. CMMR evoked large amplitude motor responses in the millivolts range in (UL) muscles, but smaller amplitude signal in (LL) muscles (in microvolts). TMMR evoked large amplitude motor responses in both UL and LL (in millivolts). The MMR amplitude was generally larger in the UL as compared to the LL, in the distal limb muscles more than in the proximal limb muscles. CMMR and TMMR for the UL were comparable in amplitude, latencies and action potential shapes. Signal latencies were longer for distal limb muscles as compared to proximal limb muscles and were slightly longer for LL as compared to UL muscles. MMR signals were either biphasic or triphasic in shape. CONCLUSION CMMR and TMMR have similarities and differences in the methods and recording signal that must be considered during its clinical applications. Comparing the signal of the UL muscles with CMMR and TMMR could be a useful test for the integrity of the ascending and descending spinal pathways in patients with spinal cord injuries and diseases.
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- Mohamed A. Sabbahi
- Correspondence to: Mohamed A. Sabbahi, 6700 Fannin ST., Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Porseva VV, Shilkin VV, Strelkov AA, Masliukov PM. [Subpopulation of calbindin-immunoreactive interneurons in the dorsal horn of the mice spinal cord]. Tsitologiia 2014; 56:612-618. [PMID: 25697007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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In the dorsal horn of the spinal cord in the plates I-IV on the thoracic and lumbar levels different subpopulations of interneurons immunoreactive for calbindin 28 kDa (CAB IR), which are specific to each plate. In the area of the medial edge of the dorsal horn, we have found a special subpopulation of CAB IR interneurons whose morphometric characteristics differ from CAB IR interneurons subpopulations of said plates. The number of CAB IR interneurons was maximal in the plate II at all levels of the spinal cord. Leveled differences are more CAB IR interneurons and larger area of the cross sections at the lumbar level.
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Woo JH, Park HS, Kim SC, Kim YH. The effect of lumbar sympathetic ganglion block on gynecologic cancer-related lymphedema. Pain Physician 2013; 16:345-352. [PMID: 23877450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Eighteen to 25% of patients after gynecological cancer treatment suffer from lower limb lymphedema (LLL) that decreases the quality of life of gynecological cancer survivors. Lumbar sympathetic ganglion block (LSGB) is widely used in practice for the evaluation and management of sympathetically mediated pain in the lower limbs. Several articles have suggested that sympathetic ganglion block could be an effective treatment for lymphedema. OBJECTIVES To investigate the effect of LSGB on patients with secondary lymphedema related to the treatment of gynecologic cancer, who do not respond to a conservative treatment. STUDY DESIGN Prospective clinical study. SETTING A single academic medical center, outpatient setting. METHODS Eighteen patients with stage II lower limb lymphedema who did not response to the conservative treatment were recruited. The patients underwent fluoroscopy-guided LSGB 3 times at 2-week intervals. The circumference of the thigh and calf was measured in the upright position at the first visit and 2 weeks after each session of LSGB. The pain score of the lower limb was checked at the same time by a numeric rating scale (NRS) from 0 to 10. The patients were asked about their satisfaction with the procedure at the last follow-up visit. The Wilcoxon signed rank test was used for data analysis. Significance was accepted at a P-value less than 0.05/3. RESULTS The circumferences of affected thighs and calves decreased from 56.38 ± 4.77 and 35.33 ± 3.51 cm to 54.42 ± 5.27 and 34.41 ± 3.35 cm, respectively, in a significant manner after 3 consecutive LSGBs (P < 0.05/3). The maximal decrease after the third LSGB was 4 cm in the thigh and 2 cm in the calf. The pain score also showed a significant decrease after 3 consecutive LSGBs from 2.17 to 1.28. The tightness and heaviness of the affected limb decreased after the first LSGB in 15 patients (83.3%) and after the second LSGB in 2 patients (11.1%). Five of 18 patients (27.8%) answered that the result of the LSGB met their expectations, 10 (55.6%) answered they would undergo the same treatment for the same outcome, 2 (11.1%) answered they did not improve as much as they had hoped, and they would not undergo the same treatment for the same outcome, and only one patient (5.6%) answered the LSGB showed no effect. LIMITATIONS This study lacks a placebo control group and has only 18 patients. We did not evaluate the quality of life of the patients. CONCLUSION We suggest that LSGB can be one of the treatment options for patients suffering from LLL after gynecologic cancer treatment. Our result could provide a basis for a randomized controlled trial in future investigations. The pain physicians can play an important role as one of the multidisciplinary team for a comprehensive treatment of LLL.
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- Jae Hee Woo
- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, School of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
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Kuraishi K, Hanakita J, Takahashi T, Minami M, Watanabe M, Uesaka T, Honda F. [Study on the area of pain and numbness in cases with lumbosacral radiculopathy]. No Shinkei Geka 2012; 40:877-885. [PMID: 23045402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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In the clinical diagnosis of lumbosacral radicular symptoms, dermatome maps are commonly used, by which the segmental location of the affected nerve can be determined. However, the diagnosis is often difficult because the pattern of sensory disturbance does not necessarily match the patterns of classical dermatomes, and there are many dermatome maps made by different methods. The author examined the area of pain and numbness in cases of lumbosacral radiculopathy. Clinical features of pain and numbness in consecutive seventy three cases of lumbosacral radiculopathy were investigated (L3: n=13, L4-S1: n=20). Patients of L3 radiculopathy showed symptoms at the upper buttock and ventral surface of the thighs, knees and upper ventral surface of the legs. Patients of L4 radiculopathy showed symptoms at the ventro-lateral surfaces of the thigh and leg. The distinctive region, defined as the region having 100% superimposition, of L4 radiculopathy was the lateral part of the shin. Patients of L5 radiculopathy showed symptoms at the lateral surfaces of the thigh and leg. The distinctive region was the upper buttock. Patients of S1 radiculopathy showed symptoms at the lower buttock, dorso-lateral part of the leg and lateral part of the foot. The distinctive region was the lateral part of the calf. It was found that the regions of pain and numbness formed a continuous band-like zone from thigh to leg in 8% of L3, 45% of L4 and L5, and 35% of S1 radiculopathy. Using a visual analogue scale, the degree of leg pain was more severe than low back pain in 68% of the patients, but in 5% of patients, low back pain was more severe.
