Changes in choline acetyltransferase activity and high-affinity choline uptake, but not in acetylcholinesterase activity and muscarinic cholinergic receptors, in rat somatosensory cortex after sciatic nerve injury.
Somatosens Mot Res
; 7(4): 435-46, 1990.
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ABSTRACT
Selected cholinergic markers (choline acetyltransferase, acetylcholinesterase, muscarinic acetylcholine receptor, high-affinity choline uptake) were studied in the hindlimb representation areas of the rat somatosensory cortex and within the visual cortex 1 to 63 days after unilateral transection of the sciatic nerve. In the contralateral somatosensory cortex, peripheral deafferentation resulted in a significant reduction of choline acetyltransferase activity (by 15%) 3 days after sciatic nerve injury, and in a significant reduction of high-affinity choline uptake (by 30%) 1 day after nerve transection, in comparison to untreated control rats. Investigations in individual cortical layers revealed that the decrease of both choline acetyltransferase activity and high-affinity choline uptake sites was mainly due to reductions in cortical layer V. Acetylcholinesterase activity and [3H]quinuclidinyl benzilate binding to muscarinic acetylcholine receptors were not affected by unilateral transection of the sciatic nerve. In the ipsilateral somatosensory cortex, as well as in the visual cortex at both cortical hemispheres, no significant changes in the cholinergic parameters studied could be detected. The data indicate that peripheral deafferentation of the somatosensory cortex results in a transient change of presynaptic cholinergic parameters within the affected somatosensory area as early as 1 to 3 days after the lesion; thus, they emphasize the involvement of cholinergic mechanisms in cortical reorganizational events.
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Assunto principal:
Acetilcolinesterase
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Nervo Isquiático
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Córtex Somatossensorial
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Colina
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Colina O-Acetiltransferase
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Receptores Muscarínicos
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Degeneração Neural
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Regeneração Nervosa
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Plasticidade Neuronal
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Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Somatosens Mot Res
Assunto da revista:
NEUROLOGIA
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PSICOFISIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
1990
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Article