The organization of the thoracic spinal nerve projection in the rat dorsal horn demonstrated with transganglionic transport of horseradish peroxidase
- 1 May 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Comparative Neurology
- Vol. 216 (1), 1-9
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.902160102
Abstract
Transganglionic transport of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) was used to study the organization of the thoracic spinal nerve projection to the dorsal horn in rats. Labeling was found in the superficial dorsal horn 16–20 hours after application of HRP to the cut ends of various spinal nerve rami. Labeling was restricted to the outer part of the substantia gelatinosa at these stages. Longer survivals (25–48 hours) gave rise to labeling of the deep part of substantia gelatinosa and deeper parts of the dorsal horn as well. The dorsal ramus projected to the lateral third of the horn from half a segment rostral to half a segment caudal to the entry segment. The ventral ramus projected to the medial two‐thirds of the horn from 1 1/2 segments rostral to half a segment caudal to the entry segment. The two branches of the ventral ramus that were examined projected to separate medial and lateral compartments for the entire ventral ramus. There was a distinct laterp‐medial shift of the projection found from rostral through caudal levels within the projection compartment for each nerve. The results indicate that the dorsal horn projection of thoracic spinal nerve branches is organized in longitudinal compartments which are arranged in a strictly somatotopic fashion.Keywords
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