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- Keita Kuraishi
- Spinal Disorders Center, Fujieda Heisei Memorial Hospital, Tsu-city, Japan
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Wu YC, Sun YJ, Zhang JF, Huang CF, Xie YY, Zhou JH, Li SS. [Correlation study on effects of electroacupuncture on the muscle condition and MNCV in rabbits with lumbar nerve root compression]. Zhongguo Zhen Jiu 2011; 31:1009-1014. [PMID: 22136029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To observe the effects of electroacupuncture on the muscle condition and electrophysiology of the muscle in rabbits with lumbar nerve root compression and to explore potential mechanisms. METHODS Twenty-four New Zealand white rabbits were randomly divided into a normal group, a model group, a medication group and an electroacupuncture group. The rabbit model with lumbar nerve root compression was established in the model group, the medication group and the electroacupuncture group. The model and the treatment were not produced in the normal group. The medication group was treated with oral administration of Loxoprofen tablets at a dose of 30 mg each day for 14 days. The electroacupuncture group was treated with electroacupuncture at "Jiaji" (EX-B 2) of L5 and L6 for 14 days. The hibateral muscle condition before and after making model and after treatment was detected and the electromyogram and the nerve conduction velocity (NCV) were observed. RESULTS The spontaneous potential and the insertion potential were increased in the model group, the medication group and the electroacupuncture group after making model. The value of the activation and the relaxed condition of the strength-creep (ARCSC) in the right muscle was significantly decreased. The motor nerve conduction velocity (MNCV) and the wave amplitude of evoked potential (WAEP) were significantly decreased in the model group, the medication group and the electroacupuncture group after treatment, but the value of MNCV and WAEP in the electroacupuncture group, and ARCSC in the right muscle in the electroacupuncture group and the medicine group were closed to those level in the normal group, among them, the relaxed condition in the electroacupuncture group was more close to the level in the normal group. CONCLUSION Electroacupuncture can improve the strength-creep condition of the muscle that damage nerve place controls and the electrophysiology of the muscle can recover the MNCV and the wave amplitude of evoked potential in the compression nerve root.
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- Yao-chi Wu
- The Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Communication University, Shanghai 200233, China.
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Danner SM, Hofstoetter US, Ladenbauer J, Rattay F, Minassian K. Can the human lumbar posterior columns be stimulated by transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation? A modeling study. Artif Organs 2011; 35:257-62. [PMID: 21401670 PMCID: PMC4217151 DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2011.01213.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Stimulation of different spinal cord segments in humans is a widely developed clinical practice for modification of pain, altered sensation, and movement. The human lumbar cord has become a target for modification of motor control by epidural and, more recently, by transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation. Posterior columns of the lumbar spinal cord represent a vertical system of axons and when activated can add other inputs to the motor control of the spinal cord than stimulated posterior roots. We used a detailed three-dimensional volume conductor model of the torso and the McIntyre-Richard-Grill axon model to calculate the thresholds of axons within the posterior columns in response to transcutaneous lumbar spinal cord stimulation. Superficially located large-diameter posterior column fibers with multiple collaterals have a threshold of 45.4 V, three times higher than posterior root fibers (14.1 V). With the stimulation strength needed to activate posterior column axons, posterior root fibers of large and small diameters as well as anterior root fibers are coactivated. The reported results inform on these threshold differences, when stimulation is applied to the posterior structures of the lumbar cord at intensities above the threshold of large-diameter posterior root fibers.
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- Simon M. Danner
- Institute for Analysis and Scientific Computing, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute for Analysis and Scientific Computing, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
- Center of Biomedical Engineering and Physics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Software Engineering and Theoretical Computer Science, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Analysis and Scientific Computing, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute for Analysis and Scientific Computing, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
- Center of Biomedical Engineering and Physics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Bader SR, Fischer A, Emrich D, Juetting U, Weyh T, Kaspers B, Matiasek K. Evaluation of lumbosacral nerve root conduction in chickens by electrophysiological testing including high-resolution spinal magnetic stimulation. J Neurosci Methods 2011; 194:342-9. [PMID: 21074557 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2010.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2010] [Revised: 10/31/2010] [Accepted: 11/02/2010] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The value of avian models in peripheral nerve research recently became substantiated by the immunobiological similarity of avian inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy to human Guillain-Barré syndrome providing an alternative animal model for experimental autoimmune neuritis. As electrophysiologic evaluation of nerve roots is essential part of the diagnosis of polyradiculoneuropathies in humans, it would be favourable to have similar research methods available for juvenile chickens. Hence, this study was performed (1) to establish a tool-set that allows for reproducible evaluation of the tibial/sciatic nerve and its nerve roots, (2) to achieve age-matched reference values, and (3) to trace the kinetics of peripheral nerve maturation within chickens. Nine chickens underwent serial electrodiagnostic examinations between the age of 6 and 15 weeks. Several methods of sensory and motor nerve fiber stimulation of the tibial/sciatic nerve were tested and modified or established. Ultimately, scalp-recorded somatosensory evoked potentials, compound muscle action potentials elicited by tibial/sciatic nerve electrical as well as spinal magnetic stimulation and motor nerve conduction velocity were available for tibial/sciatic nerve and nerve root evaluation in chickens. Base values were obtained for all investigations and parameters. Results indicated that the maturation of the nerve fibers is incomplete up to the age of 15 weeks. The methods tested here provide an excellent tool-set for quantitative tibial/sciatic nerve and nerve root assessment in avian polyradiculoneuropathies, especially within the scope of longitudinal monitoring of the disease course.
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- Sophie R Bader
- Section of Neuropathology, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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Ma C, Yu L, Yan LP. [Effect of electroacupuncture on expression of ionotropic glutamate receptor subunits and their genes in lumbar segments of spinal cord in rats with neuropathic pain]. Zhen Ci Yan Jiu 2010; 35:403-408. [PMID: 21375012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To observe the effect of electroacupuncture (EA) on the expression of ionotropic glutamate receptor (iGluR) subunits and their mRNAs in the lumbar segments of spinal cord in rats with neuropathic pain, so as to explore its underlying mechanism in relieving spinal hyperalgesia. METHODS Thirty SD rats were randomly divided into control, model, and EA groups, with 10 rats in each. The spared nerve injury (SNI) model was established by ligature of the sural nerve after cutting off the common peroneal nerve and anterior tibial nerve. EA (2 Hz, 1 mA) was applied to "Huantiao" (GB 30) and "Weizhong" (BL 40) for 30 min, once daily for 7 days. Mechanical pain threshold was detected before and after modeling and before and after EA treatment. The expression levels of N-methyl-d-aspartic acid (NMDA) receptor subunits NR1 and NR 2 B,and AMPA receptor subunit GluR 1 of iGluR and their genes were assayed by Western blot and reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) separately. RESULTS In comparison with control group, the mechanical pain thresholds were decreased significantly on day 2, 7 and day 14 following modeling in the model group (P < 0.05, P < 0.01). While compared with the model group, the pain threshold was increased considerably on day 14 in the EA group (P < 0.01). Compared with the control group, the expression levels of lumbar spinal cord NR 2 B and NR 2 B mRNA in the model group were increased significantly (P < 0.05), and those of lumbar spinal cord NR 1 and NR 1 mRNA, GluR 1 and GluR 1 mRNA in the model group increased slightly (P > 0.05). In comparison with the model group, the expression levels of lumbar spinal cord NR 2 B and NR 2 B mRNA in the EA group were downregulated remarkably (P < 0.05), and those of lumbar spinal cord NR 1 and NR 1 mRNA, GluR 1 and GluR 1 mRNA in the EA group down-regulated slightly (P > 0.05). CONCLUSION EA can significantly suppress pain reaction in rats with neuropathic pain probably through down-regulating the expression of lumbar spinal cord NR 2 B protein and NR 2 B mRNA.
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- Cheng Ma
- Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Combined Acupuncture and Drugs, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China.
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Ishigami N, Kondo M, Nakagawa M. [Case of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A with increased cerebrospinal fluid proteins and nerve root hypertrophy]. Rinsho Shinkeigaku 2008; 48:419-421. [PMID: 18616154 DOI: 10.5692/clinicalneurol.48.419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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We report herein a 54-year-old man who first noticed muscle weakness of the hands and legs and hypesthesia of the legs at 20-years-old. Symptoms gradually worsened. Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A (CMT 1A) was diagnosed on the basis of a nerve conduction study and PMP22 gene duplication. Increased levels of cerebrospinal fluid proteins were identified and cervical and lumbosacral nerve root hypertrophy was evident on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). CMT 1A with increased CSF proteins and nerve root hypertrophy was carefully evaluated clinically and electrophysiologically to rule out other motor sensory neuropathies such as CIDP. Increased levels of CSF proteins in this case might have resulted from circulatory disturbance of CSF in hypertrophic nerve roots.
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- Noriko Ishigami
- Department of Neurology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
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The anatomical studies, basic to our understanding of lumbar spine innervation through the sinu-vertebral nerves, are reviewed. Research in the 1980s suggested that pain sensation was conducted in part via the sympathetic system. These sensory pathways have now been clarified using sophisticated experimental and histochemical techniques confirming a dual pattern. One route enters the adjacent dorsal root segmentally, whereas the other supply is non-segmental ascending through the paravertebral sympathetic chain with re-entry through the thoracolumbar white rami communicantes. Sensory nerve endings in the degenerative lumbar disc penetrate deep into the disrupted nucleus pulposus, insensitive in the normal lumbar spine. Complex as well as free nerve endings would appear to contribute to pain transmission. The nature and mechanism of discogenic pain is still speculative but there is growing evidence to support a 'visceral pain' hypothesis, unique in the muscloskeletal system. This mechanism is open to 'peripheral sensitisation' and possibly 'central sensitisation' as a potential cause of chronic back pain.
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- M A Edgar
- Surgery UCL, UCLH, Emmanuel Kaye House, 37a Devonshire Street, London W1G 6QA, UK.
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Ide Y, Kitamura T, Sekiyama H, Chinzei M, Yajaima C, Hayashida M, Tagami M, Hanaoka K. [Effects of linear polarized light irradiation around the lumbar sympathetic ganglion area upon the skin temperature of lower extremities]. Masui 2007; 56:706-7. [PMID: 17571615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND The effect of linear polarized light irradiation around the lumbar sympathetic ganglion area upon the skin temperature of legs may be similar to that of irradiation of near stellate ganglion area upon arms. METHODS Linear polarized light irradiation was induced with SUPER LIZER (Tokyo Iken, Tokyo, Japan). The C probe of SUPER LIZER was placed on the left side of the supine at the level of L2. RESULTS Seven-minute irradiation around the lumbar sympathetic ganglion area increased significantly the skin temperature of the irradiated side leg. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that linear polarized light irradiation around the lumbar sympathetic ganglion area might be useful and beneficial for clinical application.
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- Yasuo Ide
- Department of Anesthesiology, Toho University, Sakura Hospital, Sakura
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The connections and monosynaptic projections of muscle spindle afferents of individual heads of the longissimus lumborum have been studied in cats by natural stimulation, by electrical stimulation and by spike-triggered averaging from single identified afferents. The spindle afferents were classified by sensitivity to vibration and by the effect of succinylcholine on their response to ramp-and-hold muscle stretches. Axonal conduction and synaptic effects were recorded as field potentials and focal synaptic potentials during systematic exploration of the spinal cord in segments L1 to L4 with extracellular metal microelectrodes, singly and in linear arrays. Ascending branches of afferent axons within the cord had a significantly higher mean conduction velocity (CV: 56.5 m s(-1)) than descending branches (40.8 m s(-1)). The CV of ascending branches was significantly positively correlated with a measure of the strength of intrafusal bag(2) muscle fibre contacts, but not to a measure of bag(1) contacts. Two sites of monosynaptic excitatory projection in the cord were identified, namely to the intermediate region (laminae V, VI and VII) and to ventral horn region (laminae VIII and IX). In tests of 154 single afferents, signs of central projection were detected for 60, providing 122 regions of maximum negative focal synaptic potentials (FSPs) of mean amplitude 7.51 microV. Their longitudinal spacing indicated that axons gave off descending collaterals at intervals of 1.5-3.5 mm. Based on the amplitude of FSPs, the projection of secondary afferents is stronger than that of primaries in the intermediate region and possibly also in the ventral horn region. Evidence is also presented that spindle afferent input from different heads of the longissimus converges into any given spinal segment and that input in one spinal root projects to adjacent segments. It is concluded that the organization of the longissimus monosynaptic spindle input favours relatively tonic and diffuse stretch reflexes.
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- R Durbaba
- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Division of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Imperial College London, Charing Cross Campus, London W6 8RP, UK.
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Koyanagi Y, Sawada K, Sakata-Haga H, Jeong YG, Fukui Y. Increased Serotonergic Innervation of Lumbosacral Motoneurons of Rolling Mouse Nagoya in Correlation with Abnormal Hindlimb Extension. Anat Histol Embryol 2006; 35:387-92. [PMID: 17156092 DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0264.2006.00697.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Rolling Mouse Nagoya (RMN) carries a mutation in a gene encoding for alpha(1A) subunit of P/Q-type Ca(2+) channel (Ca(v)2.1). In addition to ataxia, this mutant mouse exhibits abnormal hindlimb extension, which is characterized by a sustained excessive tone of hindlimb extensor muscles. This study aimed to clarify whether serotonergic (5-HTergic) innervation of the spinal motoneurons was altered in RMN in relation to the abnormal hindlimb extension. The density of 5-HT immunoreactive fibres in the ventral horn of lumbar and sacral regions of spinal cord was significantly greater in RMN than in controls. Retrograde wheat germ agglutinin-conjugated horseradish peroxidase (WGA-HRP) labelling combined with 5-HT immunostaining revealed that the number of 5-HT immunoreactive terminals adjoining femoris quadriceps motoneurons was about 2.5-fold greater in RMN than in controls. Furthermore, 5-HT immunostaining in the lumbar cord ventral horn was examined in three other Ca(v)2.1 mutant mice (tottering, leaner and pogo) as to whether or not they showed the abnormal hindlimb extension. Among these mutants, the increased density of 5-HT immunoreactive fibres was observed in correlation with the presence of the abnormal hindlimb extension. The results suggest an increased 5-HTergic innervation of the lumbosacral motoneurons in correlation with the abnormal hindlimb extension in RMN and other Ca(v)2.1 mutant mice. As 5-HT is known to induce the sustained membrane depolarizations without continuous excitatory synaptic inputs (plateau potentials) in spinal motoneurons, the increased 5-HTergic innervation may cause the sustained excitation of hindlimb extensor motoneurons, resulting in the abnormal hindlimb extension.
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- Y Koyanagi
- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Neurobiology, University of Tokushima Graduate School Institute of Health Biosciences, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan
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Huang TJ, Hsu RWW, Li YY, Cheng CC. Contralateral neurologic deficits following microendoscopic lumbar surgery. Can it happen? MINIM INVASIV THER 2006; 15:311-6. [PMID: 17062406 DOI: 10.1080/13645700600928914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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A contralateral neurologic deficit following microendoscopic discectomy (MED) or laminectomy (MEL) had not previously been reported. Between September 1999 and April 2004, 60 patients with symptomatic lumbar disc herniations or spinal stenotic syndrome received MED or MEL at the authors' institution. Three out of 60 patients were found to exhibit a contralateral neurologic deficit following unilateral microendoscopic surgery. All three patients complained of a newly developed, contralateral neurologic deficit following their operations. One MED patient with a concomitant contralateral disc herniation developed contralateral motor and sensory deficits and required immediate open surgery. At the two-year follow-up, a residual motor deficit was noted. The other two patients (1 MED, 1MEL) with temporary sensory deficits were only treated conservatively and experienced complete recovery one week and six weeks following the operation, respectively. Surgeons should pay close attention to the possibility that contralateral neurologic deficits may occur following MED or MEL. Our reports indicate that caution should be exercised when performing microendoscopic procedures on patients with substantial dural compromise, a concomitant contralateral disc herniation, or a lateral spinal stenosis, which may be etiologies.
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- Tsung-Jen Huang
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Chia-Yi, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Gruenenfelder FI, Boos A, Mouwen M, Steffen F. Evaluation of the anatomic effect of physical therapy exercises for mobilization of lumbar spinal nerves and the dura mater in dogs. Am J Vet Res 2006; 67:1773-9. [PMID: 17014331 DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.67.10.1773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To adapt and standardize neural tissue mobilization exercises, quantify nerve root movement, and assess the anatomic effects of lumbar spinal nerve and dural mobilization in dogs. ANIMALS 15 canine cadavers. PROCEDURES 5 cadavers were used in the preliminary part of the study to adapt 3 neural tissue mobilization physical therapy exercises to canine anatomy. In the other 10 cadavers, the L4 to L7 nerve roots and the dura at the level of T13 and L1 were isolated and marked. Movements during the physical therapy exercises were standardized by means of goniometric control. Movement of the nerve roots in response to each exercise was digitally measured. The effects of body weight and crownrump length on the distance of nerve root movement achieved during each exercise were also assessed. Each exercise was divided into 4 steps, and the overall distance of neural movement achieved was compared with distances achieved between steps. RESULTS Neural tissue mobilization exercises elicited visible and measurable movement of nerve roots L4 to L7 and of the dura at T13 and L1 in all cadavers. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE The physical therapy exercises evaluated had measurable effects on nerve roots L4 to L7 and the dura mater in the T13 and L1 segments. These exercises should be evaluated in clinical trials to validate their efficacy as primary treatments or ancillary postsurgical therapy in dogs with disorders of the thoracolumbar and lumbosacral segments of the vertebral column.
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- Fredrik I Gruenenfelder
- Neurology Service, Department for Small Animals, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 260, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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We report a 76-yr-old man with left femoral nerve distribution weakness resulting from a nontraumatic retroperitoneal hematoma associated with coumadin anticoagulation. Although electric root stimulation was relatively contraindicated, magnetic lumbosacral root stimulation identified a proximal conduction block allowing more extensive assessment of the nerve damage. To our knowledge, this is the first report of magnetic root stimulation in assessment of lumbosacral plexus dysfunction in retroperitoneal hematoma.
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- Nizar Souayah
- Department of Neurology and Neurosciences, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, USA
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Choe A, Phun HQ, Tieu DD, Hu YH, Carpenter EM. Expression patterns of Hox10 paralogous genes during lumbar spinal cord development. Gene Expr Patterns 2006; 6:730-7. [PMID: 16495162 DOI: 10.1016/j.modgep.2005.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2005] [Revised: 12/13/2005] [Accepted: 12/14/2005] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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We have examined the expression of three paralogous Hox genes from E11.5 through E15.5 in the mouse spinal cord. These ages coincide with major phases of spinal cord neurogenesis, neuronal differentiation, cell migration, gliogenesis, and motor neuron cell death. The three genes, Hoxa10, Hoxc10, and Hoxd10, are all expressed in the lumbar spinal cord and have distinct expression patterns. Mutations in these three genes are known to affect motor neuron patterning. All three genes show lower levels of expression at the rostral limits of their domains, with selective regions of higher expression more caudally. Hoxa10 and Hoxd10 expression appears confined to postmitotic cell populations in the intermediate and ventral gray, while Hoxc10 is also expressed in proliferating cells in the dorsal ventricular zone. Hoxc10 and Hoxd10 expression is clearly excluded from the lateral motor columns at rostral lumbar levels but is present in this region more caudally. Double labeling demonstrates that Hoxc10 expression is correlated with ventrolateral LIM gene expression in the caudal part of the lumbar spinal cord.
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- Andrea Choe
- Mental Retardation Research Center, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Science, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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Saleh HAM. Vanilloid receptor type 1-immunoreactive nerves in the rat urinary bladder and primary afferent neurones: The effects of age. Folia Morphol (Warsz) 2006; 65:213-20. [PMID: 16988918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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The vanilloid receptor (VR1) is a molecular integrator of various painful stimuli, including capsaicin, acid and high temperature. VR1 protein functions both as a receptor for capsaicin and a transducer of noxious thermal stimuli. In addition, VR1 is well characterised at the terminals of sensory nerves involved in the pain pathway. VR1 is also expressed in a capsaicin-sensitive and peptide-containing sub-population of primary sensory nerves. Indirect immunohistochemistry was used to examine the distribution of nerves immunoreactive (ir) for VR1 in the base of the urinary bladder and in the neurones of the lumbosacral dorsal root ganglia (L1-L2 and L6-S1) of young adult (3 months) and aged (24 months) male rats. Semi-quantitative estimations of nerve densities were assessed and quantitative studies were also used to examine the effects of age on the percentage of VR1-ir dorsal root ganglion neurones. The bladder base in young adults showed dense VR1-ir fibres within the urothelium and in the subepithelium and fibres ranging from sparse to moderate in number in the muscle coat. In comparison to the young animals, the aged rats showed sparse to moderate densities of VR1-ir nerves in the subepithelium and sparse fibres in the muscle layers. In the lumbosacral dorsal root ganglia the percentage of VR1-ir neuronal profiles showed a significant reduction from (mean +/- SEM) 17.8 +/- 2% in the young adult to 12 +/- 1.6 in the aged rats. The present findings suggest that the effects of VR1 on bladder function (nociception and reflex micturition) are influenced by age and the reduction with age of VR1-ir neurones in the dorsal root ganglia could also have important implications for the micturition reflex.
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- H A M Saleh
- Department of Anatomy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
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Yaar I. The logical choice of muscles for the needle-EMG evaluation of lumbosacral radiculopathy. J Electromyogr Kinesiol 2006; 16:205-13. [PMID: 16198602 DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2005.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2004] [Revised: 06/30/2005] [Accepted: 07/05/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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The objective of this study was to find the theoretically smallest subsets of muscles for needle-EMG (nEMG) screening of lumbosacral radiculopathies that ascertain that each root and its adjacent roots are represented by at least two muscles each, innervated by those roots via different peripheral nerves. A 23 and a 30 muscles muscle-sets and their myotomal innervation where derived from the literature, and rearranged into 15 and 19 unique muscle-groups by root and peripheral nerve innervation. All 2(15) and 2(19) subset combinations thereof were respectively identified. The criteria above were computed for each subset and the smallest subsets that qualified were retained. The number of muscles sampled per damaged root and the number of muscles sampled per adjacent roots in compliance with the objective above were computed. The smallest subsets satisfying the objective above were of 6, 7 and 9 muscles each, and are enumerated in . From these tables, each electromyographer may choose a set that best suits him, confident of its diagnostic parameters, while inflicting the least pain onto his patients, utilizing the shortest possible procedure, concluding a screen of all the roots at once, a screen that best differentiate between normal and damaged roots, and in most cases adequate for reaching the final diagnosis. Moreover, when needed, each set may be the basis for a more extensive workup.
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- Israel Yaar
- Division of Clinical Neurosciences, VA Medical Center (111N), Brown University, Providence, RI 02908, USA.
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Necker R. Specializations in the lumbosacral vertebral canal and spinal cord of birds: evidence of a function as a sense organ which is involved in the control of walking. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 2006; 192:439-48. [PMID: 16450117 DOI: 10.1007/s00359-006-0105-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2005] [Revised: 11/02/2005] [Accepted: 01/13/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Birds are bipedal animals with a center of gravity rostral to the insertion of the hindlimbs. This imposes special demands on keeping balance when moving on the ground. Recently, specializations in the lumbosacral region have been suggested to function as a sense organ of equilibrium which is involved in the control of walking. Morphological, electrophysiological, behavioral and embryological evidence for such a function is reviewed. Birds have two nearly independent kinds of locomotion and it is suggested that two different sense organs play an important role in their respective control: the vestibular organ during flight and the lumbosacral system during walking.
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- Reinhold Necker
- Lehrstuhl für Tierphysiologie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany.
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Koba S, Yoshida T, Hayashi N. Differential sympathetic outflow and vasoconstriction responses at kidney and skeletal muscles during fictive locomotion. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2006; 290:H861-8. [PMID: 16143651 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00640.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We compared sympathetic and circulatory responses between kidney and skeletal muscles during fictive locomotion evoked by electrical stimulation of the mesencephalic locomotor region (MLR) in decerebrate and paralyzed rats ( n = 8). Stimulation of the MLR for 30 s at 40-μA current intensity significantly increased arterial pressure (+38 ± 6 mmHg), triceps surae muscle blood flow (+17 ± 3%), and both renal and lumbar sympathetic nerve activities (RSNA +113 ± 16%, LSNA +31 ± 7%). The stimulation also significantly decreased renal cortical blood flow (−18 ± 6%) and both renal cortical and triceps surae muscle vascular conductances (RCVC −38 ± 5%, TSMVC −17 ± 3%). The sympathetic and vascular conductance changes were significantly dependent on current intensity for stimulation at 20, 30, and 40 μA. The changes in LSNA and TSMVC were significantly less than those in RSNA and RCVC, respectively, at all current intensities. At the early stage of stimulation (0–10 s), decreases in RCVC and TSMVC were significantly correlated with increases in RSNA and LSNA, respectively. These data demonstrate that fictive locomotion induces less vasoconstriction in skeletal muscles than in kidney because of less sympathetic activation. This suggests that a neural mechanism mediated by central command contributes to blood flow distribution by evoking differential sympathetic outflow during exercise.
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- Satoshi Koba
- Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka Univesity, Toyonaka, Japan
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Limbrick DD, Wright NM. Verification of nerve root decompression during minimally-invasive lumbar microdiskectomy: a practical application of surgeon-driven evoked EMG. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 48:273-7. [PMID: 16320188 DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-915594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Lumbar microendoscopic diskectomy (MED) has gained widespread acceptance as an alternative to conventional open microdiskectomy due to several potential advantages, including reductions in postoperative pain and recovery time. However, constraints in visualization and working space present technical difficulties in the verification of nerve root decompression and the identification of sequestered disc fragments. This study was undertaken to investigate whether a surgeon-driven, evoked EMG paradigm could be used for intraoperative verification of nerve root decompression within the technical and mechanical confines of lumbar MED. Twenty-two patients underwent intraoperative EMG stimulation threshold recordings during lumbar microendoscopic diskectomy. In this series, the EMG threshold recorded directly from the nerve root immediately prior to diskectomy was 8.6 +/- 4.4 mA. Following decompression, the threshold was 4.2 +/- 2.1 mA. The difference in pre- and post-decompression EMG stimulation threshold, 4.4 +/- 4.0 mA, was statistically significant (p < 0.001). In two of the 22 cases (9.1 %), the EMG threshold was initially unchanged following diskectomy, and further exploration revealed sequestered disc fragments. After removal of these fragments, an appropriate decrease in the EMG threshold was observed. The results from this study suggest that surgeon-driven, evoked EMG threshold testing may provide a simple, effective adjunct to lumbar microendoscopic diskectomy for intraoperative verification of nerve root decompression.
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- D D Limbrick
- Department of Neurological Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
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Arbuzov IV, Zemliankin AA, Spirin IS, Bolianovskiĭ II, Selishchev VV, Arbuzov VI, Sviridov VA, D'iachenko AI. [Application of minimally invasive lumbar sympathectomy in the treatment of patients with obliterating diseases of the lower extremity vessels]. Klin Khir 2006:44-6. [PMID: 16719072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The method of performance and immediate results of miniinvasive lumbar sympathectomy using retroperitoneal miniaccess were adduced in the work. In 2005 yr on the base of division of vascular surgery were operated 19 patients. Application of endoscopic instruments and optic system of illumination gave the possibility to remove lumbar sympathetic nodes in conditions of narrow (3-5 cm) surgical access and operative field. Introduction of miniinvasive method have promoted to reduce essentially the postoperative complications rate, the pain syndrome intensity, the reduction of duration of the patients postoperative rehabilitation, the cosmetic effect raising.
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Gerasimova MM, Petushkov AI, Vlasenko NI. [Clinical and electroneuromyography characteristics of lumbar-sacrum radiculopathy]. Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova 2006; 106:52-5. [PMID: 16548376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Masini M, Paiva WS, Araújo AS. Anatomical description of the facet joint innervation and its implication in the treatment of recurrent back pain. J Neurosurg Sci 2005; 49:143-6; discussion 146. [PMID: 16374405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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AIM Many techniques are used in the back pain treatment, standing out the facet denervation as a therapeutic option for pain that originates in the facet joints. It's known that the facet joint is an abundant area of nocireceptor innervation, although the distribution and the location of the involved branches have not being well demonstrated. A good comprehension about the affected innervation is very important to get an effective treatment. Purpose of study was to describe innervation of the lumbar facet joints, potentially used in the diagnosis and treatment of painful pictures of the lumbar region by facet syndrome. STUDY DESIGN anatomical study of nerve roots distribution of the facet joint 3 human corpses. The determination of the neurotomy s point was carried out by direct visualization and the radiological study in human parts. METHODS Three anatomical pieces of the human lumbar spine were dissected. In those 3 pieces, the facet joint innervation distribution was studied thoroughly using surgical microscope and microsurgical technique. In one of the pieces the needles positioning was first made to test through the radiological study the possible application of the precise denervation in low back pain treatment. RESULTS The L1 to L4 segments, each dorsal branch of root emits a medial branch that emerges from intertransversal ligament. This branch crosses the superior margin of the medial termination of transverse process, passing through the root of the superior articulate process. Each branch innerves the anterior region of the inferior facet and the inferior portion of articulation which one spins around. The L5 dorsal branch was larger than the superior branches. It emerges dorsally and in the inferior region on top of the sacrum wing. This nerve is in the bone fissure of the junction between the wing and the posterior region of the sacrum articular process. Near the inferior portion of the articular process, the nerve ramifies itself in lateral and medial branch. The medial branch comes back around the inferior portion of the lumbar-sacrum articulation that it innervates. CONCLUSIONS We didn't note great variations in the anatomy from L1 do L4. The L5 segment has a different distribution of the branches that should be considered when we do a percutaneous denervation procedure. The approach of the needle must touch the transverse process and feels the resistance of the articular joint . The determination of the neurotomy s point tends to become more precise denervation procedure.
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- M Masini
- Department of Neurosurgery, Federal University, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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The purpose of our study was to determine the location of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve and its branches at the inguinal ligament and proximal thigh. We think that further defining the location of the nerve and its branches based on certain measurements from known anatomic landmarks would enable us to determine a danger zone that could aid in preventing iatrogenic injury to the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve. The anatomic course of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve was studied in 29 cadaver specimens and distances from various landmarks were recorded. In addition, the branching pattern of the nerves was recorded. We observed variability in the course and branching patterns of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve. The lateral femoral cutaneous nerve was found to potentially be at risk as far as 7.3 cm medial to the anterior superior iliac spine along the inguinal ligament and as much as 11.3 cm distal on the sartorius muscle from the anterior superior iliac spine. As many as five branches of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve were found and in 27.6% of cases the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve branched before traversing the inguinal ligament. We used this information to describe a danger zone, which could be used as a guide to help prevent unnecessary injury during certain procedures.
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- Matthew C Grothaus
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, 43614, USA
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Baciu I, Albu I, Chiş I, Hriscu M. The sympatho-adrenal response and erythropoietin production in adaptation to hypoxia. Rom J Physiol 2005; 39-40:3-15. [PMID: 15984663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The research activity upon erythropoiesis regulation carried out by the team in the Physiology Department and in the Institute of Medical Research of the Romanian Academy in Cluj-Napoca developed continuously after 1950. Our studies contributed to the isolation, identification and characterization of erythropoietin (Epo) and also to a better understanding of the nervous adaptation mechanisms to hypoxia. At present, it is well known that hypoxia acts upon erythropoiesis through Epo production. Direct central nervous stimulation through hypoxia induces, via a neuro-humoral mechanism, a sympatho-adrenal response and release of Epo. Adaptive polyglobulia as a response to hypoxia increases the capacity of oxygen binding and transport. In this paper we attempted to identify the role of the sympathetic nervous system in adaptation to hypoxia correlated with Epo secretion. Experiments were carried out in three groups of rats, respectively, with cervical, thoracic, and lumbar (without celiac) sympathectomy. The sympathectomized animals were submitted to hypobaric or to hemorrhagic hypoxia, in parallel with control groups. Erythrocytic parameters (red blood cells, reticulocytes, hematocrit, and haemoglobin) were repeatedly assayed during the following 2-4 weeks. The results showed that animals with cervical sympathectomy adapt in a deficient manner to hypoxia; lacking the adaptive sino-carotid reflexes, adaptation occurs through increased Epo secretion, animals with cervical sympathectomy having higher counts of reticulocytes and of red blood cells at the end of experiment than intact animals. Thoracic sympathectomy has little influence upon the erythrocytic response, as the largest part of the respiratory and circulatory sympathetic reactions occur via the cervical sympathetic nerve. Lumbar sympathectomy without removal of the celiac ganglion does not decrease the erythrocytic response as expected; on the contrary, the erythrocytic response is increased as compared to controls.
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- I Baciu
- University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca, Dept. of Physiology
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Brierley SM, Carter R, Jones W, Xu L, Robinson DR, Hicks GA, Gebhart GF, Blackshaw LA. Differential chemosensory function and receptor expression of splanchnic and pelvic colonic afferents in mice. J Physiol 2005; 567:267-81. [PMID: 15946967 PMCID: PMC1474170 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2005.089714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Lumbar splanchnic (LSN) and sacral pelvic (PN) nerves convey different mechanosensory information from the colon to the spinal cord. Here we determined whether these pathways also differ in their chemosensitivity and receptor expression. Using an in vitro mouse colon preparation, individual primary afferents were tested with selective P2X and transient receptor potential vanilloid receptor 1 (TRPV1) receptor ligands. Afferent cell bodies in thoracolumbar and lumbosacral dorsal root ganglia (DRG) were retrogradely labelled from the colon and analysed for P2X3- and TRPV1-like immunoreactivity (LI). Forty per cent of LSN afferents responded to alpha,beta-methylene adenosine 5'-triphosphate (alpha,beta-meATP; 1 mm), an effect that was concentration dependent and reversed by the P2X antagonist pyridoxyl5-phosphate 6-azophenyl-2',4'-disulphonic acid (PPADS) (100 microm). Significantly fewer PN afferents (7%) responded to alpha,beta-meATP. Correspondingly, 36% of colonic thoracolumbar DRG neurones exhibited P2X3-LI compared with only 19% of colonic lumbosacral neurones. Capsaicin (3 microm) excited 61% of LSN afferents and 47% of PN afferents; 82% of thoracolumbar and 50% of lumbosacral colonic DRG neurones displayed TRPV1-LI. Mechanically insensitive afferents were recruited by alpha,beta-meATP or capsaicin, and were almost exclusive to the LSN. Capsaicin-responsive LSN afferents displayed marked mechanical desensitization after responding to capsaicin, which did not occur in capsaicin-responsive PN afferents. Therefore, colonic LSN and PN pathways differ in their chemosensitivity to known noxious stimuli and their corresponding receptor expression. As these pathways relay information that may relate to symptoms in functional gastrointestinal disease, these results may have implications for the efficacy of therapies targeting receptor modulation.
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- Stuart M Brierley
- Nerve-Gut Research Laboratory, Level 1 Hanson Institute, Frome Road, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
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McCreery D, Pikov V, Lossinsky A, Bullara L, Agnew W. Arrays for chronic functional microstimulation of the lumbosacral spinal cord. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng 2004; 12:195-207. [PMID: 15218934 DOI: 10.1109/tnsre.2004.827223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Our objective is to develop neural prostheses based on an array of microelectrodes implanted into the sacral spinal cord, that will allow persons with spinal cord injuries to regain control of their bladder and bowels. For our chronic cat model, we have developed two microelectrode arrays, one type containing nine discrete activated iridium microelectrodes and the second utilizing silicon substrate probes with multiple electrode sites on each probe. Both types can elicit an increase in the pressure within the urinary bladder of more than 40-mm Hg and/or relaxation of the urethral sphincter. A stimulus of 100 microA and 400 micros/ph at 20 Hz (charge-balanced pulses) was required to induce a large increase in bladder pressure or relaxation of the urethral sphincter. We found that 24 h of continuous stimulation with these parameters induced tissue injury (disrupted neuropil, infiltration of inflammatory cells, and loss of neurons close to the tip sites). However, a neural prosthesis that is intended to restore bladder control after spinal cord injury would not operate continuously. Thus, when this stimulus was applied for 24 h, at a 10% duty cycle (1 min of stimulation, then 9 min without stimulation) only minimal histologic changes were observed.
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- Douglas McCreery
- Huntington Medical Research Institutes, Neural Engineering Program, Pasadena, CA 91105, USA.
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Johnson GM. The sensory and sympathetic nerve supply within the cervical spine: review of recent observations. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 9:71-6. [PMID: 15040965 DOI: 10.1016/s1356-689x(03)00093-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2002] [Revised: 07/07/2003] [Accepted: 07/22/2003] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The purpose of this review is to identify recently observed features of the sympathetic and sensory systems and their pathways which characterize cervical spine innervation and their potential relevance to the clinical pain syndromes. The results of studies examining the innervation patterns of the zygoapophysial joints serve to demonstrate that structures in the cervical spine, as in other spinal regions, are partly innervated by sensory nerves traveling along sympathetic pathways. These studies also demonstrate that the neuropeptide levels in the cell bodies located within the dorsal root ganglion of these sensory nerves fluctuate according to the physiological state of the zygoapophysial joint. Additional to the sympathetic nerves accompanying the vertebral artery, the innervation patterns of dura and posterior longitudinal ligament in the upper cervical spine are distinctive features of cervical spine innervation. The possible clinical implications of cervical innervation patterns are considered with reference to referred pain, the pain patterns associated with a dissecting vertebral artery and cervicogenic headaches.
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- Gillian M Johnson
- Otago School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand.
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Aoki Y, Ohtori S, Takahashi K, Ino H, Ozawa T, Douya H, Chiba T, Moriya H. P2X3-immunoreactive primary sensory neurons innervating lumbar intervertebral disc in rats. Brain Res 2003; 989:214-20. [PMID: 14556943 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(03)03365-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The P2X(3) receptor is normally localized in a sub-population of small-diameter dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons, and is thought to be related to pain perception. The aim of this study in rats was to examine P2X(3)-immunoreactivity in DRG neurons innervating the lumbar disc and in DRG neurons innervating cutaneous tissues. Fluoro-Gold was applied to the L5-L6 disc, the plantar skin of the hind paw (L4-L5 dermatomes), and the back skin (L1-L2 dermatomes). It has been reported that the L5-L6 disc is innervated by T13-L5 DRG neurons. We performed immunostaining using antibodies against the P2X(3) receptor of T13-L5 DRGs to examine the L5-L6 disc, L4 and L5 DRGs to examine plantar skin and L1 and L2 DRGs to examine back skin. The P2X(3)-immunoreactivity was detected in 22.0 and 22.8% of neurons, labeled by Fluoro-Gold applied to plantar and back skin, respectively. However, P2X(3)-immunoreactivity was detected in only 4.0% of the neurons projecting to the L5-L6 disc. The proportion of P2X(3)-immunoreactive neurons was significantly larger in the DRG neurons innervating the plantar or the back skin, than in the DRG neurons innervating the lumbar disc. These results suggest that the P2X(3) receptors are abundant in DRG neurons innervating cutaneous tissues, but not in neurons innervating the lumbar disc. It is likely therefore that the P2X(3) receptor is less related to the mechanism of discogenic pain, than to cutaneous tissue pain.
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- Yasuchika Aoki
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan.
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Goto S. A case of arteriosclerosis obliterans with monitored regional oxygen saturation during treatment with a lumbar sympathetic ganglion block. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2003; 28:485-6. [PMID: 14556145 DOI: 10.1016/s1098-7339(03)00216-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The effects of ageing on the innervation patterns of lumbosacral spinal nuclei involved in controlling lower urinary tract functions, including micturition, were studied using immunohistochemistry for serotonin (5-HT) and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) in male Wistar rats of 3 and 24 months. Quantitative image analysis revealed significant age-associated declines in the innervation of most regions including the intermediolateral cell nucleus, sacral parasympathetic nucleus, dorsal grey commissure and in the ventral horn including the dorsolateral nucleus which in the rat is one of the component nuclei homologous to Onuf's nucleus in man. Notable exceptions to this generalised decline were observed in the 5-HT innervation of the sacral parasympathetic nucleus, which was maintained, and in the region of the dorsolateral motor nucleus where TH-like immunoreactivity did not significantly decline. These results suggest that the changes in micturition characteristics observed in aged rats may in part be a consequence of the alterations in, and decline of, aminergic inputs to both autonomic and somatic spinal nuclei associated with bladder function.
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- Richard N Ranson
- Cardiff School of Biosciences, Biomedical Sciences Building, Cardiff University, Museum Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3US, Wales, UK.
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Morozov NV, Ambartsumov RN. [Effect of apisatron in lumbar spinal cord diseases]. Lik Sprava 2003:117-25. [PMID: 12889377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/04/2023]
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A therapeutic effect has been studied of the drug apizartron of the ESPARMA GmbH firm (Osterweddingen, Germany) in those patients presenting with damaged lumbar spine. The ointment apizartron has been shown to alleviate the pain syndrome and myotonic (spastic) reactions, with its effect having been somewhat less pronounced on radicular compression, neurodystrophic disorders, and on the arterial bloodflow of the inferior limbs. The drug is recommended for use in a complex therapy of vertebrogenic disorders of the lumbar spine.
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Raoul S, Faure A, Robert R, Rogez JM, Hamel O, Cuillère P, Le Borgne J. Role of the sinu-vertebral nerve in low back pain and anatomical basis of therapeutic implications. Surg Radiol Anat 2003; 24:366-71. [PMID: 12647025 DOI: 10.1007/s00276-002-0084-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2001] [Accepted: 07/06/2002] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Low back pain is frequent and results in major disability for patients. This anatomical study was done to understand mechanisms involved in that pain. Two kinds of innervation are present in the lumbar spine: one depends on the somatic nervous system and the other on the sympathetic nervous system. The sympathetic nerves are the sinu-vertebral nerves and the rami communicantes which innervate the intervertebral disc, the ventral surface of the dura mater, the longitudinal dorsal ligament and the longitudinal ventral ligament. The sinu-vertebral nerve was described first by Luschka in 1850. This nerve is implicated in diffuse low back pain because of its pathway and its sympathetic component. This nerve cannot directly reach a somatic element at each level of the lumbar spine, so must first reach the L2 spinal ganglion. Thus, there is a "hole" in the somatic innervation between L3 and L5 because the dorsal nerves do not reach the skin at these levels. The pain therefore takes another route through the sympathetic system. Discogenic pain is mediated by the sinu-vertebral nerves, and through the rami communicantes reaches the L2 spinal ganglion. Anatomical and clinical features reinforce this hypothesis.
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- S Raoul
- Department of Anatomy, Nantes University, 1 rue Gaston Veil, 44035, Nantes Cedex, France.
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To identify the segmental innervation of L-2-S-1 muscles, we compared the preoperative electrodiagnostic examinations of 45 patients with single-level lumbosacral radiculopathies confirmed radiologically and surgically. The electrodiagnostic findings were classified as abnormal only by the needle examination and only if muscles demonstrated active denervation or a marked neurogenic motor unit potential firing pattern. In comparison to other surgical, intraoperative root stimulation, and clinical studies, we found several differences. Overall, there was little overlap among L-2-4, L-5, and S-1 radiculopathies. The tibialis anterior was predominantly L-5 innervated, the gastrocnemius (medial and lateral head) predominantly S-1 innervated, and the biceps femoris (short and long head) exclusively S-1 innervated. The two heads of biceps femoris were not affected in any patients with L-5 radiculopathy in whom they were examined. These findings help guide both the clinician and surgeon in the diagnosis and treatment of lumbosacral radiculopathies.
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- Bryan E Tsao
- Department of Neurology, S-90, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA
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This report highlights transient Horner's syndrome and trigeminal nerve palsy following labor epidural analgesia. A 29-year-old primigravida had a lumbar epidural catheter placed for analgesia in labor. The analgesia was maintained by infusion of a dilute local anesthetic/opioid mixture and turned off after achieving complete cervical dilation. Approximately 1 hour after delivery she complained of heaviness in her left eyelid, and was noted to have left-sided ptosis and paresthesia within the distribution of the ophthalmic and maxillary divisions of the trigeminal nerve, which resolved over the next 2 hours. There were no other neurologic changes. Horner's syndrome and cranial nerve palsies can occur as a consequence of epidural analgesia for labor.
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- Samer N Narouze
- Division of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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